Manhattan Community Board 12

The Manhattan Community Board 12 is a New York City community board for the neighborhoods of Inwood and Washington Heights in the borough of Manhattan. It is delimited by the Harlem River on the east and on the north, the Hudson River on the west and 155th Street on the south.

Manhattan Community District 12 Manhattan Community Board 12
Community district
Location in Upper Manhattan
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Manhattan
Neighborhoods	list Inwood Washington Heights
Government
• Type	Community board
• Body	Manhattan Community Board 12
• Chairperson	Eleazar Bueno
• District Manager	Ebenezer Smith
Area
• Total	2.8 sq mi (7 km2)
Population  (2010)
• Total	190,020
• Density	68,000/sq mi (26,000/km2)
Ethnicity
• Hispanic and Latino Americans	68.8%
• African-American	7.6%
• White	18.9%
• Asian	3.0%
• Others	1.7%
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	10032, 10033, 10034, and 10040
Area codes	212, 646, and 332, and 917
Police Precincts	33rd (website) 34th (website)
Website	cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us/cb12/
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Demographics

As of 2000, the Community Board had a population of 208,414, up from 198,192 in 1990, and 179,141 in 1980. Of the population (as of 2000), 28,242 (13.6%) are White non Hispanic, 17,480 (8.4%) are African-American, 4,310 (2.1%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 505 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 727 (0.3%) of some other race, 2,736 (1.3%) of two or more race, 154,414 (74.1%) of Hispanic origins. As of 2009, 42.3% of the population benefit from public assistance, which was up from 33.3% in 2000.^[4]

The land area is 1,790.6 acres, or 2.8 square miles (7.3 km²).^[4]