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District 17
Hunts Point, Longwood, Mott Haven and Soundview
District 17 RepresentativeMaria del Carmen Arroyo Party:Democrat |
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Committee Assignments:
Aging (Chair) ; Education ; Health ; Juvenile Justice ; Land Use ; Landmarks, Public Siting & Maritime Uses; Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
Community Boards
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Community Board No. 1
Community Board No. 3
Community Board No. 9 |
Community Board No. 2
Community Board No. 4 |
Community Plans
Community Plans for District 17 (PDF format)
Comprehensive Community Plan - The Bronx Center (The Bronx Center Steering Committee, The Urban Assembly)
Transportation Plan - Decommissioning the Sheridan Expressway (The Point Community Development Corporation; Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice)
197-a plan - Draft Hunts Point (Sustainable South Bronx/The Point Community Development Corporation)
Housing Development Plan (We Stay/Nos Quedamos Committee Housing Preservation and Development, Department of City Planning)
Economic/Commercial Revitalization Plan - Discovering the Center: A Vision Plan for the Bronx Hub (Bronx Borough President's Office)
Waterfront Revitalization and Access Plan (Cherry Tree Association)
Comprehensive Community Revitalization Plan -- Longwood/Hunts Point CCRP (Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association)
Transportation - Protecting Our Hunts Point Neighborhood from Dangerous Truck Traffic: A Community Led Initiative to Create Safe Streets, A Study of Truck Traffic in Hunts Point, The Bronx With Proposals to Minimize Traffic Impact (Mothers on the Move)
Public Schools
Coming Soon
For information on specific schools in your area, visit InsideSchools.org. For the official from the city, visit the Department of Education Web site.
Police Precincts
Although many precincts cover areas solely within one
City Council district, there are many which overlap with
other districts. In most cases the overlap of precincts
among districts is no more than a few blocks. Wherever
there is overlap, we have made sure to alert you.
- 40th Precinct
- 41st Precinct
- 43rd Precinct (Covers a large part of district 18 and a small part of district 17)
Parks
For a map of the parks in your district (in .pdf format) from New Yorkers for Parks, click here.
For a report card on the state of parks in your area from New Yorkers for Parks, click here.
Community Gardens
For a map of community gardens in your district from the Council on the
Environment of New York City (CENYC), click here.
For information on specific community gardens in your area, visit the New
York City Open Accessible Space Information System Cooperative (OASIS) Web
site. http://www.oasisnyc.net/gardens/cenycmapsearch.asp
(Note: This map was created in 2001, using district boundaries prior to
redistricting. City Council district boundaries have been redrawn since the
2000 Census. Community Boards boundaries are the same.)
Historic Districts and Landmarks
For a map of historic districts and landmarks in this area, click here
For more information about specific districts or landmarks, visit the Historic Districts Council or
the city's
Landmarks Preservation Commission.
(Note: This map was created in 2001, using district boundaries prior to
redistricting. City Council district boundaries have been redrawn since the
2000 Census.)






