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  1. Bronx River

    File Bronx River Bronxville jeh.JPG thumb right 325px The Bronx River in Bronxville , Westchester County, New York Westchester County, NY The Bronx River , approximately convert 24 mi km long, flows through ... stream serves as its source. The Bronx River flows south past White Plains, New York White Plains ... Bronx where it divides East Bronx from West Bronx . It empties into the East River , a tidal strait ... Scarsdale Historical Society , The Bronx River Boundary of Indian Tribes, Colonies, Manors ... thegreenerapple 2009 12 18 the bronx river alliance The Bronx River Alliance, River of High Bluffs ... and Biographical Record 1913 , reprint p.4f. ref Pollution File Bronx River northern NYBG jeh.jpg ... 1948, flow of the Bronx River was changed to eliminate a curve in its course in Bronxville , to create ... groups, including the Bronx River Alliance , acted to return the river to its original state as a clean waterway. ref Bronx River Alliance. Bronx, NY. http www.bronxriver.org ?pg content&p aboutus&m ... problem for the river. The Bronx River Watershed Coalition, a partnership of local and state ... Bronx River Watershed Coalition. Accessed 2009 02 27. ref Ecology Local alewife , taken from ... Department of Parks and Recreation date April 9, 2009 title Parks Finds Alewife In Bronx River For First ... bridge at Drew Gardens as recently as June, 2009. ref cite web title Bronx River Crossing author ... in New York City. ref cite newspaper title Another beaver makes Bronx River home doubles total ... ny local 2010 09 19 2010 09 19 2nd beaver makes bronx river home.html accessdate 2010 ... Image Bronxmouthjeh.JPG thumb right 275px The Bronx River approaches its mouth Along much of its length in Westchester County and the northern Bronx the river is paralleled by the Bronx River .... A project, the Bronx River Greenway, proposes a unified management plan for the narrow ribbon of riverside ... and The Bronx, as part of the East Coast Greenway . In the southern Bronx, the river has become a popular ...   more details



  1. Bronx River Houses

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Bronx River Houses is a low income public housing project in the Soundview, Bronx Soundview section of The Bronx , New York City , New York . It consists of nine, 14 story buildings with 1,245 apartments. Completed February 28, 1951, the Convert 13.94 acre sing on Bronx development is bordered by East 174th Street, Harrod, and Bronx River Avenues. Bronx River Houses is home to 3,025 residents. The project is patrolled by P.S.A. 8 located at 2794 Randall Avenue in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx. Expansion Bronx River Addition two senior only buildings, 6 and 14 stories tall with 225 apartments. Completed February 28, 1966, the Convert 1.43 acre sing on Bronx development is bordered by East 172nd and East 174th Streets and Manor and Harrod Avenues. Bronx River Addition is home to 234 residents. History Bronx River Houses was built to provide temporary housing to working class families. In just a few years crime and decay began to plague the development as more and more generationally poor families moved in. This eventually had an effect on the surrounding community and led to White flight and abandonment. Today violent crime is still a serious problem in the Bronx River Houses and the surrounding community. Until the late 1990s the Bronx River Houses served as the worldwide ground zero for Hip Hop culture. In the mid 1990 the Giuliani administration used the NYPD to drive the Universal Zulu Nation out of the Bronx River Houses after defining them as a gang. The Bronx River Houses were the first housing projects in the country to put under ... be watched by cameras. Famous Hip Hop musicians from the Bronx River Houses include Afrika Bambaataa ... Royal Singleton. DJ Red Alert also got his start in the Bronx River Houses. Demographics The development is almost entirely African American and Puerto Ricans in the United States Puerto Rican . Bronx ... in the Bronx ...   more details



  1. Bronx River Road

    Refimprove date April 2007 Bronx River Road is a major street and neighborhood in Yonkers, New York . It runs alongside the Bronx River , Bronx River Parkway , and Metro North Railroad Metro North railroad track s in south eastern Yonkers. On the other side of the Bronx River is the City of Mount Vernon, New York as well as the Bronx . Bronx River Road runs down to McLean Avenue at the city line with New York City where it becomes Webster Avenue in the Woodlawn section of the Bronx. To the north, when it reaches the Cross County Parkway, Bronx River Road merges into Midland Avenue which leads to the Village of Bronxville, New York . Bronx River Road is lined with many older, large apartment houses along with several residential blocks with small corner stores. The area could be described as middle class. Though the area is sometimes referred to as Sherwood Park, or Fleetwood, most area residents refer to their neighborhood simply as Bronx River Road . On March 16, 2003, there was a major fire at the Wakefield Towers apartment building at 85 Bronx River Road. Though there were no serious injuries, the building itself suffered massive damage, leaving over 300 people homeless. ref cite news title 520 Must Hunt for Homes After 2 Fires in Yonkers first Robert last Hanley url http www.nytimes.com 2003 03 18 nyregion 520 must hunt for homes after 2 fires in yonkers.html newspaper The New York Times date March 18, 2003 accessdate 2010 04 13 ref ref cite news title Trying to Rebuild Lives Out of Ashes of 2 Fires first Yilu last Zhao url http www.nytimes.com 2003 03 23 nyregion communities trying to rebuild lives out of ashes of 2 fires.html newspaper The New York Times date March 23, 2003 accessdate 2010 04 13 ref Since then, Wakefield Towers has been gutted, renovated and is at present February 2007 rehabitated with all its architectural detail turrets, minarets, etc. restored. This neighborhood is one of most populated in eastern Yonkers. This neighborhood is also the home ...   more details



