Manhattan Community Board 8

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.

Manhattan Community District 8
Community District
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Manhattan
Neighborhoods	Upper East Side including Carnegie Hill Lenox Hill Roosevelt Island Yorkville
Government
• Chairperson	Valerie Mason[1]
• District Manager	Will Brightbill
Area
• Land	2 sq mi (5 km2)
Population  (2020)
• Total	231,983[2]
Ethnicity
• Hispanic	9.7%
• African-American	2.3%
• White	75.3%
• Asian	10.2%
• Others	2.5%
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	10021, 10028, 10044, 10065, 10075, and 10128
Area code	212, 646, and 332, and 917
Police Precinct	19th (website)
Website	www.cb8m.com
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Its current Chair is Valerie Mason and its District Manager is Will Brightbill.^[6]

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.^[7]

The land area is 1,267 acres, or 2 square miles (5.2 km²).^[7]