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Community Information
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
State Senate District #36
Ruth Hassell-Thompson (Democrat)
959 E. 233rd Street
Bronx, NY 10466
Phone: 718-547-8854
Email: hassellt@senate.state.ny.us
Web site: http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/ruth-hassell-thompson
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
Council District #12
Larry B. Seabrook (Democrat)
3586 Boston Road
3rd Floor
Bronx, NY 10469
Phone: 718-994-9900
Fax: 718-652-0703
Email: seabrook@council.nyc.ny.us
Web site: http://council.nyc.gov/d12/html/members/home.shtml
Demographic Information
|
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 66
21 Asch Loop (Co-op City Boulevard) 10475
Police
45th Precinct
2877 Barkley Avenue 10465
718-822-5411
Local Hospitals
Jacobi Medical Center
1400 Pelham Parkway South 10461
718-918-5000
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street 10467
718-920-4321
Parks and Playgrounds
Pelham Bay Park
Westchester Avenue, Bruckner Boulevard
Post Office
Co-op City Station
3300 Connor Street 10475
718-515-5698
Dreiser Loop Station
179 Dreiser Loop 10475
718-671-0648
More neighborhood information available at gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap
Schools: District 11
P.S. 153 Helen Keller School
P.S. 160 Walt Disney School
P.S. 178 Dr. Selman Waksman School
M.S. 180 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams School
I.S. 181 Pablo Casals Middle School
Bronx Health Sciences High School
Harry S Truman High School
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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