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Community Board

Bronx Community Board #10
3165 East Tremont Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: 718-892-1161
Fax: 718-863-6860
Email: bx10@cb.nyc.gov
Web site: http://www.nyc.gov/html/bxcb10/html/home/home.shtml
District Manager: Kenneth Kearns

Elected Officials

Council District #13

James Vacca (Democrat)
3040 East Tremont Ave.
Room 104
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: 718-931-1721
Fax: 718-931-1605
Email: vacca@council.nyc.ny.us
Web site: http://council.nyc.gov/d13/html/members/home.shtml

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

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 #82

Michael Benedetto
177 Dreiser Loop, Rm. 12
Bronx, NY 10475
Phone: 718-320-2220
Email: BenedeM@assembly.state.ny.us
Web site: http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=082

Demographic Information

Bronx Community Board #10
Population Characteristics - 2000
Number
Percent
Total Population 115,948 100
White 56,063 48.4
Black 22,754 19.6
Hispanic origin or descent 30,808 26.6
[Puerto Rican] [21,497] [18.6]
[Other Hispanic] [9,311] [8.0]
Asian & Pacific Islander 3,462 3.0
[Chinese] [687] [0.6]
[Asian Indian] [1,153] [1.0]
[Korean] [348] [0.3]
[Filipino] [480] [0.4]
American Indian 164 0.1
Other non-hispanic 2,697 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		 $42,087
$16,258		   Total
Number of High School Graduates
Number of College Graduates		 71,658
50,544
10,848
Language Spoken at Home - 1990

Speaks a Language Other Than English

Speaks Spanish

Speaks Asian or Pacific Islander

23,289

10,348

499

Local Information

Fire

Engine 61
1518 Williamsbridge Road 10461

Engine 90, Ladder 41
1843 White Plains Road 10462

Police

45th Precinct
2877 Barkley Avenue 10465
718-822-5411

Local Hospitals

Montefiore Medical Center - Weiler Division
1825 Eastchester Road 10461
718-904-2000

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

Parks and Playgrounds

Castle Hill Playground
Zerega, Commerce, Gleason Avenues

The Pearly Gates
Tratman, St. Peter's Avenues

Post Office

Westchester Station
2619 Ponton Avenue 10461
718-823-9539

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

Schools: District 8

Herbert H. Lehman High School
Renaissance High School for Musical Theater and Technology

Other schools in District 8

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

School and Zone Finder Mapping System

Private/Parochial

Sacred Heart School (Pre K-8)
1651 Zerega Avenue 10462
718-863-5047

St. Francis Xavier School
Santa Maria School
Monsignor Scanlan High School
Our Saviour Lutheran School

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

Colleges

Mercy College

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