The Manhattan Community Board 7 is a local government unit of the city of New York

New York City

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, encompassing the neighborhood of Manhattan Valley

Manhattan Valley

Manhattan Valley is a neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, bounded by West 110th Street to the north, Central Park West to the east, West 96th Street to the south, and Broadway to the west...

, Upper West Side

Upper West Side

The Upper West Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River and between West 59th Street and West 125th Street...

, and Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square, New York

Lincoln Square is the name of both a square and the surrounding neighborhood within the Upper West Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan...

 in the borough of Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

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It is delimited by Central Park West

Central Park West

Central Park West is an avenue that runs north-south in the New York City borough of Manhattan, in the United States....

 on the east, northern boundary of Columbus Circle

Columbus Circle

Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue, Broadway, Central Park South , and Central Park West, at the southwest corner of Central Park. It is the point from...

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West 60th Street, Columbus Avenue

Ninth Avenue (Manhattan)

Ninth Avenue / Columbus Avenue is a southbound thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Traffic runs downtown along its full length...

 (Ninth Avenue), and West 59th Street

59th Street (Manhattan)

59th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan runs east-west, from York Avenue to the West Side Highway, with a discontinuity between Ninth Avenue/Columbus Avenue and Eighth Avenue/Central Park West for the Time Warner Center. Although it is bi-directional for most of its length, the...

 on the south, the Hudson River

Hudson River

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 on the west and Cathedral Parkway

110th Street (Manhattan)

110th Street is a street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is commonly known as the boundary between Harlem and Central Park, along which it is known as Central Park North. In the west, it is also known as Cathedral Parkway....

 (West 110th Street) on the north.

Mel Wymore was elected Chairperson in 2009 and Penny Ryan is the District Manager.

Demographics

As of 2000, the Community Board has a population of 207,699, down from 210,993 in 1990 but up from 206,671 in 1980. Of them (as of 2000), 137,652 (66.3%) are White

White American

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 non Hispanic, 18,708 (9.0%) are African American

African American

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, 11,580 (5.6%) Asian

Asian American

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 or Pacific Islander

Pacific Islander American

Pacific Islander Americans, also known as Oceanian Americans, are residents of the United States with original ancestry from Oceania. They represent the smallest racial group counted in the United States census of 2000. They numbered 874,000 people or 0.3 percent of the United States population...

, 252 (0.1%) American Indian

Native Americans in the United States

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 or Native Alaskan

Alaska Natives

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, 843 (0.4%) of some other race, 3,952 (1.9%) of two or more race, 34,711 (16.7%) of Hispanic origins. 12.1% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2009, up from 9.3% in 2000.

The land area is 1,222.7 acres, or 1.9 square miles (4.9 km²).

External links

• Official site of the Community Board