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Community boards of Manhattan

Community boards of Manhattan are New York City community boards in the borough of Manhattan, which are the appointed advisory groups of the community districts that advise on land use and zoning, participate in the city budget process, and address service delivery in their district.

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Community boards are each composed of up to 50 volunteer members appointed by the local borough president, half from nominations by City Council members representing the community district (i.e., whose council districts cover part of the community district). Additionally, all City Council members representing the community district are non-voting, ex officio board members.

Community District 1

Consists of neighborhoods:

  • TriBeCa
  • Wall Street sometimes is named Financial District as well
  • Civic Center - older name was Five Points
  • Battery Park City
  • South Street Seaport
  • Battery Park
  • City Hall Park
  • Besides, there are three virtually uninhabited islands in the District. Their status is complicated by a number of political and historical factors:
  • Ellis Island
  • Liberty Island
  • Governors Island

    • Community District 2

    Consists of neighborhoods:

  • Greenwich Village
    Greenwich Village includes also:
  • West Village
  • South Village
  • Washington Square Park
  • NoHo
  • SoHo
  • SoHo, to its west, includes Hudson Square
  • Little Italy

    • Community District 3

    Consists of neighborhoods:

  • Lower East Side (Lower East Side)
  • East Village
  • Tompkins Square Park is located in East Village
  • Avenues A to D are sometimes known as Alphabet City
  • Chinatown
  • Two Bridges

    • Community District 4

    Consists of neighborhoods:

  • Clinton
  • Chelsea

    • Clinton neighborhood is named Hell's Kitchen sometimes.
    Sources:

  • NYC DCP Profile of Community District 4
  • Official website of Community Board 4

    • Community District 5

    Consists of neighborhoods:

  • Midtown
  • Times Square
  • Herald Square
  • Midtown South
  • part of Murray Hill
  • part of Gramercy
  • Union Square

    • Community District 6

    Consists of neighborhoods:

  • East 50's
  • part of Murray Hill
  • Sutton Place
  • Beekman Place
  • Turtle Bay
  • United Nations headquarters
  • Tudor City
  • part of Gramercy
  • Kips Bay area is located inside Gramercy
  • Peter Cooper
  • Stuyvesant Park
  • Stuyvesant Town

    • Bellevue Hospital Center is located in the District.

    Community District 7

    Consists of one neighborhood:

  • Upper West Side including:
  • Central Park West Historic District
  • Northern part of Upper West Side between West 96 Street and West 110 Street is known as Manhattan Valley or West Harlem
  • Lincoln Square including Lincoln Center

    • Community District 8

    Consists of neighborhoods:

  • Yorkville
  • Carl Schurz Park is located in Yorkville
  • Upper East Side
  • Lenox Hill

    • The following neighborhoods are located on the same named islands in East River.

  • Roosevelt Island
  • Mill Rock

    • North-Western area of the District with South-Eastern boundary point at 3rd Avenue and East 86 Street is named Carnegie Hill

    Community District 9

    Consists of neighborhoods:

  • Hamilton Heights
  • Manhattanville
  • Morningside Heights
  • Columbia University

    • Community District 10

    Consists of the only neighborhood:

  • Central Harlem

    • Polo Grounds is located in the District.

    Community District 11

    Consists of only one neighborhood on Manhattan Island:

  • East Harlem

    • Sometimes it is named Spanish Harlem or El Barrio Besides two neighborhoods, located on the same named islands are parts of the District:

  • Randall's Island
  • Wards Island

    • There is Mount Morris Park in the District.

    Community District 12

    Consists of two neighborhoods:

  • Inwood
  • Washington Heights
  • Part of Washington Heights is known as Hudson Heights

    • Inwood Hill Park is located in the District.

    References

    Community boards of Manhattan Wikipedia
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