Manhattan Community District 5 | |
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| City |  New York City |
| Borough |  Manhattan |
| Neighborhoods | |
| Government | |
| • Chairperson | Bradley Sherburne |
| • District Manager | Marisa Maack |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 51,673 |
| • Density | 32,000/sq mi (12,000/km2) |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Hispanic and Latino Americans | 15.5% |
| • African-American | 5.2% |
| • White | 59.1% |
| • Asian | 17.2% |
| • Others | 3.0% |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 10003, 10010, 10011, 10016, 10017, 10018, 10019, 10020, 10022, 10036, 100111 |
| Area code | 212, 646, and 332, and917 |
| Police Precinct | |
| Website | www |
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Manhattan Community Board 5 is aNew York City community board, part of thelocal government apparatus of the city, with the responsibility for theneighborhoods ofMidtown,Times Square, most of theTheater District, theDiamond District, theGarment District,Herald Square,Koreatown,NoMad,Murray Hill and theFlatiron District, all in the borough ofManhattan. It is bounded by59th Street on the north,Eighth Avenue,26th Street, theAvenue of the Americas ("Sixth Avenue") on the west,14th Street on the south, andLexington Avenue on the east, excluding the area from34th to40th Streets betweenMadison andLexington Avenues, and the area from20th to22nd Streets betweenPark Avenue South and Lexington Avenue/Irving Place.
Within the area under the Board's responsibility are all or part of theMurray Hill,Madison Square North,Ladies' Mile,Gramercy Park andEast 17th Street/Irving Place historic districts.[3]Business Improvement Districts in the area include Madison Avenue BID, East Midtown Association, Fifth Avenue BID, the Times Square Alliance, 47th Street BID, theGrand Central Partnership, Bryant Park Management, Garment Center District, 34th Street Partnership,Madison Square Park Conservancy, Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership, and Union Square Partnership.[4]
Within its boundaries are the neighborhoods ofFlatiron,Herald Square,Midtown,Midtown South,Times Square, andUnion Square.[5] It may also include portions ofGramercy Park andMurray Hill.[6][7][8]
As of the 2010Census, the Community Board's area has a population of 51,000, up from 44,000 in the 2000 Census (+17%). With a land area of 1.6 square miles, the District has a population density of 32,296 persons per square mile.[6]
According to the American Community Survey, 59.1% are White (down from 72.3% in 2000), 5.2% are African-American (up from 4.4%), 17.2% are Asian or Pacific Islander (up from 14%), 15.5% are Hispanic (up from 6.7%), and 3% are another group.[6]
A total of 30.8% of the area's population is foreign born.[6]
The land area under the Board's purview is 1,046.4 acres, or 1.64 square miles (4.23 km2).
The majority of Manhattan 5'szoning by land area is Commercial (82.57%), followed by Manufacturing zoning (14.22%). Residences and Parks comprise 1.6% each.[6]
Manhattan 5 has 13 public schools, 7 public libraries, 23 hospitals and clinics, and 3 parks:[6]Bryant Park,Madison Square Park, andUnion Square Park.
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