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Community Board

Bronx Community Board #5
BCC Campus - McCracken Hall, Room 12 & 13, W. 181st Street & Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Bronx, NY 10453
Phone: 718-364-2030
Fax: 718-220-1767
Email: brxcb5@optonline.net
Web site: http://www.bronxmall.com/commboards/cd5.html
District Manager: Xavier Rodriguez

Elected Officials

Council District #16

Helen D. Foster (Democrat)
1377 Jerome Ave
Bronx, NY 10452
Phone: 718-588-7500
Fax: 718-588-7790
Email: foster@council.nyc.ny.us
Web site: http://council.nyc.gov/d16/html/members/home.shtml

State Assembly District #86

Nelson L. Castro
2488 Grand Concourse
Room 310-11
Bronx, NY 10458
Phone: 718-933-6909
Email: Castronl@assembly.state.ny.us
Web site: http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=086

Congressional District #15

José E. Serrano (Democrat)
1231 Lafayette Ave
4th Floor
Bronx, NY 10474
Phone: 718-620-0084
Fax: 718-620-0658
Email: jserrano@mail.house.gov
Web site: http://serrano.house.gov/

State Senate District #29

José M. Serrano
157 East 104th Street
(Ground Level)
New York, NY 10029
Email: serrano@senate.state.ny.us
Web site: http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/jose-m-serrano

Demographic Information

Bronx Community Board #5
Population Characteristics - 2000
Number
Percent
Total Population 128,313 100
White 1,917 1.5
Black 41,609 32.4
Hispanic origin or descent 79,048 61.6
[Puerto Rican] [28,277] [22.0]
[Other Hispanic] [50,771] [39.6]
Asian & Pacific Islander 2,071 1.6
[Chinese] [198] [0.2]
[Asian Indian] [1,186] [0.9]
[Korean] [38] [0.0]
[Filipino] [237] [0.2]
American Indian 453 0.4
Other non-hispanic 3,215 2.5
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		 $14,915
$6,428		   Total
Number of High School Graduates
Number of College Graduates		 61,411
29,552
3,799
Language Spoken at Home - 1990

Speaks a Language Other Than English

Speaks Spanish

Speaks Asian or Pacific Islander

61,127

56,632

1,006

Local Information

New York State Brownfield / Bond Act Program (West Tremont)

Phase I ESA 6/3/08
RAWP 7/30/08
Phase II ESA for OER 7/30/08
CHASP 7/30/08
Phase I Update 1/27/10
Phase III ESA 4/3/11
CHASP 7/22/11
RIR 7/25/11
RAWP 7/28/11
NYS Brownfield Cleanup Program Application - West Tremont Residences LLC

New York City Voluntary Cleanup Program
Brownfield Educational Video series –Cleaning Up NYC

Fire

Engine 43, Ladder 59
1901 Sedgwick Avenue 10453

Police

46th Precinct
2120 Ryer Avenue 10457
718-220-5211

Parks and Playgrounds

Aqueduct Lands
West 183rd Street, Aqueduct, West Tremont, University Avenues

Galileo Playground
West 176th Street and Macombs Road

University Woods
Sedgwick-Cedar Avenues north of West 180th Street

Cedar Playground
West 179th Street, Cedar, Sedgwick Avenues

Morton Playground
University Avenue and Morton Place

Post Office

Morris Heights Station
2024 Jerome Avenue 10453
718-583-0669

University Heights Station
1541 Shakespeare Ave Frnt 10452
718-294-9776

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

Schools: District 9 and 10

P.S. 109 Sedgwick School
P.S. 204 Morris Heights School
I.S. 229 Roland Patterson School
P.S. 230 Dr. Roland N. Patterson School
P.S. 306
The Bronx School of Science Inquiry and Investigation
IS 232
IS 303 - Leadership and Community Service School 

Other schools in District 9

Other schools in District 10

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

School and Zone Finder Mapping System

Private/Parochial

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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