Bronx Community Board 8 is a local representative government unit of New York City. This area of 3.4 square miles (8.8 km2), encompasses the neighborhoods of Fieldston, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights, Marble Hill is in Manhattan or New York County, Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil and Van Cortlandt Village. The boundaries are: on the north the Bronx-Westchester County Line; on the east the western and southern boundary of Van Cortlandt Park, Mosholu Parkway, Goulden Avenue and Reservoir Avenue, on the west by the Hudson River, and on the south by the Harlem River, West 225th Street, and West Kingsbridge Road and Broadway.
Its current chairman is Robert Fanuzzi and its district manager is Nicole M. Stent, Esq.
The Community Board represents the interests and concerns of the local community on issues ranging from land use, education, housing, parks, public safety, libraries, the elderly, youth, environment and sanitation, traffic, and economic development. Some of the major issues that Board 8 has addressed in recent years include the creation of a comprehensive vision for the community through a 197-a Plan; the rezoning of various areas to prevent development that is out of character with a local area; amendments to the Greenbelt or Special Natural Area District provisions; and the economic revitalization of West 230th Street and Broadway.
The 1975 New York City Charter revisions allocated greater responsibility to Community Boards, especially in relation to municipal service delivery, the City budget, and land use, and the 1989 Charter revisions affirmed their role in those processes.
Read more about Bronx Community Board 8: Membership, Meetings, Committees, Community Board Responsibilities, Land Use and Zoning, City Budget, Other Community Concerns, Limitations, The District Manager, Address, Demographics
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