Manhattan Community Board 7
The Manhattan Community Board 7 is a New York City community board encompassing the neighborhoods of Manhattan Valley, Upper West Side, and Lincoln Square in the borough of Manhattan. It is delimited by Central Park West on the east, northern portion of Columbus Circle, West 60th Street, Columbus Avenue (Ninth Avenue), and West 59th Street on the south, the Hudson River on the west and Cathedral Parkway (West 110th Street) on the north. Steven M. Brown serves as Chairperson and Penny Ryan is the District Manager. Demographics. As of 2010, the Community Board has a population  of 209,084; down from 210,993 in 1990. Of them (as of 2010), 140,850 (67.4%) are White non Hispanic, 31,347 (15%) of Hispanic origin, 15,834 (7.6%) are African American, 15,988 (7.6%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 221 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 671 (0.3%) of some other race, 4,173 (2%) of two or more race. As of 2012, 12.2% of the population benefits from public assistance. The land area is 1,222.7 acres, or .