Council Member Elsie Encarnacion represents City Council District 8. It reaches into Manhattan and The Bronx.
The district overlaps community boards Manhattan 11 and The Bronx 1.
It is policed by the 23rd, 25th and 40th Precincts.
It overlaps Assembly districts 68 and 84 and Senate districts 29 and 30.
First elected in 2025 and sworn in January 2026. Members of the City Council serve four year terms and are limited to two consecutive terms.
Next on the ballot in November 2029; Council Member Encarnacion is in a first full term and may run again. For the election in front of us, see where you vote in November 2026 or what is coming up on the calendar.
Speed limits, bike routes, bus routes and stops, subway, truck routes and Citi Bike, mapped for this district: open the transportation map →
Deaths and injuries from crashes, tracked day by day: this district on Crash Count →
Every district line that crosses this one, with the share of each. Computed from the published boundaries.
| Manhattan CB 11 | 53% of the council district | 85% of it | |
| Bronx CB 1 | 43% of the council district | 76% of it | |
| Bronx CB 4 | 4% of the council district | 7% of it | |
| Manhattan CB 8 | 1% of the council district | 2% of it |
| 40 Precinct | 43% of the council district | 76% of it | |
| 25 Precinct | 33% of the council district | 79% of it | |
| 23 Precinct | 19% of the council district | 96% of it | |
| 44 Precinct | 4% of the council district | 7% of it | |
| 19 Precinct | 1% of the council district | 2% of it |
| Sector 25D | 24% of the council district | 96% of it | |
| Sector 40A | 22% of the council district | 99% of it | |
| Sector 40B | 17% of the council district | 90% of it | |
| Sector 23B | 6% of the council district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 23A | 6% of the council district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 25A | 5% of the council district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 23D | 4% of the council district | 97% of it | |
| Sector 44A | 4% of the council district | 35% of it | |
| Sector 25B | 3% of the council district | 80% of it | |
| Sector 40D | 3% of the council district | 47% of it | |
| Sector 23C | 3% of the council district | 83% of it | |
| Sector 19D | 1% of the council district | 8% of it |
| School District 4 | 48% of the council district | 97% of it | |
| School District 7 | 46% of the council district | 53% of it | |
| School District 5 | 3% of the council district | 6% of it | |
| School District 2 | 3% of the council district | 1% of it |
| Senate District 29 | 94% of the council district | 47% of it | |
| Senate District 30 | 6% of the council district | 5% of it |
| Assembly District 68 | 53% of the council district | 74% of it | |
| Assembly District 84 | 43% of the council district | 42% of it | |
| Assembly District 77 | 3% of the council district | 7% of it |