Bronx Community Board 5 is a local government unit of the city of
New York
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, encompassing the
neighborhoods
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of
Fordham,
Morris Heights,
Mount Hope, and
University Heights. It is delimited by Webster Avenue to the east,
Hall of Fame
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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 geopoli ...
to the north, the
Harlem River
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The northern stretch, also called the Spuyten Duyvi ...
to the west, and
Washington Bridge and the
Cross Bronx Expressway
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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 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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