  1. Bronx River Parkway

    Infobox road state NY type Parkway route Bronx River length mi 19.12 length round 2 length ref ref name ... ref name wcdot cite web url http www.westchestergov.com dpw BRPcounts.htm title Bronx River Parkway ... River Parkway The Bronx River Parkway also known as the Bronx Parkway is a convert 19.12 mi km 2 sing on long parkway in downstate New York in the United States. It is named for the nearby Bronx River ... County, have interchange numbers. The term Bronx River Parkway originally referred to the Bronx River ... index.php?option com content&task view&id 1900&Itemid 4466 title Bronx River ... Hudson Conference. ref cite journal title Bronx River Parkway HAER Wins Award for Documentation ... description A seven mile 11  km section of the Bronx River Parkway in Westchester County south ... skating . ref http www.mylivingfit.com 2010 05 bronx river parkway bicycle sundays ref Expand section ... of 1908, opening before the Bronx River as the first limited access automobile highway to be put into use ... 06 18 nyregion bronx river parkway on an endangered list.html newspaper The New York Times date June 18, 1995 accessdate April 13, 2010 ref The Westchester section of the Bronx River Parkway first opened ... opened in 1951. ref cite news title Bronx River Parkway Extension Ready for Motorists Wednesday ... The Bronx River Parkway originally went beyond its northern terminus at Kensico Circle to NY ... county Westchester cspan 30 location Yonkers lspan 15 exit 10C road Bronx River Road   Yonkers ... exit exit 10B road Bronx River Road   Yonkers, NY Yonkers notes Southbound exit and entrance ... http www.nycroads.com roads bronx river Bronx River Parkway http www.westchestergov.com wcaexhibit parkway today.htm The Bronx River Parkway Reservation Today http www.westchesterarchives.com BRPR BRPRHome.html Bronx River Parkway reservation http www.loc.gov pictures item ny2000 Historic American ... terminus a Story Avenue in Soundview, Bronx Soundview junction jct state NY I 95 in West Farms, Bronx ...   more details



  1. West Bronx

    unreferenced date October 2010 The West Bronx is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of the Bronx . The neighborhood lies west of the Bronx River and roughly corresponds to the western half of the borough. The West Bronx is more densely populated than the East Bronx , and is closer to Upper Manhattan ... of Kingsbridge, Bronx Kingsbridge , West Farms, Bronx West Farms and Morrisania were transferred .... Today s West Bronx was then known as the Annexed District . In 1898, the city annexed the modern day East Bronx as well as western Queens County today s borough of Queens , all of the City of Brooklyn ... the consolidated city of New York. Physically, the western parts of the Bronx are hilly, dominated by a series of parallel ridges running south to north. The West Bronx has older tenement buildings, low ... family homes in more affluent areas such as Riverdale, Bronx Riverdale . It includes New York City s fourth largest park Van Cortlandt Park along the Westchester Bronx border. The Grand Concourse Bronx Grand Concourse , a wide ridgeline boulevard runs through the area from north to south. Because the West Bronx uses the same street numbering system as Manhattan , large portions of streets designated as east e.g. East 161st Street may actually be located west of the Bronx River. This is because the east west divider is Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, which is directly ..., though not of the expanded modern Bronx. Prior to the 1970s, New Yorkers generally saw the Bronx ... Bronx starting in the 1960s, people began to see the borough as being fundamentally divided between the southwestern area The South Bronx and everywhere else. West Bronx neighborhoods include Port Morris, Bronx Port Morris , Mott Haven , Melrose, Bronx Melrose , Morrisania , East Morrisania , Longwood, Bronx, New York Longwood , Hunts Point, Bronx Hunts Point , Concourse , Highbridge, Bronx Highbridge , West Farms , East Tremont , Tremont, Bronx Tremont , Morris Heights, Bronx Morris ...   more details



  1. East Bronx

    housing development in the world. The East Bronx is that part of the New York City borough of the Bronx which lies east of the Bronx River this roughly corresponds to the eastern half of the borough. Neighborhoods include Harding Park , Soundview , Castle Hill, Bronx Castle Hill , Parkchester , Westchester Square , Van Nest , Pelham Parkway , Morris Park, Bronx Morris Park , Throggs Neck , Country Club , City Island, Bronx City Island , Pelham Bay , Williamsbridge, Bronx Williamsbridge , Eastchester , Baychester , Edenwald , Wakefield, Bronx , and Co op City . The East Bronx is located ... Bronx is older and very hilly, the East Bronx looks distinct in that it is not only somewhat newer ... Bronx is also distinct from the West Bronx in that the two were annexed by the City of New York at two separate times the West Bronx seceded from Westchester County in 1874, while the East Bronx was part ... Bronx... In 1895 New York City annexed the eastern Bronx. ref Unlike the West Bronx, the East Bronx ... that because the Bronx uses the same street numbering system as Manhattan, streets designated as east e.g. East 161st Street may actually be located west of the Bronx River. This is because the east west divider is Fifth Avenue Manhattan Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx which is directly north of Fifth Avenue , and there is only a relatively small area in the Bronx west of Jerome Avenue. Thus while all numbered streets in the East Bronx are necessarily designated east , an east ... Bronx. The East Bronx has historically had a large Italian American population, and they still make ..., Country Club, and City Island. The North East Bronx has a large Black Caribbean population, in particular ... the East Bronx, Hispanic and Latino Americans Hispanic Americans of Puerto Rican and Dominican ... Square and Van Nest. Albanian Americans Albanians are a presence throughout the East Bronx, in particular ... the East and West Bronx go largely neglected today. Prior to the 1970s, New Yorkers generally saw ...   more details



