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Community Board

Bronx Community Board #8
5676 Riverdale Avenue
Bronx, NY 10471
Phone: 718-884-3959
Fax: 718-796-2763
Email: bx08@cb.nyc.gov
Web site: http://www.nyc.gov/bronxcb8
District Manager: Nicole M. Stent

Elected Officials

Council District #11

G. Oliver Koppell (Democrat)
3636 Waldo Avenue
Bronx, NY 10463
Phone: 718-549-7300
Fax: 718-549-9945
Email: okoppell@council.nyc.gov
Web site: http://council.nyc.gov/d11/html/members/home.shtml

State Assembly District #81

Jeffrey Dinowitz
3107 Kingsbridge Avenue
Bronx, NY 10463
Phone: 718-796-5345
Email: DinowiJ@assembly.state.ny.us
Web site: http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=081

Congressional District #13

Charles B. Rangel (Democrat)
163 West 125th Street
Suite 737
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212-663-3900
Web site: http://rangel.house.gov/

State Senate District #34

Jeffrey D. Klein (Democrat)
3612 East Tremont Ave
Bronx, NY 10465
Phone: 718-822-2049
Fax: 718-822-2321
Email: jdklein@senate.state.ny.us
Web site: http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/jeffrey-d-klein

Demographic Information

Bronx Community Board #8
Population Characteristics - 2000
Number
Percent
Total Population 101,332 100
White 44,609 44.0
Black 12,163 12.0
Hispanic origin or descent 36,940 36.5
[Puerto Rican] [12,730] [12.6]
[Other Hispanic] [24,210] [23.9]
Asian & Pacific Islander 5,027 5.0
[Chinese] [1,257] [1.2]
[Asian Indian] [913] [0.9]
[Korean] [1,151] [1.1]
[Filipino] [845] [0.8]
American Indian 154 0.2
Other non-hispanic 2,439 2.3
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		 $41,972
$18,802		   Total
Number of High School Graduates
Number of College Graduates		 69,126
52,137
21,013
Language Spoken at Home - 1990

Speaks a Language Other Than English

Speaks Spanish

Speaks Asian or Pacific Islander

33,825

19,734

3,031

Local Information

Fire

Engine 81, Ladder 46
3025 Bailey Avenue 10463

Police

50th Precinct
3450 Kingsbridge Avenue 10463

Local Hospitals

Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street 10467
718-920-4321

Parks and Playgrounds

Fort Independence Playground
Sedgwick Avenue and Giles Place

Van Cortlandt Park and Mansion
Broadway between Van Cortlandt Park South and West 262nd Street
718-430-1890

Van Cortlandt Classic Playground
Gouverneur Avenue and Van Cortlandt Park South

Post Office

Kingsbridge Station
5517 Broadway 10463
718-549-6962

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

Schools: District 10

P.S. 95 Sheila Mencher School
P.S. 344 Ampark Neighborhood School
Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music
Bronx High School of Science
DeWitt Clinton High School
High School of American Studies at Lehman College

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

Information about Environmental Remediation Projects in your Community

Brownfields are properties where redevelopment is complicated by actual or suspected environmental contamination from past land usage. Because of New York City's long industrial history, brownfields are found in areas throughout the five boroughs. The New York City Office of Environmental Remediation offers programs that encourage environmental investigation of lightly-to-moderately contaminated sites, and that oversee clean up appropriate to a site's new end use. Information about these projects is available below:

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

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