Bronx Community Board 5 is a local government unit of the city of
New York, encompassing the
neighborhoods
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...
of
Fordham,
Morris Heights,
Mount Hope, and
University Heights. It is delimited by Webster Avenue to the east,
Hall of Fame Terrace, West 183rd Street, and
Fordham Road
Fordham Road is a major thoroughfare in the Bronx, New York City, that runs west-east from the Harlem River to Bronx Park. Fordham Road houses the borough's largest and most diverse shopping district. It geographically separates the North Bro ...
to the north, the
Harlem River
The Harlem River is an tidal strait in New York, United States, flowing between the Hudson River and the East River and separating the island of Manhattan from the Bronx on the New York mainland.
The northern stretch, also called the Spuyt ...
to the west, and
Washington Bridge
The Washington Bridge is a -long arch bridge over the Harlem River in New York City between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. The crossing, opened in 1888, connects 181st Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan, w ...
and the
Cross Bronx Expressway to the south.
Its current chairperson is Dr. Bola Omotosho, and its district manager Ken Brown.
Demographics
As of the
United States 2000 Census
The United States census of 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 ce ...
, the Community Board has a population of 128,313, up from 118,435 in 1990 and 107,997 in 1980.
Of them, 79,048 (61.6%) are of
Hispanic origin, 41,609 (32.4%) are
Black, non-Hispanic, 1,917 (1.5%) are
White, non-Hispanic, 2,071 (1.6%) are
Asian or Pacific Islander, 453 (0.4%)
American Indian or Alaska Native, 978 (0.8%) are some other race (non-Hispanic), and 2,237 (1.7%) of two or more races (non-Hispanic).
References
External links
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Community boards of the Bronx
Fordham, Bronx
University Heights, Bronx
Bronx Community College
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