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William E. Dodge House, also known as Greyston Conference Center, is a historic home located in the Hudson Hill section of Riverdale in the Bronx in New York City. It was built in 1863 and designed by architect James Renwick Jr. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story masonry structure in the Gothic Revival style.
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 is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New York City borough of Queens, across the East River.
Roberto Clemente State Park, originally named Harlem River State Park, opened in 1973 and was the first New York state park established in an urban setting. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The park was renamed in 1974 for Roberto Clemente , the first Latino-American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame .
Wexler was born in the Bronx, New York City, the son of a German Jewish father and a Russian Jewish mother; he grew up in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan. [1] [2] [3] Despite graduating from George Washington High School at the age of 15, he dropped out of the City College of New York after two semesters. [4]
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), formed in 1965, is the New York City governmental commission that administers the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. Since its founding, it has designated over a thousand landmarks, classified into four categories: individual landmarks, interior landmarks, scenic landmarks, and historic ...
1520 Sedgwick Avenue is a 102-unit [3] apartment building in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. Described in The New York Times as a long-time "haven for working class families", it has been historically accepted as the birthplace of hip hop. [4] The first mortgages for units at 1520 Sedgwick were made in 1967.
Bronx River Houses is a low-income public housing project in the Soundview section of the Bronx, New York City.It consists of nine buildings with 1,260 apartments. Completed February 28, 1951, the 13.94-acre (5.64 ha) Bronx development is bordered by East 174th Street, Harrod, and Bronx River Avenues.
The boroughs of New York City are the five major governmental districts that comprise New York City. They are the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Each borough is coextensive with a respective county of the State of New York: The Bronx is Bronx County, Brooklyn is Kings County, Manhattan is New York County, Queens is ...