Manhattan Community Board 5

Manhattan Community Board 5

Manhattan Community Board 5 is a local government unit of New York City, New York in the United States. It encompasses Midtown, Times Square, most of the Theatre District, the Diamond District, the Garment District, Herald Square, Koreatown, NoMad, Murray Hill and the Flatiron District, all in the borough of Manhattan. It is bounded by 59th Street on the north, Eighth Avenue, 26th Street, the Avenue of the Americas ("Sixth Avenue") on the west, 14th Street on the south, and Lexington Avenue on the east, excluding the area from 34th to 40th Streets between Madison and Lexington Avenues, and the area from 20th to 22nd Streets between Park Avenue South and Lexington Avenue/Irving Place.

Within the area under the Board's responsibility are all or part of the Murray Hill, Madison Square North, Ladies' Mile, Gramercy Park and East 17th Street/Irving Place historic districts.^[1] Business Improvement Districts in the area include Madison Avenue BID, East Midtown Association, Fifth Avenue BID, the Times Square Alliance, 47th Street BID, the Grand Central Partnership, Bryant Park Management, Garment Center District, 34th Street Partnership, Madison Square Park Conservancy, Flatiron 23rd Street Partnership and Union Square Partnership.^[2]

Since 2005, there has been considerable turnover in membership of the board due, in part, to the Community Board reform undertaken by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

As of 2000, the Community Board's area has a population of 44,028, up from 43,507 in 1990 and 39,543 in 1980. Of them (as of 2000), 31,813 (72.3%) are White non Hispanic, 1,948 (4.4%) are African-American , 6,143 (14.0%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 52 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 141 (0.3%) of some other race, 967 (2.2%) of two or more race, 2,964 (6.7%) of Hispanic origins. In addition, 11.9% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 8.9% in 2000.

The land area under the Board's purview is 1,046.4 acres, or 1.64 square miles (4.23 km²).

References

Notes

1. ^ "Historic Districts" on the Community Board 5 website
2. ^ "BIDs" on the Community Board 5 website

External links

• Official site of the Community Board