Manhattan Community District 6 | |
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| City |  New York City |
| Borough |  Manhattan |
| Neighborhoods | |
| Government | |
| • Chairperson | Sandra McKee |
| • District Manager | Jesús Pérez |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1.4 sq mi (3.6 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 142,745 |
| • Density | 100,000/sq mi (39,000/km2) |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Hispanic and Latino Americans | 7.3% |
| • African-American | 3.4% |
| • White | 69.7% |
| • Asian | 16.6% |
| • Others | 3.0% |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 10003, 10009, 10010, 10016, 10017, and 10022 |
| Area code | 212, 646, and 332, and917 |
| Police Precinct | |
| Website | cbsix |
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Manhattan Community Board 6 is aNew York City community board, part of thelocal government apparatus of the city, with responsibility for the East Side ofManhattan from14th Street to59th Street. This includes theneighborhoods ofGramercy Park,Stuyvesant Park,Stuyvesant Town,Peter Cooper Village,Rose Hill,Waterside Plaza,Murray Hill,Kips Bay,Turtle Bay,Tudor City, andSutton Place.[3] The eastern and western borders are theEast River andLexington Avenue, except between34th Street and40th Street, where the area extends west toMadison Avenue, and between20th Street and22nd Street where it extends west toPark Avenue South.
As of 2000, the Community Board has a population of 136,152, up from 133,748 in 1990 and 127,556 in 1980. Of them (as of 2000), 103,884 (76.3%) are White non Hispanic, 5,241 (3.8%) areAfrican-American, 14,458 (10.6%)Asian or Pacific Islander, 123 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 396 (0.3%) of some other race, 2,474 (1.8%) of two or more race, 9,576 (7.0%) of Hispanic origins. Also, 5.7% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 3.2% in 2000.[4]
The land area under the responsibility of the Board is 875.2 acres, or 1.37 square miles (3.54 km²).[4]
