LOWER MANHATTAN, 2000

Community District 1
North: Canal Street
East: East River
West: Hudson River
South: Battery Park
49-51 Chambers Street, Room 715
New York, NY 10007
TEL: (212) 442-5050
FAX: (212) 442-5055
Website: www.cb1.org
District Manager: Paul Goldstein

Community District 2
North: 14th Street
East: Bowery
West: Hudson River
South: Canal Street
3 Washington Square Village, Suite 1A
New York, NY 10012
TEL: (212) 979-2272
FAX: (212) 254-5102
Website: www.cb2manhattan.org
District Manager: Arthur Strickler

Community District 3
North: 14th Street
East: East River
West: 4th Avenue/Bowery/ Pearl
South: Brooklyn Bridge
59 East Fourth Street
New York, NY 10003
TEL: (212) 533-5300
FAX: (212) 533-3659
Website: www.cb3manhattan.org
District Manager: Susan Stetzer

General Characteristics:

Population

34,420

93,119

164,407

Sex

47.3% Female, 52.7% Male

50.2% Female, 49.8% Male

50.7% Female, 49.3% Male

Median Age

25-44 yrs.

25-44 yrs

25-44 yrs

Racial Characteristics

Nonhispanic of Single Race:

White

66.9%

74.8%

28.2%

Black

6.8%

2.4%

7.1%

Asian

14.1%

14.6%

35.2%

2 or more races

2.6%

2%

2.1%

Hispanic

8.1%

5.7%

26.9%

Social Characteristics:

Population Under 18 Years

4,049 under 18 (11.8%)

7,668 under 18 (8.2%)

28,116 (17.1%)

Percentage of Family Households
not run by a Married Couple

20.1% of family households

19.8% of family households

40.3% of family households

Nonfamily households

60.3%

71.7%

53.2%

Persons on Public Assistance
through AFDC, and Home Relief

736 (2.1%)

1,040 (1.1%)

8,740 (5.3%)

Population and Housing:

Housing Units - Renter v Owner

74% units renter occupied

74.2% units renter occupied

88% units renter occupied

Land Use:

Multi-Family Residential

4.4%

25.7%

33.2%

Open Space/Recreation

3.3%

2.8%

15.9%

Commercial/Office

20.3%

14.7%

5.2%

Industry

2.1%

9.7%

2.1%

Institutions

27.5%

7.8%

11.1%

What’s Going on in
the Neighborhood?

Ground Zero Re-development

East River Water front urban design.

Battles over landmarks, gardens, churches, and community space

Plans for Manhattan Greenway, connecting the Battery to East River Park

Restoring/enhancing Lower Manhattan’s New Esplanade: pavilions, boardwalks, farmer’s market, bike path, etc.

High number of new commercial businesses

Shifting neighborhood lines (Mayor’s plans for rezoning)

The Lower East Side, 2000

Note: Data for different areas taken from different census excerpts.  Therefore terms sometimes vary -  variations are specified below.

Community District 3

Borough of Manhattan

City of New York

General Characteristics:

Population

164,407

1,537,195

8,085,742

Sex

50.7% Female, 49.3% Male

52.5% Female, 47.5% Male

52.6% Female, 47.4% Male

Age: 
newborn-9

8.8%

8.7%

13.8%

10-19

11.2%

9.4%

13.1%

20-24

9.2%

7.9%

7.4%

25-44

36.3%

38.2%

32.9%

45-64

21.1%

22.6%

21.1%

65+

13.4%

12.2%

11.7%

Racial Characteristics

Nonhispanic of Single Race:

White

28.2%

45.8%

35.0%

Black

7.1%

17.4%

28.4*% (includes Hispanic Blacks)

Asian

35.2%

9.4%

10.9%

2 or more races

2.1%

4.1%

4.9%

Hispanic

26.9%

27.2%

27.0%

Social Characteristics:

Population Under 18 Years

28,116 (17.1%)

16.8%

24.2%

Percentage of Family Households
not run by a Married Couple

40.3% of family households

39.3%

Nonfamily households

53.2%

38.7%

Language use
(ppl 5 yrs and older)

61.9% of people 5+ do not speak
English exclusively at home

41.9% of people age 5+ do
not speak English at home

47.6% of people age 5+ do
not speak English at home

Education:(ppl 25 yrs and older)+)
        w/o H.S. diploma or equiv.

49,668 people 25+

21.3%

27.7%

        w/ B.A. or more

32,052 people 25+

49.4%

27.4%

% of Population Foreign Born

na

29.4%

35.9%

Birthplace of Foreign Born:
        Latin America

Unavailable.  Instead, top 3
countries of origin for foreign
born in CD3 [does not include
people born on Puerto Rico]:
China excluding Hong Kong
and Taiwan (27,912), Dominican
Republic (6,505),
Hong Kong (2,644).

