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Community Board

Bronx Community Board #9
1967 Turnbull Avenue
Bronx, NY 10473
Phone: 718-823-3034
Fax: 718-823-6461
Email: bxbrd09@optonline.net
Web site: http://www.bronxmall.com/commboards/cd9.html
District Manager: Francisco M. Gonzalez

Elected Officials

Council District #18

Annabel Palma (Democrat)
1041 Castle Hill Avenue
Bronx, NY 10472
Phone: 718-792-1140
Fax: 718-931-0235
Email: palma@council.nyc.ny.us
Web site: http://council.nyc.gov/d18/html/members/home.shtml

State Senate District #32

Ruben Diaz, Sr. (Democrat)
900 Rogers Place
Bronx, NY 10459
Phone: 718-991-3161
Fax: 718-991-0309
Email: diaz@senate.state.ny.us
Web site: http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/ruben-diaz

Congressional District #7

Joseph Crowley (Democrat)
2800 Bruckner Blvd
Suite 301
Bronx, NY 10465
Phone: 718-931-1400
Web site: http://crowley.house.gov/

State Assembly District #76

Peter M. Rivera
1973 Westchester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10462
Phone: 718-931-2620
Email: RiveraP@assembly.state.ny.us
Web site: http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=076

Demographic Information

Bronx Community Board #9
Population Characteristics - 2000
Number
Percent
Total Population 167,859 100
White 7,065 4.2
Black 55,750 33.2
Hispanic origin or descent 92,734 55.2
[Puerto Rican] [57,199] [34.0]
[Other Hispanic] [35,535] [21.2]
Asian & Pacific Islander 6,151 3.7
[Chinese] [1,257] [0.7]
[Asian Indian] [3,484] [2.1]
[Korean] [114] [0.1]
[Filipino] [289] [0.2]
American Indian 538 0.3
Other non-hispanic 5,621 3.4
Groups between brackets [ ] signify a subset of the main group above.
Income Statistics - 1990
  
Persons 25 Years of Age and Older - 1990
Median Family Income
Per Capita Income		 $27,550
$10,655		   Total
Number of High School Graduates
Number of College Graduates

102,117
60,478
10,337
Language Spoken at Home - 1990

Speaks a Language Other Than English

Speaks Spanish

Speaks Asian or Pacific Islander

83,805

74,272

2,893

Local Information

Fire

Engine 64, Ladder 47
1214 Castle Hill Avenue (Ellis Avenue) 10462

Engine 96, Ladder 54
1689 Story Avenue (Croes Avenue) 10473

Police

43rd Precinct
900 Fteley Avenue 10473
718-542-0888

Local Hospitals

Westchester Square Medical Center
2475 St. Raymond Avenue 10461
718-430-7300

Parks and Playgrounds

Hugh J. Grant Circle
East 177th Street, Westchester, Virginia Avenues

Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park
Cross Bronx Expressway, Ellis, Olmstead Avenues

Virginia Park
White Plains Road, Cross Bronx Expressway

Virginia Playground
White Plains Road, McGraw, Virginia Avenues

Caserta Playground
St. Raymond Avenue, Purdy, Odell Streets

Post Office

Parkchester Station
1449 West Avenue 10462
718-931-1739

More neighborhood information available at gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap

Schools: Districts 8, 11, 12

P.S. 106 Parkchester School
P.S. 102 Joseph O. Loretan School
P.S./M.S. 194
P.S. 119
J.H.S. 125 Henry Hudson School
J.H.S. 127 The Castle Hill School
Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Bronx Guild
Gateway School for Environmental Research and Technology
Bronx Community High School
Millennium Art Academy
Pablo Neruda Academy for Architecture and World Studies

Other schools in District 8

Other schools in District 11

Other schools in District 12

Alternative Programs in the Bronx
Charter Schools in the Bronx
Special Education Programs in the Bronx

School and Zone Finder Mapping System

Private/Parochial

St. Anthony School

Blessed Sacrament School (Pre K-8)
1160 Beach Avenue 10472
718-892-0433

St. Dominic School (Pre K-8)
1684 White Plains Road 10462
718-829-4837

St. Helena School
St. Raymond School
St. Raymond High School for Boys

Jewish Schools in the Bronx - The Lookstein Center
Parochial Schools in the Bronx - Archdiocese of New York
Private Schools in the Bronx - New York State Association of Independent Schools

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