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Community Board

Bronx Community Board #1
3024 Third Avenue
Bronx, NY 10455
Phone: 718-585-7117
Fax: 718-292-0558
Email: brxcb1@optonline.net
Web site: http://www.bronxmall.com/commboards/cd1.html
District Manager: Cedric Loftin

Elected Officials

Council District #17

Maria del Carmen Arroyo (Democrat)
384 E. 149th St., 3rd Ave.
Suite 300
Bronx, NY 10455
Phone: 718-402-6130
Fax: 718-402-0539
Email: marroyo@council.nyc.gov
Web site: http://council.nyc.gov/d17/html/members/home.shtml

State Assembly District #79

Eric A. Stevenson
1494 Boston Road
Bronx, NY 10460
Phone: 718-589-6324
Email: stevensone@assembly.state.ny.us
Web site: http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=079

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 #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/

Demographic Information

Bronx Community Board #1
Population Characteristics - 2000
Number
Percent
Total Population 82,159 100
White 1.097 1.3
Black 21,272 25.9
Hispanic origin or descent 58,204 70.8
[Puerto Rican] [33,969] [41.3]
[Other Hispanic] [24,235] [29.5]
Asian & Pacific Islander 420 0.5
[Chinese] [144] [0.2]
[Asian Indian] [174] [0.2]
[Korean] [19] [0.0]
[Filipino] [92] [0.1]
American Indian 206 0.3
Other non-hispanic 960 1.2
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		 $11,647
$5,284		   Total
Number of High School Graduates
Number of College Graduates		 39,857
14,902
1,345
Language Spoken at Home - 1990

Speaks a Language Other Than English

Speaks Spanish

Speaks Asian or Pacific Islander

44,399

43,451

69

Local Information

Fire

Engine 73, Ladder 42, Battalion 26
655 Prospect Avenue 10455

Police

40th Precinct
257 Alexander Avenue (East 138th Street) 10454
718-402-2270

Local Hospitals

Lincoln Medical Center
234 East 149th Street (Morris Avenue) 10451
718-579-5000

Parks and Playgrounds

St. Mary's Park
East 145th-149th Streets, St. Ann's Avenue

Post Office

Hub Station
633 St. Ann's Avenue (Westchester Avenue) 10455
718-665-2542

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

Schools: District 7 and 8

P.S. 5 Port Morris School
P.S. 25 Bilingual School
P.S. 130 Abram Stevens Hewitt School
P.S. 140 Eagle School
P.S. 146 Edward Collins School
P.S. 157 Grove Hill School
P.S. 161 Ponce de Leon School
J.H.S. 162 Lola Rodriguez de Tio School
Academy of Public Relations
Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School
South Bronx Academy for Applied Media
M.S. 301 Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School
Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School
New Explorers High School
Urban Assembly School for Careers in Sports
Jane Addams High School for Academic Careers

Other schools in District 7
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

Melrose Community School (1-8)
838 Brook Avenue 10451
718-292-1144

St. Anselm 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

 

 

 

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