Manhattan Community Board 8
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| name = Manhattan Community District 8
| settlement_type = Community District
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|New York}}
| subdivision_type2 = City
| subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of New York City.svg}} New York City
| subdivision_type3 = Borough
| subdivision_name3 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Borough of Manhattan.svg}} Manhattan
| parts_type = Neighborhoods
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| parts = Upper East Side including
| p1 = Carnegie Hill
| p2 = Lenox Hill
| p3 = Roosevelt Island
| p4 = Yorkville
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| leader_title = Chairperson
| leader_name = Valerie Mason{{cite web |title=Board Members |url=https://www.cb8m.com/overview/board-members/ |website=Manhattan Community Board 8 |access-date=28 April 2025}}
| leader_title1 = District Manager
| leader_name1 = Will Brightbill
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| area_land_sq_mi = 2
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| population_as_of = 2020
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| population_total = 231,983{{cite web |title=Manhattan Community District 8 |url=https://popfactfinder.planning.nyc.gov/explorer/districts/108 |website=NYC Population FactFinder |publisher=New York City Department of City Planning |access-date=28 April 2025}}
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| demographics_type2 = Ethnicity
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| demographics2_title1 = Hispanic
| demographics2_info1 = 9.7%
| demographics2_title2 = African-American
| demographics2_info2 = 2.3%
| demographics2_title3 = White
| demographics2_info3 = 75.3%
| demographics2_title4 = Asian
| demographics2_info4 = 10.2%
| demographics2_title5 = Others
| demographics2_info5 = 2.5%
| blank_name_sec1 = Police Precinct
| blank_info_sec1 = 19th ({{URL|www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/19th-precinct.page|website}})
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| timezone1 = Eastern
| utc_offset1 = −5
| timezone1_DST = EDT
| utc_offset1_DST = −4
| postal_code_type = ZIP codes
| postal_code = 10021, 10028, 10044, 10065, 10075, and 10128
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 212, 646, and 332, and 917
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| website = {{URL|www.cb8m.com}}
| footnotes = {{cite web |title=NYC Community District Profiles |url=https://communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov/manhattan/8 |website=communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov |access-date=October 9, 2021}}{{cite web |title=mn08_profile.pdf |url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NYCPlanning/labs-cd-files/master/static-profiles/mn08_profile.pdf |website=docs.google.com |access-date=October 9, 2021}}{{cite web |title=Manhattan Boards |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cau/community-boards/manhattan-boards.page |access-date=October 9, 2021}}
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The Manhattan Community Board 8 is a New York City community board encompassing the Upper East Side, including the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, 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.
Its current Chair is Valerie Mason and its District Manager is Will Brightbill.{{cite web |title=Board Members |url=https://www.cb8m.com/overview/board-members/ |website=Manhattan Community Board 8 |access-date=28 April 2025}}
Demographics
As of 2000, the Community Board had 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%) were White non-Hispanic, 6,907 (3.2%) were African-American, 13,778 (6.3%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 126 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 618 (0.3%) of some other race, 3,952 (1.5%) of two or more races, 3,253 (6.0%) of Hispanic origins. 4.8% of the population benefitted from public assistance as of 2009, up from 2.8% in 2000.{{cite web |url=http://nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/mn8profile.pdf |title=Manhattan Community Board 8 Profile |publisher=The City of New York |access-date=24 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524030743/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/mn8profile.pdf |archive-date=24 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}
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External links
- [http://www.cb8m.com/ Community Board 8 - Official Website]
{{Community Boards of New York City}}
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Category:Community boards of Manhattan
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