  1. Bronx Park

    Unreferenced date December 2009 File WSTM Free Culture NYU 0016.jpg thumb South end of Bronx Park Image Parks and Greenspace New York City Map Julius Schorzman.png right thumb 280px Bronx Park is number 3 on this map of parks and greenspace. Bronx Park , laid out Convert 718 acre along the Bronx River in the Bronx , New York City New York , is the home of the New York Botanical Garden and the Bronx Zoo . Bicycle paths go northwest, north and east, along Mosholu Parkway , Bronx River Parkway and Pelham Parkway respectively. The east end of Fordham Road is inside the park, at an interchange with the Pelham Parkway Pelham and Bronx River Parkway s, and divides the park roughly in half, with the Botanical Garden occupying most of the north half and the Zoo most of the south. The Bronx River Parkway runs north south near the eastern edge. The park is operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation . The park is bounded by Southern Boulevard Bronx , Webster Avenue , Burke Avenue Bronx , Bronx Park East , and 180th Street Bronx . History The land for Bronx Park was acquired with funds authorized by the 1884 New Parks Act . The original convert 640 acre km2 were acquired in 1888 1889. The northernmost convert 250 acre km2 were allocated in 1891 to the New York Botanical Society . Another convert 250 acre km2 was allocated in 1898 to the New York Zoological Society . An additional convert 66 acre m2 were acquired in 1906, at the southeast end of the park this area is now known as Ranaqua , and is where the Parks headquarters is located. External links http www.nycgovparks.org parks bronxpark New York City web site http www.nycgovparks.org sub your park historical signs hs historical sign.php?id 6341 Ranaqa web page Image Bronx monorail jeh.JPG thumb left Dam, with Bronx Zoo monorail in the background Commons category Coord 40 51 23 N 73 52 36 W display title type landmark region US NY Category Parks in the Bronx Bronx geo stub he nl Bronx Park ...   more details



  1. Williamsbridge, Bronx

    Location map USA Bronx lat 40.8773220 long 73.8662462 caption Location of Williamsbridge in the Bronx, New York City Williamsbridge is a working class neighborhood geographically located in the northeast The Bronx Bronx borough of New York City in the United States . The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 12 . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are East 222nd Street to the north, Boston Road to the east, East Gun Hill Road to the south, and the Bronx River to the west. White Plains Road is the primary thoroughfare through Williamsbridge. The local subway is the 2 New York City Subway 2 line, operating along White Plains Road. Zip codes include 10466. 10467 ... Neck section of the Bronx. Demographics Williamsbridge has a population over 65,000. The neighborhood has the highest concentration of Black West Indians in the Bronx and also contains a very ... http www.nyc.gov html dcp pdf lucds bx12profile.pdf Bronx Community District 12 ref Land use and terrain ... and 14 story tall. The largest public housing development in Bronx. Gun Hill Houses six buildings, 14 ... World War I Monument located at East 219th Street and Bronx Blvd. and the park that surrounds it, has ... last Hayes first Maggie title Bronx man keeps neighborhood history alive in effort to preserve community ... bronx 2011 06 23 2011 06 23 walking encyclopedia of bronx.html accessdate 2011 06 23 ref Transportation Bx8 to Locust Point, Bronx Locust Point via Williamsbridge Rd Bx28 to Co op City, Bronx Co op City or Fordham, Bronx Fordham Center via Gun Hill Rd Bx30 to Co op City, Bronx Co op City or Norwood ..., Bronx Wakefield or Clason Point, Bronx Clason Point via White Plains Road Bx41 to The Hub, Bronx The Hub via Webster Avenue Bx55 Limited to The Hub, Bronx The Hub via Third Avenue BxM11 Express ... Rd and Webster Ave References Reflist bronx coord 40.8773220 73.8662462 display title Bx. 38 South to Norwood North To Coop City Category Neighborhoods in the Bronx Category Populated places in New ...   more details



  1. South Bronx

    Greenway ref is planned to connect south to Randalls Island and north along the Bronx River . In 2000 ...for the song South Bronx song Image Southbronx.png right 250px thumb South Bronx in orange the rest of the borough ... The Hub, Bronx The Hub is the retail heart of the South Bronx. The South Bronx is an area of the New York City borough of The Bronx . The neighborhoods of Tremont, Bronx Tremont , University Heights, Bronx, New York University Heights , Highbridge, Bronx Highbridge , Morrisania, Bronx Morrisania , Soundview, Bronx Soundview , Hunts Point, Bronx Hunts Point , and Castle Hill, Bronx Castle Hill are sometimes considered part of the South Bronx. The South Bronx is part of New York s New York s 16th ... The South Bronx is served by the NYPD s 40th, ref http www.nyc.gov html nypd html precincts precinct ... 048.shtml 48th Precinct , New York Police Department NYPD . ref Precincts. History The South Bronx ... States Constitution . The Morris memorial is at St. Ann s Church Complex Bronx, New York St. Ann s Church of Morrisania . Morris descendants own land in the South Bronx to this day. As the Morrises ..., the Bronx was considered the Jewish Borough, and at its peak in 1930 was 49 Jewish. ref http www.bronxcountyclerksoffice.com en history index.htm Bronx County Clerks Office Bot generated title ref Jews in the South Bronx numbered 364,000 or 57.1 of the total population in the area. ref http www.bronxsynagogues.org ic bronxsyn survey.html I Bronx Synagogues Historical Survey Bot generated title ref The term was first coined in the 1940s by a group of social worker s who identified the Bronx s first pocket of poverty , in the Port Morris, Bronx Port Morris section, the southernmost section of the Bronx. 1950s Demographic shift After World War II , as white flight accelerated and migration of ethnic and racial minorities continued, the South Bronx went from being two thirds non Hispanic white in 1950 to being two thirds black or Puerto Rican in 1960. ref cite news title The New Bronx A Quick ...   more details



