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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 north of Fifth Avenue. Jerome ...
West Bronx: all parts of the Bronx west of the Bronx River (as opposed to Jerome Avenue – this street is simply the "east-west" divider for designating numbered streets as "east" or "west." As the Bronx's numbered streets continue from Manhattan to south, on which the street numbering system is based, Jerome Avenue actually represents a ...
The Bronx (/ b r ɒ ŋ k s / BRONKS; is the northernmost borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York.It shares a land border with Westchester County to its north; to its south and west, the New York City borough of Manhattan is across the Harlem River; and to its south and east is the borough of Queens, across the East River.
In West Farms and Belmont, there were 113 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 30.4 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). [18]: 11 West Farms and Belmont has a relatively average population of residents who are uninsured. In 2018, this population of ...
155th Street (Manhattan) 161st Street (Bronx) 168th Street station (New York City Subway) 175 Belden Street; 181st Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) 181st Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) 190th Street station; 200 Vesey Street; 200 West Street; 220 Central Park South; 360 Central Park West; 369th Regiment Armory; 383 ...
District 14 covers a stretch of the West Bronx along the Harlem River, including the neighborhoods of University Heights, Fordham, Morris Heights, and Kingsbridge. [4] The district overlaps with Bronx Community Boards 4, 5, 7 and 8, and with New York's 13th and 15th congressional districts.
The Noonan Plaza Apartments is a 300-dwelling, garden apartment that occupies much of the book bounded by West 168th Street and Ogden and Nelson Avenues. It rises between six and eight stories, with facades on three sides and a central 15,000-square-foot courtyard garden bounded by a one-story arcade at the corner of Nelson and 168th.
John Mullaly (1835–1915), known as father of the Bronx's park system, was a newspaper reporter and editor who was instrumental in forming the New York Park Association. He was born in Belfast, Ireland. After coming to the United States, he worked for the New York Herald, the New York Tribune, and the New York Evening Post.