Brooklyn Community Board 10
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Brooklyn Community Board 10 is a local governmental body in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that encompasses the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Fort Hamilton. It is delimited by Upper New York Bay on the west, Bay Ridge R.R. Yards and Long Island Rail Road on the north, 14th Street and Bay 8th Avenue on the east, as well as by Lower New York Bay on the south.
Its current chairman (2007) is Dean Rasinya, Vice Chair Mary Ann Walsh, Secretary Eleanor Petty, Treasurer Brian Kieran and its district manager Josephine Beckmann.
As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 122,542, up from 110,612 in 1990 and 118,188 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 84,120 (68.6%) are White non Hispanic, 1,402 (1.1%) are African-American, 17,546 (14.3%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 115 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 352 (0.3%) of some other race, 5,611 (4.6%) of two or more race, 13,396 (10.9%) of Hispanic origins.
22.7% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 10.9% in 2000.
The land area is 2,609.5 acres, or 4.1 square miles.