48.4%

52.6%

        Asia

27.1%

23.9%

        Europe

18.4%

19.4%

        Africa

3.5%

3.2%

In residence 5 years or more
(ppl 5 yrs and older)

na

56.9%

61.0%

Economic Characteristics:

Persons below the poverty line
        (stats for earnings 1999):
        Families

na

17.6%

18.5%

        Individuals

na

20.0%

21.2%

Median Household Income
        (stats for earnings 1999)

$30,616

$47,030

$38,293

Mean Travel Time to Work
        (workers 16 yrs and older)

na

30.5 minutes

40.0 minutes

Occupation:
(workers 16 yrs and older)
        Management, professional

Unavailable.  Instead, 
employment statistics for CD3:
civilian persons employed: 74,281
civilian persons unemployed:
7,709
Percentage of people in
labor force unemployed:10.4%

55.8%

36.8%

        Sales and office

23.5%

27.4%

        Service

12.4%

18.6%

        Production, transportation,
        and material moving

6.0%

10.9%

        Construction, extraction,
        and maintenance

2.3%

6.4%

Population and Housing:

Housing Units - Renter v Owner

88% units renter occupied

79.9% units renter occupied

69.8% units renter occupied

Land Use:

One-and-Two Family Res.

1.1%

27.2%

Multi-Family Residential

33.2%

22.6%

11.6%

Open Space/Recreation

15.9%

25.6%

25.2%

Commercial/Office

5.2%

9.2%

3.6%

Industry

2.1%

3.1%

4.0%

Institutions

11.1%

11.6%

7.4%

 If you’d like such stats for the area around your church, we recommend you look in your church’s census tract, along with some surrounding tracts.  Go to http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en It’s not difficult!  

UPPER MANHATTAN, 2000

Community District 9
North: W. 155th St.
East: Morningside/St. Nicholas/
Edgecombe/Harlem River Dr.
West: Hudson River
South:  Cathedral Pkwy
565 West 125th Street,
New York, NY 10027
TEL: Phone: 212.864.6200
FAX: 212.662.7396
Website: na
Dist. Mngr: Lawrence McClean

Community District 10
North: Harlem River
East: 5th Ave
West: Morningside/St. Nicholas/
Edgecombe/Harlem River Dr.
South: Central Park North
215 West 125th Street,
New York, NY 10027
TEL: 212.749.3105
FAX: 212.662.4215
Website: www.cb10.org
Dist. Manager:Yasmin Cornelius

Community District 11
North: Harlem River
East: Randall’s + Ward’s Island Parks
West: 5th Ave
South: E. 96th St.
Manhattan Community Board 11
55 E. 115th Street,
New York, NY 10029
TEL: 212.831.8929
FAX: 212.369.3571
Website: www.cb11m.org
District Manager: Javier Liano

General Characteristics:

Population

111,724

107,109

117,743

Sex

52.8% Female, 47.2% Male

54.1% Female, 45.9% Male

52.9% Female, 47.1% Male

Median Age

25-44 yrs

25-44 yrs

25-44 yrs

Racial Characteristics

Nonhispanic of Single Race:

White

17.8%

2%

7.3%

Black

31.3%

77.3%

35.7%

Asian

5.1%

.9%

2.7%

2 or more races

2.1%

2.5%

1.7%

Hispanic

43.2%

16.8%

52.1%

Social Characteristics:

Population Under 18 Years

24,753 (22.2%)

29,573 (27.6%)

32,400 (27.5%)

Percentage of Family Households
not run by a Married Couple

54.1%

69.5%

63.9%

Nonfamily households

45.5%

48.3%

40.2%

Persons on Public Assistance
through AFDC, and Home Relief

11,691 (10.5%)

16,387 (15.3%)

17,937 (15.2%)

Population and Housing:

Housing Units - Renter v Owner

90.3% of units renter occupied

93.4% of units renter occupied

93.6% of units renter occupied

Land Use:

Multi-Family Residential

31.8%

42.8%

23.2%

Open Space/Recreation

20.4%

5.4%

45.8%

Commercial/Office

2.9%

5.4%

2.2%

Industry

2.2%

0.7%

1.3%

Institutions

23.7%

14.6%

10.3%

What’s Going on in
the Neighborhood?

* The city plans to implement the Hudson Yards Master plan proposed in  Mayor’s Executive
Summary FY 2006.
* The 2005 125th Street River-to River Study indicated that “strengthen the regions business was needed
for further gentrification of the area”.
 * The city plans to rezone areas East Harlem and  Fredrick Douglass Boulevard in hopes of attracting
housing developers.
* In 2006 the city will begin renovation and expansion of the Harlem Piers.

Borough-Wide Statistics, 2000

General
Characteristics:

Population

18,976,457

Education

21.3% without HS diploma, 49.4% with bachelor’s degree or more (Population 25 years and over)

In Residence 5 Years

56.9% (Population 5 years and over)

English Not Spoken at Home

41.9% (Population 5 years and over)

Birth Place of Foreign Born

48.4% Latin America, 27.1% Asia, 18.4% Europe, 3.5% Africa

% of Pop. Foreign Born

29.4%

Economic Characteristics:

Occupation

55.8% Management, professional; 23.5% Sales and office occupations; 12.4% Service Occupations; 6.0% Production, transportation, and material moving; 2.3% Construction, extraction, and maintenance 

Persons Below the Poverty Line

17.6% of families; 20.0% of individuals (statistic for earnings 1999)

Median Household Income

$47,030 (statistic for earnings 1999)

Mean travel time to work

30.5 minutes (workers 16 yrs and older)

The stats offered in this box are compiled only for borough and census tracts, they are not available for community districts.  If you’d like such stats for the area around your church, we recommend you look in your church’s census tract, along with some surrounding tracts. 
Go to http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en It’s not difficult!