Neighborhoods in New York City

The Administrative divisions of New York City takes place on two levels:

  • The city of New York is divided into five boroughs ("city districts " ), which correspond to counties ( " districts ") of the State of New York.
  • The boroughs in turn are divided into a total of 59 Community Districts ( CD ), the role of the Charter of the City of New York are set out in Chapter 69.

The Community Districts, however, perceive scarcely administrative duties in the strict sense, but serve mainly the improved participation of citizens. Each Community District has a community board with up to 50 members, the residents of the respective Community Districts need to be and ( City Council ) are appointed proportionally by the Borough President of the respective boroughs and the local representatives in the City Council. The Community Boards serve as the first point of contact for citizens' complaints and have a say in planning projects.

Are superimposed the boundaries of Community Districts from the territories of other municipal authorities, such as the office districts ( Precincts ) fire and police departments, and school districts ( School Districts) that coincide only partially with the boundaries of Community Districts.

The community districts in turn are composed of different neighborhoods, which is why New York has found as City of Neighborhoods in literature. However, the neighborhoods are no defined administrative units, but names that have evolved over time for individual districts. Many of these neighborhoods go back to historical towns, such as today's Bushwick to 1661, founded by Dutch settlers Boswijck. Others go back to real estate speculators who were instrumental in the development of each district; Brownsville, for example, is named after Charles S. Brown, who bought the area and after 1865 there was built 250 houses. Still other names date back to historic immigrant groups, such as Little Italy and China Town and some newer names are inventions of the real estate industry in order to market an area better as NoHo ( North of Houston Street) or Dumbo (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass ). Neighborhoods are often characterized by a certain, relatively uniform architectural style or a certain ethnic composition. They can be compared with neighborhoods in Berlin.

Boroughs / counties

Community Districts

The population figures in the following table refer to the census of 1 April 2000.

Source: Department of City Planning, City of New York

Neighborhoods

Individual neighboorhoods be characterized by residents of any race:

African American

  • Brooklyn: Fort Greene; Flatbush; Canarsie; Bedford Stuyvesant; Weeksville; Brownsville; East New York; Starrett City; Ocean Hill; East Flatbush; CityLine; Clinton Hill; Cypress Hills; Kensington; Flatlands; Stuyvesant Heights and Wingate
  • Bronx: Co-op City; Baychester; Eastchester; Edenwald; Soundview; Wakefield; Williams Bridge; Olinville; Allerton; Concouse; Fordham - Bedford; Mott Haven, Morrisania; Tremont; Highbridge and East Morrisania
  • Manhattan: Harlem; Sugar Hill; Hamilton Heights; Hudson Heights; Lower East Side and San Juan Hill
  • Staten Iceland: Mariners Harbor; Tompkinsville; Clifton and Stapleton
  • Queens: Far Rockaway; Arverne; St. Albans; Cambria Heights; Laurelton; Rosedale; Jamaica; Hollis; South Jamaica; Elmhurst; Ozone Park; South Ozone Park; Springfield Gardens; Queensbridge; East Elmhurst and Queens Village

Hispanic

  • Brooklyn: Bushwick; Williamsburg; East Williamsburg; East New York; Sunset Park; Cypress Hills; New Lots; Kensington and City Line
  • Bronx: Allerton; Bedford Park; Castle Hill; Concourse, Bronx; East Morrisania, Bronx; East Tremont, Bronx; Fordham, Bronx; Fordham - Bedford, Bronx; Harding Park, Bronx; Highbridge, Bronx; Hunts Point, Bronx; The Hub, Bronx; Kingsbridge, Bronx; Kingsbridge Heights, Bronx; Longwood, Bronx; Melrose, Bronx; Morrisania, Bronx; Morris Heights, Bronx; Mott Haven, the Bronx; Norwood, Bronx; Port Morris, Bronx; Soundview, Bronx; Tremont, Bronx; University Heights, Bronx and West Farms, Bronx
  • Manhattan: Spanish Harlem, Manhattan; Inwood, Manhattan; Washington Heights, Manhattan; Lower East Side, Manhattan; Alphabet City, Manhattan; Lower East Side, Manhattan; East Village, Manhattan; Loisaida; Manhattan; Hamilton Heights, Manhattan; Manhattanville, Manhattan; Hudson Heights, Manhattan and Manhattan Valley; Manhattan
  • Staten Iceland: Mariners Harbor; Tompkinsville; Port Richmond; Clifton and Midland Beach
  • Queens: Elmhurst; Corona; East Elmhurst; Woodhaven; Woodside; Flushing; Maspeth; Ridgewood; Ozone Park; South Ozone Park; Glendale; Jackson Heights; North Corona; Utopia; Richmond Hill; Sunnyside; Astoria; Queens Village and Linden Hill, Kew Gardens

Italian

  • Brooklyn: Bensonhurst; Dyker Heights; Midwood; Bay Ridge; Cobble Hill; Carroll Gardens; Gravesend; Home Crest; Manhattan Beach; Mill Basin; Marine Park and Kensington
  • Bronx: Country Club; Morris Park; City Iceland; Arthur Avenue Pelham Bay; Pelham Gardens; Pelham Parkway; Throgs Neck; Locust Point and Woodlawn
  • Manhattan: Hell's Kitchen; Little Italy; NoLIta; Greenwich Village; Lower East Side and Italian Harlem
  • Staten Iceland: Annadale; Arden Heights; Arrochar; Bay Terrace; Charleston; Concord; Eltingville; Grant City; Grasmere; Great Kills; Green Ridge; Huguenot; New Dorp; New Springville; Pleasant Plains; Port Richmond; Prince 's Bay; Rosebank; South Beach; Todt Hill; Tompkinsville; Tottenville; West New Brighton and Willowbrook
  • Queens Howard Beach; Old Howard Beach; Ozone Park; Middle Village; Bayside; Richmond Hill; South Ozone Park; Whitestone; Murray Hill; Rockwood Park; Jackson Heights; Woodhaven; Ridgewood; Tudor Village; Lindenwood and Broad Channel

Jewish

  • Brooklyn: Midwood; Borough Park; Gravesend; Sheepshead Bay; Home Crest; Marine Park; Brighton Beach; Coney Iceland; Park Slope; Crown Heights; Mill Basin; Marine Park; Bensonhurst; Williamsburg; Flatbush and Kings Highway
  • Bronx: Riverdale; Pelham Parkway; Van Cortlandt Village and City Iceland
  • Queens: Little Neck; Forest Hills; Fresh Meadows; Bayside; Woodhaven; Rockwood Park; Briarwood; Kew Gardens; Jamaica Estates; Hillcrest; Douglaston; Bayswater; Utopia; Jackson Heights; Hollis Hills; Glendale; Lindenwood; Howard Beach and Forest Hills Gardens

Guyanese

  • Queens Kew Gardens; Richmond Hill;
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