Bronx Community District 1

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Neighborhoods1: Melrose, Mott Haven, Port Morris

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Website: www1.nyc.gov/site/bronxcb1/index.page Email: [email protected]

CO M M U N I T Y A S S E T S 5

Public Schools

77

Hospitals and Clinics

35

Public Libraries Parks

3

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M E A N C O M M U T E T O W O R K 4, 8

42 minutes

Bronx 43 minutes

NYC 40

minutes

E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T 4 , 1 0

Bronx CD 1

10%

of residents 25 years or older have earned a bachelor's degree or higher

Bronx 19% NYC 36%

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R E N T B U R D E N 4, 6

Bronx CD 1

49%

of households spend 35% or more of their income on rent

Bronx 51% NYC 45%

LI M I T E D EN GL I S H P RO FI CI EN C Y 4

Bronx CD 1

34%

of residents 5 years or older have limited English proficiency

Bronx 26% NYC 23%

U N E M P L OY M E N T 4 , 1 0

Bronx CD 1

14%

of the civilian labor force was unemployed on average from 2011 to 2015

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Source: PLUTOTM 16v2

A Snapshot of Key Community Indicators

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To learn more, please read Bronx CD 1's Statements of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 2018.

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1. Affordable housing 2. Health care services 3. Unemployment

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Top 3 pressing issues identified by Bronx Community Board 1 in 2017:

Land Use Category 1 & 2 Family Bldgs 1,191 Multifamily Walk-up 829 Multifamily Elevator 104 Mixed Use 483 Commercial 281 Industrial 322 Transportation/Utility 83 Public/Institutional 170 Open Space 48 Parking 252 Vacant 232 Other 55

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Bronx 14% NYC 9.5%

A C C E S S TO PA R KS 7

Bronx CD 1

99%

of residents live within walking distance of a park or open space

C R I M E R AT E 9

Bronx CD 1

23.4

major felonies were reported per 1,000 residents in 2016

Citywide Target 85%

Bronx 14.3 NYC 11.8

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Bronx CD 1

28%

of residents have incomes below the NYCgov poverty threshold. See the federal poverty rate here.

Bronx 28% NYC 21%

Neighborhoods may be in multiple districts. Names and boundaries are not officially designated. 22000 US Census; 32010 US Census; 4American Community Survey 2011-2015 5-Year Estimates, calculated for Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs). PUMAs are geographic approximations of community districts. BX 1 shares PUMA 3710 with BX 2, and the ACS population estimate cannot be reliably disaggregated. 5NYC Dept of City Planning Facilites Database (2017); 6 Differences of less than 3 percentage points are not statistically meaningful. 7NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation (DPR) (2016). DPR considers walking distance to be 1/4 mile for parks less than 6 acres, and 1/2 mile for larger parks and pools. 8Differences of less than 2 minutes are not statistically meaningful. 9NYPD CompStat, Historic Complaint Data (2017); 10 Differences of less than 2 percentage points are not statistically meaningful. 11 2011-2015 NYCgov Poverty Measure by PUMA. This metric from the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity accounts for NYC's high cost of housing, as well as other costs of living and anti-poverty benefits.

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