  1. The Bronx Zoo

    The Bronx Zoo may refer to The Bronx Zoo , an urban zoo in New York City The Bronx Zoo TV series The Bronx Zoo TV series , a short lived television series The Bronx Zoo book The Bronx Zoo book , book about the New York Yankees by Sparky Lyle disambiguation ...   more details



  1. Bronx (disambiguation)

    The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Bronx or The Bronx may also refer to The Bronx band , an American punk rock band, who have released 3 self titled albums The Bronx 2003 album The Bronx 2003 album The Bronx 2006 album The Bronx 2006 album The Bronx 2008 album The Bronx 2008 album Bronx cocktail , an alcoholic beverage Bronx gargoyle , a dog like beast from the television series Gargoyles disambig ja ro Bronx dezambiguizare ...   more details



  1. Bronx Zoo

    ha of park lands and naturalistic habitats, through which the Bronx River flows. The Bronx Zoo is part ... of Historic Places in 1972. ref name nris NRISref version 2009a ref File Entrance to Bronx Zoo 2008.jpg thumb A side entrance to the Bronx Zoo In November 2006, the Zoo opened up brand new eco friendly restrooms outside the Bronx River Gate. According to the Clivus multrum company, which built the composting ... rhinos , and wild horses in their natural habitats. As the monorail travels along the Bronx River ... supermarket and Fly River turtle s. ref name zoo jungle Image Bronx Zoo 033.JPG thumb left Monkeys ...Infobox zoo zoo name Bronx Zoo logo Bronx Zoo logo.png logo width 250px logo caption Bronx Zoo logo image Stavenn Bronx Zoo 00.jpg image caption Asia Gate Entrance date opened November 8, 1899 ref name zoo history location 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx Park , The Bronx Bronx , New York , 10460, United ... of Monkeys, World of Reptiles, Zoo Center website http www.bronxzoo.com The Bronx Zoo is located in the Bronx borough of New York City , within Bronx Park . It is the world s largest metropolitan zoo , ref cite web url http www.bronxzoo.com animals and exhibits.aspx title Bronx Zoo Animals & Exhibits ... owned most of the land which became the Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden . Fordham University ... kudu in 1920 The zoo originally called the Bronx Zoological Park ref name nytimes2 and the Bronx ... As of 2010, the Bronx Zoo is home to more than 4,000 animals of 650 species, many of which are endangered or threatened. ref name nyc zoo history Some of the exhibits at the Bronx Zoo, such as World ... Asia, are arranged geographically. ref name zoo exhibits Outdoor exhibits File Bronx Zoo 102.JPG ... exhibit. The Bronx Zoo in partnership with the NY Daily News held a contest to name the newborns ..., Adamma, and Shani. ref David Rooney Bronx Zoo s New Lion Cubs Are Impossibly Cute . New York Times, 2010. ref File Bronx Zoo 044.JPG thumb left Congo gorillas Baboon Reserve recreates the Ethiopian ...   more details



  1. Wakefield, Bronx

    ,and 222nd Street to the south, and the Bronx River , Bronx River Parkway and Metro North ...Location map USA Bronx lat 40.8978772 long 73.8523569 caption Location of Wakefield in New York City File Bronx Bvd 242 St factory jeh.jpg thumb Factory building on Bronx Boulevard Wakefield is a working class section of the northern borough New York City borough of the Bronx in New York City , bounded ... s northernmost point is actually in Riverdale, Bronx Riverdale , at the College of Mount Saint Vincent . The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 12 . The 2000 United States Census reported ... In Wakefield, the Bronx Hugging Westchester At the Subway s End newspaper The New York Times date ... bronx hugging westchester subway s end.html accessdate 2009 08 21 ref Wakefield, just like the rest of the northern Bronx was once woods and farmland. That started change in 1840 when the New York and Harlem River Railroad arrived. The current Wakefield station of the Metro North Harlem Line was on the site ... last Brown first Kristen V. title City Living Wakefield, Bronx newspaper amNewYork date February ... a rise in gangs and gang related violence from neighboring Edenwald, Bronx Edenwald ref cite news last ... Bronx neighborhoods. ref cite news last Losen first Daniel J. title Behind the Dropout Rate newspaper ... deannss bronxdatactr discover bxtext.htm Bronx Census Data Analysis ref Transportation Bx8 to Locust Point, Bronx Locust Point via Williamsbridge Road Bx16 to Eastchester, Bronx Eastchester ... Lane Bx31 to Woodlawn, Bronx Woodlawn or Westchester Square IRT Pelham Line Westchester Square via Eastchester Road Bx39 to Soundview and Clasons Point, Bronx via White Plains Road BxM11 express bus ... ref cite news last Koppel first Niko title New Roots in the Bronx for a Lion of Reggae newspaper The New ... en history notable.htm Bronx County Clerk s Office ref Harry G. Pellegrin musician and author ref http ... long island city living wakefield bronx 1.878171 Featured article from New York Newsday ...   more details



