Bronx Community Board 9

Bronx Community Board 9 is a local government unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhoods of Castle Hill, Parkchester, Soundview, Harding Park, Bronx River, Clason Point and Unionport.^[3] It is delimited by Westchester Creek to the east, Sheridan Boulevard to the west, the Cross Bronx Expressway and East Tremont Avenue to the north and the Bronx River and the East River to the south.

Bronx Community District 9 Bronx Community Board 9
Community District
Location in The Bronx
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	The Bronx
Neighborhoods	list Castle Hill Clason Point Harding Park Parkchester Soundview
Government
• Type	Community board
• Body	Bronx Community Board 9
• Chairperson	Nicholas Himidian
• District Manager	William Rivera
Area
• Total	4.1 sq mi (11 km2)
Population  (2017)
• Total	190,800
• Density	47,000/sq mi (18,000/km2)
Ethnicity
• Hispanic and Latino Americans	58.1%
• African-American	29.1%
• White	2.8%
• Asian	7.0%
• Others	2.9%
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	10462, 10472, and 10473
Area codes	718, 347, and 929, and 917
Police Precincts	43rd (website)
Website	www1.nyc.gov/site/bronxcb9/index.page
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Community board staff and membership

The current chairperson of the Bronx Community board 9 is Brandon Ganaishlal. Its District Manager is William Rivera.

The City Council members representing the community district are non-voting, ex officio board members.^[4] The council members and their council districts are:^[5]

• 13th NYC Council District - Mark Gjonaj
• 17th NYC Council District - Rafael Salamanca
• 18th NYC Council District - Rubén Díaz Sr.

Demographics

As of the 2000 United States census, the community district has a population of 167,859, up from 155,970 in 1990 and 167,627 in 1980. The racial makeup was 92,734 (55.2%) are of Hispanic origin, 55,750 (33.2%) are Black, non-Hispanic, 7,065 (4.2%) are White, non-Hispanic, 6,151 (3.7%) are Asian or Pacific Islander, 538 (0.3%) American Indian or Alaska Native, 1,650 (1%) are some other race (non-Hispanic), and 3,971 (2.4%) of two or more races (non-Hispanic).