Community boards of Manhattan are New York City community boards in the

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, 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. Community boards each have up to 50 volunteer members appointed by the local borough president, half from nominations by

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members representing the community district (''i.e.'', whose council districts cover part of the community district).

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§ 2800(a) Additionally, all City Council members representing the community district are non-voting, ''

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'' board members.

History

The 1963 revision of the

extended the Borough of Manhattan's "Community Planning Councils" (est. 1951) to the outer boroughs as "Community Planning Boards", which are now known as "Community Boards". The 1975 revision of the New York City Charter set the number of Community Districts/Boards to 59, established the position of the district manager for the community districts, and created the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) which gave the community boards the authority to review land use proposals such as zoning actions and special permits.

Community District 1

Consists of neighborhoods: *

TriBeCa Tribeca ( ), originally written as TriBeCa, is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City. Its name is a syllabic abbreviation of "Triangle Below Canal Street". The "triangle" (more accurately a quadrilateral) is bounded by Canal Str ...

Financial District, Manhattan The Financial District of Lower Manhattan, also known as FiDi, is a neighborhood located on the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by the West Side Highway on the west, Chambers Street and City Hall Park on the north, ...

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- older name was '' Five Points'' *

Battery Park City Battery Park City is a mainly residential planned community and neighborhood on the west side of the southern tip of the island of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by the Hudson River on the west, the Hudson River shoreline on the nor ...

* South Street Seaport * part of

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Battery Park The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park, is a public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan#Manhattan Island, Manhattan Island in New York City facing New York Harbor. The park is bounded by Battery Place on the north, with Bowling ...

City Hall Park City Hall Park is a public park surrounding New York City Hall in the Civic Center of Manhattan. It was the town commons of the nascent city of New York. History 17th century David Provoost came to New Netherland as early as 1638, probab ...

* Besides, there are three virtually uninhabited islands in the District. Their status is complicated by a number of political and historical factors: **

Ellis Island Ellis Island is an island in New York Harbor, within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York (state), New York. Owned by the U.S. government, Ellis Island was once the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United State ...

Liberty Island Liberty Island is a federally owned island in Upper New York Bay in the northeastern United States. Its most notable feature is the Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World''), a large statue by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi that was ...

Governors Island Governors Island is a island in New York Harbor, within the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Manhattan. It is located approximately south of Manhattan Island, and is separated from Brooklyn to the east by the Buttermilk ...

Community District 2

Consists of neighborhoods: *

Greenwich Village Greenwich Village, or simply the Village, is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street (Manhattan), 14th Street to the north, Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the s ...

Greenwich Village includes also: **

West Village The West Village is a neighborhood in the western section of the larger Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. The West Village is bounded by the Hudson River to the west and 14th Street (Manhattan), 14th Street to ...

** South Village **

Washington Square Park Washington Square Park is a public park in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is an icon as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity. The park is operated by the New York City Department o ...

NoHo NoHo, short for "North of Houston Street, Houston Street" (as contrasted with SoHo), is a primarily residential neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded by Mercer Street (Manhattan), Mercer Street to the west, the Bowery ...

SoHo SoHo, short for "South of Houston Street, Houston Street", is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Since the 1970s, the neighborhood has been the location of many artists' lofts and art galleries, art installations such as The Wall ...

** SoHo, to its west, includes

Hudson Square Hudson Square is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded approximately by Clarkson Street to the north, Canal Street (Manhattan), Canal Street to the south, Varick Street (Manhattan), Varick Street to the east, and ...

Little Italy Little Italy is the catch-all name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an Urban area, urban neighborhood. The concept of "Little Italy" holds many different aspects of the Italian cul ...

* part of

Community District 3

Consists of neighborhoods: *

Lower East Side The Lower East Side, sometimes abbreviated as LES, is a historic neighborhood in the southeastern part of Manhattan in New York City. It is located roughly between the Bowery and the East River from Canal to Houston streets. Historically, it w ...

* East Village ** Tompkins Square Park is located in East Village **Avenues A to D are sometimes known as Alphabet City *

* Two Bridges

Community District 4

Consists of neighborhoods: *

Hell's Kitchen Hell's Kitchen, also known as Clinton, or Midtown West on real estate listings, is a neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York. It is considered to be bordered by 34th Street (or 41st Street) to the south, ...

(also called Clinton) * Chelsea Sources:
NYC DCP Profile of Community District 4Official website of Community Board 4

Community District 5

Consists of neighborhoods: * Midtown *

Times Square Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and Neighborhoods in New York City, neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City. It is formed by the junction of Broadway (Manhattan), ...

* Herald Square *

Midtown South Midtown South is a macro-neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, generally characterized as constituting the southern portion of Midtown Manhattan. Midtown Manhattan hosts over 700,000 daily employees as a busy hub for worker ...

Flatiron District The Flatiron District is a neighborhood in the borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan of New York City, named after the Flatiron Building at 23rd Street (Manhattan), 23rd Street, Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway and Fifth Avenue. Generally ...