  1. Bronx Kill

    for the Vertigo Crime graphic novel The Bronx Kill Image Bronxkillwest.jpg thumb Looking west from Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Image Bxkillmiddle.jpg thumb Looking east towards the bridges from the south bank Image Bxkilleast.JPG thumb Looking east from Robert F. Kennedy Bridge The Bronx Kill is a narrow strait in New York City delineating the southernmost extent of the Bronx and separating it from Randall s Island . It connects the Harlem River to the East River . History Originally, the Bronk Kill was a sizeable waterway, approximately convert 600 ft m in width. There were also plans When date February ..., in the early 20th century the New York Connecting Railroad built a movable bridge across the Bronx ... York Connecting Railroad over the East River in New York City journal Proceedings of the American Society ... bridge of the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Triborough Bridge across the Bronx Kill was designed to be convertible ... 166 ref However, much of the Bronx Kill was later filled in to expand the parkland on Randall s Island. Navigation The Bronx Kill offers a venue for kayakers and other human powered boaters without ... River, near the Third Avenue Bridge Manhattan Third Avenue Bridge . Crossings must be well timed ..., parts of the Bronx Kill entirely bottom out, revealing muddy stretches, abandoned cars and other ... a pedestrian bridge linking the Bronx with Randall s Island part of the agency s remuneration to the community for building two new power plants in the South Bronx . ref cite news title Not Merely ..., including a recently unveiled green roof on the Bronx County Courthouse . A Randalls Island Connector is planned to cross the Kill to connect the island to the South Bronx Greenway. ref cite web url http www.nycedc.com ProjectsOpportunities CurrentProjects Bronx SouthBronxGreenway Pages SouthBronxGreenway.aspx title South Bronx Greenway work New York City Economic Development Corporation accessdate ... Bronx Kill ...   more details



  1. Kingsbridge, Bronx

    Bronx along the Hudson River called Riverdale on Hudson, now Riverdale Metro North station ... is one of the largest retail shopping districts in the Bronx. River Plaza Shopping Center is located ...Location map USA Bronx lat 40.8787108 long 73.9051362 caption Location of Kingsbridge in New York City Kingsbridge is a working class residential neighborhood geographically located in the northwest Bronx in New York City . The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 8 . Its boundaries are Van ... bronx kingsbridge accessdate 2009 01 22 ref Broadway New York City Broadway is the primary thoroughfare through Kingsbridge. Kingsbridge Heights, Bronx , a separate but similarly named neighborhood ..., New York Westchester County which became The Bronx with Marble Hill, Manhattan Marble Hill , once ... Joyce last Cohen title If You re Thinking of Living In Kingsbridge, the Bronx A Place Convenient to Almost ... bridge.jpg Until the latter part of the 19th century Riverdale, Bronx Riverdale , Kingsbridge, and other areas now in the northwest Bronx were part of the Yonkers, New York Town of Yonkers . The areas ..., the City of New York annexed three towns that later became the western half of The Bronx, including ... 3021 Kingsbridge Av jeh.JPG thumb left upright St. John s Church Bronx, New York St John Roman Catholic ... that serve the current residents, such as the St. John s Church Bronx, New York St. John s Roman ... bronx 2009 09 29 2009 09 29 stella doro protesters lean on goldman sachs.html newspaper Daily News New ... reside. Streets connecting Riverdale, Bronx Riverdale and Kingsbridge include step streets , with stairways ... Street IRT Pelham Line Third Avenue 138th Street station via Grand Concourse Bronx Grand Concourse ... Street station via Broadway Bx9 New York City bus Bx9 to Riverdale, Bronx Riverdale or West Farms ... Bx20 to Riverdale, Bronx Riverdale or Inwood 207th Street IND Eighth Avenue Line Inwood 207th Street station via Henry Hudson Parkway BxM1 express to Riverdale, Bronx Riverdale or Midtown Manhattan via ...   more details



  1. Norwood, Bronx

    Image Storefronts Norwood, Bronx, New York .png 200px right Storefronts along East 204th Street Norwood is a working class residential neighborhood in the northwest The Bronx Bronx , New York City . As of the census .... It borders Van Cortlandt Park and Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx Woodlawn Cemetery to the north, the Bronx River to the east, and Mosholu Parkway to the south and west. Norwood s main commercial arteries ... of Bronx Community Board 7 and is patrolled by the NYPD s 52nd Precinct, located at 3016 ... of the West Bronx, the area s character shifted from rural to suburban by the turn of the 19th ... show that it was then considered part of Williamsbridge, Bronx Williamsbridge , with which it continues ..., Bronx, New York the neighborhood to the south , and Brendan Hill, after St. Brendan St. Brendan the Navigator ... official by the Board of Aldermen in 1910. ref John McNamara, A History in Asphalt Bronx, NY The Bronx County Historical Society, 1984 . ISBN 0 941980 16 2. ref Norwood, the name with greatest ... shared with the rest of the Bronx a population made up largely of European origin Catholic, Protestant ... in the area, in such songs as Funky Ce l , Her Dear Donegal, and Rockin the Bronx. More controversially ... in New York, moving to the Bronx neighborhoods of Riverdale, The Bronx Riverdale and Woodlawn, Bronx, New York Woodlawn , or to nearby Yonkers, New York Yonkers . The same factors which encouraged ... . In the late 19th century, the Oval was an active reservoir, distributing water to the North Bronx . Two buildings from that era stand today Valentine Varian House, which houses the Museum of Bronx ... Mosholu Parkway IRT 4 Bx10 to Riverdale, Bronx Riverdale via Riverdale Av Bx16 to Eastchester, Bronx Eastchester via Nereid Av Mundy Lane Bx28 to Co op City, Bronx Co op City or Fordham, Bronx Fordham via Gun Hill Rd, Section 5 in Coop City Bx30 to Co op City, Bronx Co op City via Gun Hill Boston Rds Bx34 to Woodlawn, Bronx Woodlawn or Fordham, Bronx Fordham via Bainbridge Av Bx38 to Bay Plaza ...   more details



