The Manhattan Community Board 9 is a
New York City community board encompassing the
neighborhoods
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of
Hamilton Heights
Hamilton Heights is a neighborhood in the northern part of Manhattan in New York City. It is the northernmost part of the West Harlem area, along with Manhattanville and Morningside Heights to its south, and it contains the sub-neighborhood an ...
,
Manhattanville
Manhattanville (also known as West Harlem or West Central Harlem) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan bordered on the north by 135th Street; on the south by 122nd and 125th Streets; on the west by Hudson River; and on t ...
, and
Morningside Heights in the borough of
Manhattan
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. It is delimited by Edgecombe Avenue, Bradhurst Avenue,
Saint Nicholas Avenue, the
123rd Street and
Morningside Avenue
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on the east,
Cathedral Parkway on the south, the
Hudson River
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on the west and
155th Street on the north.
Three well known sub-areas are
Sugar Hill at the northeast corner of Hamilton Heights overlooking
Jackie Robinson Park;
Vinegar Hill at the northeast corner of Manhattanville and the home of
City College of New York overlooking
St. Nicholas Park, and
Cathedral Heights at the southeast tip of Morningside Heights is home to the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine and overlooks
Morningside Park.
Its current chair is Padmore John, and its district manager Eutha Prince.
Demographics
As of 2000, the Community Board has a population of 111,724 up from 106,978 in 1990 and 103,037 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 19,837 (17.8%) are White non-Hispanic, 34,924 (31.3%) are
African-American
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, 5,751 (5.1%)
Asian or Pacific Islander, 272 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 398 (0.4%) of some other race, 2,309 (2.1%) of two or more race, 48,233 (43.2%) of Hispanic origins.
39.4% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 27.4% in 2000.
The land area is 964.1 acres, or 1.51 square miles (3.90 km²).
Profile of the Community Board
, New York City
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. Accessed December 23, 2007.
References
External links
Community Board No. 9 - Manhattan websiteProfile of the Community Board
Community boards of Manhattan
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