The Manhattan Community Board 8 is a local government unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Upper East Side, LenoxHill, Yorkville, and Roosevelt Island in the borough of Manhattan. It is delimited by the East River on the east, 59th street on the south, Central Park on the west and 96th street on the north. Image File history File links Mncb8map. ... The skyline of Lower Manhattan, with the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center (1973 – 2001). ... // Neighborhoods (moving from north to south) Marble Hill Inwood Washington Heights Hudson Heights Harlem Central Harlem Sugar Hill Mount Morris Park West Harlem Hamilton Heights Manhattanville Spanish Harlem (also called East Harlem or El Barrio) Upper West Side Morningside Heights Manhattan Valley Upper East Side Carnegie Hill Yorkville Lenox Hill... This photo, showing the architectural mix on the Upper East Side, was taken from 87th Street and Second Avenue. ... Yorkville may refer to more than one place: in Canada: Yorkville, a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario in the United States of America: Yorkville, Illinois Yorkville, New York (two places): Yorkville, Manhattan, a neighborhood in New York City. ... Main Street on Roosevelt Island Roosevelt Island, pop. ... Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... New York City waterways: 1. ... Central Park (40°46′59″N, 73°58′20″W) is a large public, urban park (843 acres or 3. ...

Its current chairman is Charles Warren, and its district manager Elizabeth McKee.

Demographics

As of 2000, the Community Board has a population of 217,063, up from 210,880 in 1990 and 204,305 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 179,355 (82.6%) are White non hispanic, 6,907 (3.2%) are African-American, 13,778 (6.3%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 126 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alskan, 618 (0.3%) of some other race, 3,952 (1.5%) of two or more race, 3,253 (6.0%) of Hispanic origins.
4.5% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 2.8% in 2000. The land area is 1,267.3 acres, or 1.98 square miles (5.13 km²). This article is about the year 2000. ... This article is about the year. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ...

External links

• Official site of the Community Board