  1. History of the Bronx

    500 acres about 2 square km, or 3 4 of a square mile between the Harlem River and the Aquahung, which became known as Bronck s River , or The Bronx River Bronx . Dutch and English settlers referred ... River , first appeared in the Annexed District of the Bronx created in 1874 out of part of Westchester ... east of the Bronx River, including the Town of Westchester which had voted in 1894 against consolidation ... annexed the area west of the Bronx River Morrisania, West Farms and Kingsbridge. A second annexation ... content&p abouttheriver&m1 9&m2 58 History of the Bronx River, Paper presented to the Bronx River ...Cleanup date February 2010 The history of the Bronx , a borough of New York City , started with European colonization in 1639. The Bronx was originally part of Westchester County, New York Westchester County , but it was ceded to Manhattan New York County in fragments before it became Bronx County. Origins and name of The Bronx The Bronx was called Rananchqua ref name NYPL cite web url http www.nypl.org branch bronx index2.cfm?Trg 1&d1 765&template brnxnm title Bronx History What s in a Name? publisher ... Native Americans knew the Bronx as Keskeskeck . ref name ellis p55 cite book title The Epic of New ... It was divided by the Aquahung River. Jonas Bronck ? 1643 was a Scandinavia Scandinavian born emigrant ... www.bronxmall.com cult series 2.html The Bronx... Its History & Perspective ref ref Cite journal ... publisher Bronx County Bar Association year 1977 quote It is widely accepted that Bronck came ... the first recorded European settler in the area now known as The Bronx. He leased land from the Dutch ... Hastings House year 1950 oclc 542679 , excerpted at http www.bronxmall.com cult series 2.html The Bronx ... katzman.htm ref The Bronx is referred to, both legally, ref See, for example, http 24.97.137.100 ... on the New York City website ref with a Article grammar definite article , as The Bronx . The County of Bronx , unlike the coextensive Borough of the Bronx , does not place the immediately before Bronx ...   more details



  1. Allerton, Bronx

    Avenue to the east, Pelham Parkway to the south, and the Bronx River Parkway to the west. Bronxdale ..., Bronxwood Avenue to the east, Allerton Avenue to the south, and the Bronx River Parkway ...Location map USA Bronx lat 40.8661111 long 73.8505556 caption Location of Allerton in New York City Allerton is a working class neighborhood geographically located in the east The Bronx Bronx borough of New York City in the United States . It is named in honor of Isaac Allerton , a passenger on the Mayflower, who is listed at the memorial at Plymouth Rock . It consists of both the Bronxdale and Laconia neighborhoods. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 11 . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are East Gun Hill Road to the north, IRT Dyre Avenue Line to the east, Pelham Parkway south, and Bronx River Parkway to the west. White Plains Road is the primary ... in the Morris Park, Bronx Morris Park section of the Bronx. History Allerton Avenue was ethnically ... Jewish Pelham Parkway to the southern extreme of Williamsbridge, Bronx Williamsbridge , the area ... html dcp pdf lucds bx11profile.pdf Bronx Community District 11 ref Four NYCHA developments ... are Gun Hill Road Bronx East Gun Hill Road to the north, the IRT Dyre Avenue Line to the east ... Ave. and Williamsbridge Road IS 322 Aspire Preparatory Mace and Wallace Aves. IS 326 Bronx Green Middle ... IRT White Plains Road Line 225th St station or Locust Point, Bronx Locust Point via Williamsbridge Rd Bx26 to Lehman College or Co op City, Bronx Co op City via Allerton Av Bx28 to Co op City, Bronx Co op City or Fordham, Bronx Fordham via Gun Hill Road Bx39 to Wakefield 241 Street IRT White Plains Road Line Wakefield 241 Street station or Clason s Point, Bronx Clason s Point via White Plains Rd ... IRT White Plains Road Line 2, 5 References Reflist coord 40 51 56 N 73 51 39 W display title bronx Category Neighborhoods in the Bronx ...   more details



