Bronx Community Board 1 is a local government unit of the city of
New York, encompassing the
neighborhoods of
Mott Haven,
Melrose, and
Port Morris in the borough of
the Bronx
The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, West ...
. It is delimited by the
East River
The East River is a saltwater Estuary, tidal estuary or strait in New York City. The waterway, which is not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island, ...
, East 149th Street, and Prospect Avenue on the east, East 161st Street (from Prospect Avenue to Third Avenue), East 159th Street (from Third Avenue to Park Avenue), and East 149th Street (from Park Avenue to the Harlem River) on the north, and the
Harlem River
The Harlem River is an tidal strait in New York City, flowing between the Hudson River and the East River and separating the island of Manhattan from the Bronx on the United States mainland.
The northern stretch, also called the Spuyten Duyvi ...
and
Bronx Kill on the west and south.
Community board staff and membership
The current chairman of the Bronx Community board 1 is George Rodriguez, and its district manager is Cedric Loftin.
The City Council members representing the community district are non-voting, ''
ex officio
An ''ex officio'' member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, or council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term '' ex officio'' is Latin, meaning literally 'from the office', and the sense intended is 'by r ...
'' board members.
[ New York City Charter ยง 2800(a)] The council members and their council districts are:
* 8th NYC Council District -
Diana Ayala
* 17th NYC Council District -
Rafael Salamanca
Demographics
As of the
United States 2010 Census, the Community Board has a population of 91,497, up from 82,159 in 2000 and 77,214 in 1990.
Of them, 64,887 (70.9%) are of
Hispanic origin, 23,680 (25.9%) are
Black, non-Hispanic, 1,428 (1.6%)
White, non-Hispanic, 542 (0.6%) are
Asian or Pacific Islander, 177 (0.2%)
American Indian or Alaska Native, 216 (0.2%) are some other race (non-Hispanic), and 567 (0.6%) of two or more races (non-Hispanic).

References
External links
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Community boards of the Bronx
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