The Bronx
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Animals are out this winter at the Bronx Zoo...River Walk." And up there, on a hill, is the Lydig Gate: all that remains of the Dutch family that owned this land in the days when the Bronx - fantastic as it may seem in this high-rise, hip-hop era - was rural. "This was the country,"... In this article: Bronx Zoo, Wildlife Conservation Society, Red-tailed Hawk, California Sea Lion, Western Lowland Gorilla, Spotted Hyena, Crocodile, and John Adams |
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New York Daily News | 9 hours ago
Kindergartners suffer most as budget cuts balloon class sizes
...AM Giancarli for News Kindergarten classes average 25 or more students, and have grown by almost 30% in 58 schools located mostly in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Class sizes in city schools jumped by the most in more than a decade this year...
In this article: Brooklyn, DOE, and Williamsbridge
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Domestic abuse cases proceed _ even without victim
Kessler's center opened in 2008. A center in Brooklyn opened in 2005 and prosecutes 9,000 cases annually, and one will be open in the Bronx in about six months. Tens of thousands of clients visit annually. Anyone can use the services,...
In this article: Hiram Monserrate, Dominic Carter, New York City, and Brooklyn
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New York Post | 3 days ago
Crumbling over span of years
...some in Albany having completely ineffective waterproofing and drainage. TRESTLE MANIA: The Spuyten Duyvil rail bridge connects The Bronx to Manhattan. Inspections have raised bridge-safety concern. Amtrak-maintained bridges in the city...
In this article: Amtrak, Manhattan, Northeast Corridor, Bronx River, Penn Station, and Spuyten Duyvil
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Bronx outraged at gun violence
"We aren't the problem," 18-year old Christopher Hill told Bronx leaders and parents at the Bronx County Court Building on Monday, November 23. "We're the solution." Last Updated: 4:35 PM, November 25, 2009 Posted: 4:35 PM, November 25,...
In this article: Ruben Diaz Jr.
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Yankee fans come to The Bronx for Game 6, but get only cold and wet
SportsBaseballYankeesYankee fans come to The Bronx for Game 6, but get only cold and wet Yankee fans come to The Bronx for Game 6, but get only cold and wet Monday, November 23rd 2009, 12:07 PM Fans leave stadium after Game 6 between...
In this article: Yankees, Johnny Damon, Angels, Eli Manning, Kevin Garnett, and Baseball
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Fox News | November 20, 2009
New York City's War on Guns
...15, was shot in the back of the head Monday. The bullet struck her while she was walking home from school in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. It was intended for another teenager. Then on Wednesday, Virginia Valree, a grandmother, was...
In this article: New York City, Gracie Mansion, Michael Bloomberg, Al Sharpton, Rash, and Harlem
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washingtonpost.com | November 20, 2009
Goldman Sachs to take out garbage at Thanksgiving
...to figure out how to serve 10,000 meals simultaneously at 10 Salvation Army community centers from Brooklyn and Harlem to the Bronx. Standing around a long steel table, they took notes over aluminum pans filled with herb-roasted...
In this article: Goldman Sachs, The Salvation Army, New York, Wall Street, Green bean, and Gravy
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Rock On The Bronx
...Restaurant on E.Tremont and LaSalle avenues, on Sunday, November 22, from 4 to 7 p.m. ITEM: Here are some upcoming gigs for the Bronx's very own party dance band Just Nuts: Not only are they playing Michael's on Boston Post Road every...
In this article: Rock, Columbia University, and Lehman High School
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Your neighborhood guide to the Bronx's Castle Hill
...past decade. Each Sunday, "Your New York" takes an inside look at a city neighborhood. This week, explore the sights and sounds of the Bronx's Castle Hill. Once a no-go zone due to high crime rates, local residents have taken back the...
In this article: Afrobeat, Yankees, U.S. Census Bureau, Fela Kuti, and Michael Jackson
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Clean air P.U.M.P. is future of the Bronx
...sleek and handsome. "People have told us that the pump is too futuristic, that it doesn't belong [in the Bronx]," Kim said. "But there are good things happening in the Bronx. There's no reason not to do this in the Bronx. " Diaz Jr. agreed.
In this article: Grand Concourse, Ruben Diaz Jr., Manhattan, Major Deegan Expressway, Bronx Museum of the Arts, and Harlem River
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Description from Wikipedia:
The Bronx is one of the Five Boroughs of New York City. It is the northernmost of the city's boroughs and the newest of the 62 counties of New York State. The Bronx is located northeast of Manhattan and south of Westchester County. It is the only borough situated primarily on the North American mainland (while the other four are on islands, except for Marble Hill, a very small portion of Manhattan.). In 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the borough's population on July 1, 2008 was 1,391,903, with an area of 42 square miles (109 square kilometers) of land, making the Bronx the fourth most populous of the five boroughs, fourth in land area, and third in density of population.
The indigenous Lenape (Delaware) American Indians were progressively displaced after 1643 by settlers from the Netherlands and Great Britain. The Bronx received many Irish, German, Jewish and Italian immigrants as its once-rural population exploded between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. They were succeeded after 1945 by African-Americans and Hispanic Americans, together with immigrants from the Caribbean, especially Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. In recent years, this cultural mix has made the Bronx a wellspring of both Latin music and hip hop.
- Name:
- Bronx County
- Type:
- Borough of New York City
- Government type:
- Borough (New York City)
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1898
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 57.43
- Land Area (sq mi):
- 42.03
- Water Area (sq mi):
- 15.40
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Standard Time (North America)
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