The Manhattan Community Board 7 is a New York City community board encompassing the

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Manhattan Valley Manhattan Valley (also known as Bloomingdale ) is a neighborhood in the northern part of Upper West Side in Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded by West 110th Street to the north, Central Park West to the east, West 96th Street to the south, ...

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 West ...

, and Lincoln Square in the borough of

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. It is delimited by

Central Park West Eighth Avenue is a major north–south avenue on the west side of Manhattan in New York City, carrying northbound traffic below 59th Street. It is one of the original avenues of the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 to run the length of Manhattan ...

on the east, northern portion of

Columbus Circle Columbus Circle is a traffic circle and heavily trafficked intersection in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue, Broadway, Central Park South ( West 59th Street), and Central Park West, at the ...

, West 60th Street, Columbus Avenue (Ninth Avenue), and West 59th Street on the south, the

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on the west and

Cathedral Parkway 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, between Central Park West/ Frederick Doug ...

(West 110th Street) on the north. Beverly Donohue serves as Chairperson and Max Vandervliet is the District Manager.

Demographics

As of 2010, the Community Board has a population of 209,084; down from 210,993 in 1990. Of them (as of 2010), 140,850 (67.4%) are

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non

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, 31,347 (15%) of

origin, 15,834 (7.6%) are

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, 15,988 (7.6%) Asian or

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, 221 (0.1%) American Indian or

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, 671 (0.3%) of some other race, 4,173 (2%) of two or more race. As of 2012, 12.2% of the population benefits from

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.(from 2012) The land area is 1,222.7 acres, or .

References

External links

Official site of the Community Board
Community boards of Manhattan {{Manhattan-stub