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The Bronx
New York, 10451 - 10475
Bronx Stadium City Island Home of the Yankees!
  
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Transportation:
The city is serviced by the Metro-North and Amtrak railroads and Westchester County's Bee-Line bus service. Parking is available for the train at some of the multiple Bronx stations. Click here for a Link to "Bronx" on Metro-North's website.
Local highways include I-95, the Hutchinson River Parkway "a.k.a. the Hutch", and I-287 is not far away.
About Bronx, NY:
The Bronx is New York City's northernmost borough, coterminous with Bronx County. The Bronx is located Northeast of Manhattan. It is the only one of the city's five boroughs situated primarily on the United States mainland rather than on an island. As of 2005, the United States Census Bureau estimated that the borough's population was 1,357,589.[1] If all five boroughs were independent cities, the Bronx would rank as the ninth most populous city in the United States. Recently, its population, which had been in decline since the 1960 census, has increased. The borough had its peak population in 1950. [2] The Bronx is the fourth most populous of New York City's five boroughs, and Bronx County is the 5th most populous county in the New York Metropolitan Area.
"The Bronx" is the only borough in New York City that, in its capacity as a borough, is referred to, in both law[2] and popular usage[3], with the definite article ("The"). (The name of the coterminous "Bronx County," however, does not include a "the.") The best explanation for the definite article is that the original name of the borough, when it was annexed from Westchester, was "The Borough of the Bronx River," referring to the river that passed through the borough.[4][5]. The river was named after Jonas Bronck, a Swede, who was a sea captain and 1641 resident whose 500 acre (2 km˛) farm between the Harlem River and the Bronx River or Aquahung, as it was called by the Native Americans of the time.
The territory now contained within Bronx County was originally part of Westchester County, an original county of New York state. The present Bronx County was contained in four towns: Westchester, Yonkers, Eastchester, and Pelham.
References:
- ^ Bronx County, New York, United States Census Bureau, accessed December 30, 2006
- ^ See, for example, New York City Administrative Code § 2–202
- ^ See, for example, references on the New York City website
- ^ Lloyd Ultan, Bronx Borough Historian, in "Notes & Asides", National Review, January 28, 2002
- ^ Steven Hess, "From the Hague to the Bronx: Definite Articles in Place Names," Journal of the North Central Name Society Fall 1987
- ^ Cite error 8; No text given.
- ^ New York City Department of Parks and Recreation: Harding Park, accessed December 1, 2006
- ^ Ellis, Edward Robb (1966). The Epic of New York City. Old Town Books, p. 55.
- ^ From North of Manhattan by Harry Hansen (Hastings House, 1950), excerpted at http://www.bronxmall.com/cult/series/2.html
- ^ Joyce Cohen, "A Pleasant Surprise in the Bronx", New York Times, July 13, 2007
- ^ Timothy Williams, "Celebrities Now Give Thonx for Their Roots in the Bronx." New York Times, June 27, 2006.
- ^ Mario Merola Building / Bronx County Courthouse
- ^ Cornell Law School Supreme Court Collection: Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris, accessed June 12, 2006
- ^ "Chilly Coexistence." The Columbia Spectator, Spring 2000.[1]
- ^ wikipedia
- ^ 2007 Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival website
- ^ Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, accessed October 9, 2006
- ^ David Gonzalez,"Will Gentrification Spoil the Birthplce of Hip-Hop?" New York Times, May 21, 2007.
- ^ Mahler, Jonathan (2005). Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is Burning. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
- ^ See for the call for source material.
- ^ Williams, Timothy. "Celebrities Now Give Thonx for Their Roots in the Bronx", The New York Times, June 27, 2006. Accessed September 16, 2007.
Briggs, Xavier de Souza, Anita Miller and John Shapiro. 1996. "CCRP in the South Bronx." Planners' Casebook, Winter
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