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The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. It is coterminous with Bronx County of the State of New York. It is the northernmost and only borough of New York City on the North American mainland, located south of Westchester County. It also includes several small islands in the East River and Long Island Sound. GR6. The Harlem River separates The Bronx from the island of Manhattan. The Bronx takes its name from Bronck's Farms, after an early settler (164 ...

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See List of Bronx neighborhoods for a comprehensive listing of the Bronx's various neighborhoods and their descriptions. The borough is politically divided into 12 community boards : 1 : Mott Haven, Port Morris, and Melrose 2 : Hunts Point, Longwood, and Morrisania 3 : Crotona Park, Claremont Village, Concourse Village, Woodstock, and Morrisania 4 : Highbridge, Concourse, Mount Eden, and Concourse Village 5 : Fordham, University Heights, Morris Heights, Bat ...

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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. In 1846, a new town, West Farms, was created by secession from Westchester; in turn, in 1855, the town of Morrisania seceded from West Farms. In 1873, the town of ...

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1900 - (nc) 1910 - (nc) 1920 - 732,016 1930 - 1,265,258 1940 - 1,394,711 1950 - 1,451,277 1960 - 1,424,815 1970 - 1,471,701 1980 - 1,168,972 1990 - 1,207,789 2000 - 1,332,650 As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 1,332,650 people, 463,212 households, and 314,984 families residing in the borough. The population density is 12,242.2/km² (31,709.3/mi²). There are 490,659 housing units at an average density of 4,507.4/km² (11,674.8/mi²). The racial ...

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1900 - (nc) 1910 - (nc) 1920 - 732,016 1930 - 1,265,258 1940 - 1,394,711 1950 - 1,451,277 1960 - 1,424,815 1970 - 1,471,701 1980 - 1,168,972 1990 - 1,203,789 2000 - 1,332,650 As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 1,332,650 people, 463,212 households, and 314,984 families residing in the borough. The population density is 12,242.2/km² (31,709.3/mi²). There are 490,659 housing units at an average density of 4,507.4/km² (11,674.8/mi²). The racial ...

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Many of the Bronx's streets are numbered, but unlike the street numbering systems in Brooklyn and Queens, the Bronx's system is a continuation of the Manhattan street grid. Because of this, the lowest numbered street in the borough is 132nd Street in the South Bronx, and the highest is 263rd Street in the Riverdale section. The numbered street grid is far from perfect as some numbers are just skipped altogether in Riverdale; other nei ...

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The Bronx's attractions include Yankee Stadium, home of the New York Yankees baseball club of the American League; the Bronx Zoo, Bronx High School of Science, Walton High School, Morris Park, the New York Botanical Garden, Wave Hill, Little Italy on Arthur Avenue, Fordham University and Manhattan College. It includes two of the largest parks in NYC, Pelham Bay Park and Van Cortlandt Park. Pelham Bay Park also has a large man made public beach called Orchard Beach created by Robert Moses. The Bronx also has The Hall of Fame for Great Americans: a national landmark which overlooks the Harlem and Hudson Rivers. It was designed by ...

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As a part of New York City, Bronx County contains no other political subdivisions. It is located at 40°42'15" North, 73°55'5" West (40.704234, -73.917927)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 148.7 km² (57.4 mi²). 108.9 km² (42.0 mi²) of it is land and 39.9 km² (15.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 26.82% water. The Bronx has four large low peninsulas or "necks" of low-lying land that jut into the waters of the East River and were once saltm ...

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