  1. Parkchester, Bronx

    Bronx Expressway Westchester Avenue to the south Westchester Avenue is the southern border east of Metropolitan Avenue , and the Bronx River Parkway to the west. White Plains Road is the primary thoroughfare ... Precinct located at 900 Fteley Avenue in Soundview, Bronx Soundview . New York City Housing Authority ... Versailles in the Bronx , The New York Times , January 30, 2009 ref and Westchester Heights ref ... families. ref MODEL OF HOUSING DISPLAYED AT FAIR Metropolitan Life s Project in Bronx to Be Known ... distribution and the changing ethnic makeup of the Bronx over nearly 70 years of history. The surrounding ... and north, White Plains Road to the east, and the infamous Cross Bronx Expressway to the south ... Bx22 to Bronx High School of Science or Castle Hill, Bronx Castle Hill via Castle Hill Av Bx36 to Castle Hill, Bronx Castle Hill or George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal via 180th St Bx39 to Wakefield 241st Street IRT White Plains Road Line Wakefield 241st Street station or Clason s Point, Bronx Clason s Point via White Plains Rd Bx40 to SUNY Maritime College or Morris Heights, Bronx Morris Heights via Tremont Burnside Avs Bx42 to Throgs Neck, Bronx Throgs Neck or Morris Heights, Bronx Morris Heights ... Inc., The Kitchen Source established in 1966 American Beauty School formerly Bronx Beauty School ... http www.homestead.com parkchester Parkchester, The Bronx http www.parkchestersouth.com Parkchester ... http www.parkchester apartments.com Parkchester Apartments Commons category Bronx Coord 40.8389893 73.8604128 display title Category Neighborhoods in the Bronx Category Condominiums and housing ...   more details



  1. Soundview, Bronx

    the left bank of the Bronx River estuary from Lafayette Avenue to Leland Avenue. ref http www.nycgovparks.org ... buildings, 3 and 6 stories tall. Sotomayor Houses twenty eight, 7 story buildings. Bronx River Houses nine, 14 story buildings. Bronx River Addition two buildings, 6 and 14 stories tall. Clason ... Bronx River Parkway and expressway Bruckner Expressway were constructed. Later in the 1970s, large ... ref is from Bronx River Houses. Hip Hop group Money Boss Players, which included Lord Tariq, also ... DJ Disco King Mario are from the Bronxdale Houses Afrika Bambaataa is from Bronx River Houses, which ... I.S. 131. Hip Hop producer rapper Jesse West 3rd Eye is from Bronx River Houses. Girl group The Chiffons , known for their 1963 hit He s So Fine , are from Bronx River Houses. Jules Feiffer , cartoonist ...Location map USA Bronx lat 40.8163889 long 73.8677778 caption Location of Soundview in New York City ... of the Borough New York City Borough of The Bronx in New York City . The neighborhood is part of Bronx ... Bronx Expressway to the North, White Plains Road to the East, Lacombe Avenue to the South, and the Bronx River to the West. The Bruckner Expressway bisects the neighborhood along the center and the Bronx River Parkway runs North to South. Soundview Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Soundview ... Randall Avenue in the Throggs Neck section of The Bronx. Demographics Soundview is a high density ... html dcp pdf lucds bx9profile.pdf Bronx Community District 9 ref Almost half the population ... concentrations of NYCHA projects in the Bronx. The total land area is roughly two square miles. The terrain is low laying and flat. Soundview Park Bronx Soundview Park occupies the southwestern ... . In 1941, Clason Point Gardens was the first development constructed by the NYCHA in The Bronx ... of the Mitchell Lama program. Like neighboring Hunts Point, Bronx Hunts Point , Soundview began to fall ... was less extensive than in neighborhoods further west including Morrisania, Bronx Morrisania ...   more details



  1. CKY/The Bronx

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Infobox single Name CKY The Bronx Split Vinyl Cover Artist CKY band CKY The Bronx Released 2006 Format Gramophone record 7 Vinyl Recorded 2005 Genre Rock music Rock Length Label Island Records Island Producer CKY band CKY The Bronx CKY The Bronx Split Vinyl is the name of a vinyl by CKY band CKY and The Bronx band The Bronx released on 7 vinyl in 2006 on Island Records . The vinyl was a companion to a magazine called Fat City. The accompanying magazine had an interview with the band and the vinyl came packaged with the magazine. Side A features the CKY song Tripled Manic State from CKY s 3rd Studio album An Answer Can Be Found . Side B Features a song by The Bronx called Shitty Future from their record The Bronx 2006 album The Bronx . Track listing Tripled Manic State CKY Shitty Future The Bronx DEFAULTSORT Cky The Bronx Category Split singles Category CKY songs Category The Bronx band songs 2000s single stub ...   more details



  1. Bronx (cocktail)

    WPMIXInfobox iba yes sourcelink bronx name Bronx image Bronx.jpg caption type cocktail flaming gin yes .... notes footnotes Classified as a pre dinner cocktail by the IBA. The Bronx Cocktail is essentially .... Like the Manhattan, the Bronx is one of five cocktails named for one of Borough New York City New ... for the Bronx s orange. History As with several mixed drinks invented prior to prohibition ... Two sources credit Joseph S. Sormani as the person responsible for the drink. cquote The Bronx ... in obscurity had it not been for one Joseph Sormani, a Bronx restaurateur, who discovered it in the Quaker ... new york city entry bronx cocktail The Big Apple and also http listserv.linguistlist.org cgi ... the drink in his New York Times obituary cquote Joseph S. Sormani, retired Bronx restaurateur, who was said to have originated the Bronx cocktail, died Wednesday night in his home, 2322 Fish Avenue, the Bronx, after a brief illness. His age was 83. ref name NY Times Obituary New York Times , August 17, 1947. pg. 17, col. 2. Retrieved from http www.barrypopik.com index.php new york city entry bronx ... of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel , the inventor of the Bronx cocktail was Johnnie Solon or Solan . ref ... J2G2UEMLC2TU?tag2 zottmann1 20 So you d like to... Enjoy a Bronx Cocktail , February 4, 2002 ... sfgate.com cgi bin article.cgi?f c a 2003 06 12 WI256288.DTL A Bronx cheer from the Big Apple , June .... Retrieved from http www.barrypopik.com index.php new york city entry bronx cocktail The Big Apple on January 17, 2007. ref This is Crockett s account of Solon s own story of the Creation of the Bronx ... for Bronx cocktails started that day. Pretty soon we were using a whole case of oranges a day. And then several cases. The name? No, it wasn t really named directly after the borough or the river so called. I had been at the Bronx Zoo a day or two before, and I saw,of course, a lot of beasts I had ... is the name of this drink? I thought of those animals, and said Oh, you can tell him it is a Bronx ...   more details