*part of Murray Hill *part of Chelsea *part of Gramercy * Union Square

Community District 6

Consists of neighborhoods: *part of Murray Hill * Sutton Place *

Beekman Place Beekman Place is a small street located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood on the East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Running from north to south for two blocks, the street is situated between the eastern end of 51st Street and Mitchell Place, ...

* Turtle Bay * Tudor City *part of Gramercy ** Kips Bay area is located inside Gramercy *

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* Stuyvesant Park * Stuyvesant Town Bellevue Hospital Center and the

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are located in the District.

Community District 7

Consists of one neighborhood: *

Upper West Side The Upper West Side (UWS) is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Central Park on the east, the Hudson River on the west, West 59th Street to the south, and West 110th Street to the north. The Upper We ...

including: **

Central Park West Historic District The Central Park West Historic District is located along Central Park West, between 61st and 97th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on ...

**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 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 ...

Community District 8

Consists of neighborhoods: * Yorkville ** Carl Schurz Park is located in Yorkville *

Upper East Side The Upper East Side, sometimes abbreviated UES, is a neighborhood in the boroughs of New York City, borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded approximately by 96th Street (Manhattan), 96th Street to the north, the East River to the e ...

Lenox Hill Lenox Hill () is a neighborhood on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It forms the lower (southern) section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s. A significant portion of the neighborhood lies withi ...

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

Roosevelt Island Roosevelt Island is an island in New York City's East River, within the Borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan. It lies between Manhattan Island to the west, and the borough of Queens, on Long Island, to the east. It is about long, wit ...

* Mill Rock North-Western area of the District with South-Eastern boundary point at 3rd Avenue and East 86 Street is named

Carnegie Hill Carnegie Hill is a neighborhood within the Upper East Side, in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Its boundaries are 86th Street on the south, Fifth Avenue (Central Park) on the west, with a northern boundary at 98th Street that contin ...

Community District 9

Consists of neighborhoods: * Hamilton Heights *

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Morningside Heights Morningside Heights is a neighborhood on the West Side of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Morningside Drive to the east, 125th Street to the north, 110th Street to the south, and Riverside Drive to the west. Morningsi ...

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Community District 10

Consists of the only neighborhood: * Central Harlem

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is located in the District.

Community District 11

Consists of only one neighborhood on Manhattan Island: *

East Harlem East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem, or , is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the eas ...

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 Randalls Island (sometimes called Randall's Island) and Wards Island are conjoined islands, collectively called Randalls and Wards Island, in New York City.

Wards Island Randalls Island (sometimes called Randall's Island) and Wards Island are conjoined islands, collectively called Randalls and Wards Island, in New York City.

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.

Other areas

Marble Hill, while legally a part of New York County ("Manhattan") is represented primarily by Bronx Community Board 8 and also by Bronx Community Board 7. Within the borough of Manhattan there is one Joint Interest Area (JIA), which is outside of the jurisdiction of individual community districts, and have their own district number. The only JIA in New York county is: * JIA 64 -

Central Park Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States. It is the List of parks in New York City, sixth-largest park in the ...

, 2010 Census population: 25

Notable members

* Anita Altman (Manhattan CB7) * Shaun Abreu (Manhattan CB9) * Brian Benjamin (Manhattan CB10) * Gale Brewer (Manhattan CB7) * Margaret Chin (Manhattan CB1 & CB3) *

Nick Fish Nicholas Stuyvesant Fish (September 30, 1958 – January 2, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a Commissioner of Portland, Oregon from 2008 to 2020. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, Fish worked with Portland P ...

(Manhattan CB5) * Sylvia Friedman (Manhattan CB6) * James F. Gennaro (Manhattan CB8) * Robert Holden (politician) (Manhattan CB5) *

Corey Johnson (politician) Corey David Johnson (born April 28, 1982) is an American politician and lobbyist. A member of the Democratic Party, he was Speaker of the New York City Council from January 2018 to January 2022. The third district includes Hell's Kitchen, C ...

(Manhattan CB4) * Ben Kallos (Manhattan CB8) * Carolyn Kent (Manhattan CB9) *

Julie Menin Julie Menin (born October 6, 1967) is a member of the New York City Council from District 5. Before she was elected to this position, she served as an American attorney, civil servant, non-profit executive, professor and small business owner. In ...

(Manhattan CB1) * Keith Powers (Manhattan CB6) * Dan Quart (Manhattan CB8) * Carlina Rivera (Manhattan CB3) * Helen Rosenthal (Manhattan CB7) * Leslie Wyche (Manhattan CB9 & CB11)

References

External links

Manhattan Community Boards

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Community Boards of Manhattan Community boards of Manhattan are community boards of New York City, New York City community boards in the borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan, which are the appointed advisory groups of the community districts that advise on land use a ...

Urban planning in New York City

History

Community District 1

Community District 2

Community District 3

Community District 4

Community District 5

Community District 6

Community District 7

Community District 8

Community District 9

Community District 10

Community District 11

Community District 12

Other areas

Notable members

See also

References

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