Bronx Community District 2 Bronx Community Board 2
Community District
Location in The Bronx
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	The Bronx
Neighborhoods	list Hunts Point Longwood
Government
• Type	Community board
• Body	Bronx Community Board 2
• Chairperson	Robert Crespo
• District Manager	Raphael Acevedo
Area
• Total	2.2 sq mi (6 km2)
Population  (2010)
• Total	52,200
• Density	24,000/sq mi (9,200/km2)
Ethnicity
• Hispanic and Latino Americans	67.5%
• African-American	28.7%
• White	1.9%
• Asian	0.6%
• Others	1.2%
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	10455, 10459, and 10474
Area codes	718, 347, and 929, and 917
Police Precincts	41st (website)
Website	bxcb2.org
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Bronx Community Board 2 is a local government unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhoods of Hunts Point and Longwood in the borough of the Bronx. It is delimited by the Bronx River on the east, Westchester Avenue, East 167th Street, and East 169th Street on the north, Prospect Avenue and East 149th Street to the west, and the East River on the south.

Community board staff and membership

The current chairperson of the Bronx Community board 2 is Robert Crespo. Its District Manager is Ralph Acevedo. Both are long-time Community Board 2 residents.

The City Council members representing the community district are non-voting, ex officio board members.^[3] The council members and their council districts are:^[4]

• 8th NYC Council District - Diana Ayala
• 17th NYC Council District - Rafael Salamanca

Demographics

As of the United States 2000 Census, the Community Board has a population of 46,824, up from 39,433 in 1990 and 34,397 in 1980. Of them, 35,507 (75.8%) are of Hispanic origin, 10,021 (21.4%) are Black, non-Hispanic, 582 (1.2%) are White, non-Hispanic, 207 (0.4%) are Asian or Pacific Islander, 101 (0.2%) American Indian or Alaska Native, 90 (0.2%) are some other race (non-Hispanic), and 316 (0.7%) of two or more races (non-Hispanic).