Government and Infrastructure
The Houston Fire Department Station 17 Second Ward, located in Fire District 8, serves the community. Firehouse 17 opened in the former Station 2 at Sampson at York in 1926. The station moved to its current location at Delano at Navigation in 1983.
The Houston Police Department's South Central Patrol Division serves the neighborhood.
The Second Ward is in both Texas's 18th congressional district Archived 2 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, whose current Representative is Sheila Jackson Lee, and Texas's 29th congressional district, whose current Representative is Gene Green.
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