Bronx Community Board 1 is a local government unit of the city of
New York, encompassing the
neighborhoods of
Mott Haven,
Melrose, and
Port Morris in the borough of
the Bronx. It is delimited by the
East River, East 149th Street, and Prospect Avenue on the east, East 161st Street (from Prospect Avenue to Third Avenue), East 159th Street (from Third Avenue to Park Avenue), and East 149th Street (from Park Avenue to the Harlem River) on the north, and the
Harlem River and
Bronx Kill on the west and south.