  1. Eastchester, Bronx

    Distinguish Eastchester town , New York Location map USA Bronx lat 40.8884329 long 73.8281895 caption Location of Eastchester in New York City Eastchester is a working class neighborhood in the northeast The Bronx Bronx borough of New York City in the United States . The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 12 . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are the Bronx Westchester County, New York Westchester County border to the north, the New England Thruway to the east, Baychester Avenue to the south, and the intersection of 233 St and Baychester Avenue to the west. Boston Road is the primary thoroughfare through Eastchester and Dyre Avenue is the main commercial strip through Eastchester. ZIP codes include 10475. The area is patrolled by the 47th Precinct located at 4111 Laconia Avenue in Williamsbridge. History The neighborhood was historically heavily Ashkenazi Jewish and Italian American , It has the same name as a modern day town located approximately 5 miles to the north, as the neighborhood was included in the Eastchester, New York Town of Eastchester s extent until the late 19th century upon annexation by the City of New York. The modern day city of Mount Vernon, New York Mount Vernon , located right across the city line and bordering the Eastchester ... other parts of the Bronx, or with the Eastchester town , New York Town of Eastchester in Westchester ... and flat. The Hutchinson River runs through Eastchester, partly along the line of East 233rd Street. Bridges in Eastchester carry the New England Thruway and U.S. Highway 1 Boston Road over the river. A far northeastern portion of Eastchester, on the left bank of the Hutchinson River, is often confused ... Bronx Community District 12 ref Transportation Bx16 to Norwood 205th Street IND Concourse Line Norwood 205th St station via Nereid Av Bx30 to Co op City, Bronx Co op City or Norwood 205th Street ... 2009a ref References Reflist bronx coord missing New York City Category Neighborhoods in the Bronx Category ...   more details



  1. Fordham, Bronx

    to its location near a shallow crossing of the Bronx River or as a reference to Rev. John Fordham ...refimprove date September 2009 Location map USA Bronx lat 40.8592667 long 73.8984694 caption Location ... Bronx . The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 5 . It is bordered by Fordham Road ... and the Wildlife Conservation Society s Bronx Zoo , both inside Bronx Park , collectively occupy ... operates on the northern border of the neighborhood. This retail district is the longest in the Bronx ... his name, when he established a community at 225th Street near the Harlem River in 1666. ref cite web last first authorlink coauthors title John Archer work Bronx Notables publisher Brtonx County ..., New York . It is centered on the intersection of the Grand Concourse Bronx Grand Concourse and Fordham ... area would become part of the borough of the Bronx within New York City . Many of the remaining .... , New York Bantam Books, 1981. ISBN 9780553148916 ref Belmont, Bronx Belmont was formerly a portion of Fordham and South Fordham. Transportation Bx1 to Riverdale, Bronx Riverdale or Third ... Bronx Grand Concourse Bx2 to Kingsbridge Heights, Bronx Kingsbridge Heights or Third Avenue 138th Street station via Grand Concourse Bx3 to Riverdale, Bronx Riverdale or Washington Heights, George Washington Bridge Via University Ave Bx9 to Riverdale, Bronx Riverdale or West Farms Square East ... Bx15 to Manhattanville, Manhattan West Harlem via Third Avenue Manhattan Bronx Third Avenue Bx17 to Port Morris, Bronx Port Morris via Prospect Crotona Avenues Bx22 to Bronx High School of Science or Castle Hill, Bronx Castle Hill via Castle Hill Avenue Bx28 to Co op City, Bronx Co op City via Gun Hill Road Bx34 to Woodlawn, Bronx Woodlawn via Bainbridge Avenue Bx41 to Wakefield 241st Street ... Metro North Railroad Metro North References reflist Bronx coord missing New York City Category Neighborhoods in the Bronx Category Fordham University ...   more details



  1. Bronx Coliseum

    The Bronx Coliseum was a former sports venue in New York City , in the borough of The Bronx . The Bronx Coliseum hosted the defunct Eastern Hockey League s Bronx Tigers franchise for two non consecutive seasons, 1933 34, and 1937 38. The Bronx Coliseum is long defunct, and has since been replaced with an New York City Transit Authority bus depot, under the former name Coliseum Depot. The current name of the site is West Farms Depot. The site of the former arena is located at East 177th Street near Devoe Avenue in the West Farms section of The Bronx. See also NewYorksportsvenues coord missing New York City Category Former sports venues in New York City Category Sports venues in the Bronx Coliseum ...   more details




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