Bronx, New York

Bronx, New York

Bronx County, New York, in the USA

Location

New York City, New York state, the United States

Location of

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Yankee Stadium; Fordham University; Yankee Stadium; Co-Op City, New York; Woodlawn Cemetery;  …

Hell Gate Bridge; Middletown, New York; Manhattan College; City Island, New York; Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Throgs Neck Bridge; Soundview, Bronx; Lehman College; Bronx-Whitestone Bridge; Mott Haven, Bronx; Castle Hill, Bronx; Pelham Bay Park; Van Cortlandt Park; Morris Park, Bronx; New York Botanical Garden; Parkchester, New York; Grand Concourse; High Bridge; Fordham, New York; Morrisania, Bronx; The Hub; Country Club, Bronx; Kingsbridge, Bronx; Henry Hudson Bridge; Spuyten Duyvil, New York; Washington Bridge; Alexander Hamilton Bridge; Bronx Community College; Pelham Bay; University Heights; East Tremont, New York; Montefiore Medical Center; Tremont, New York; Pelham Bay Park; Throgs Neck, New York; College of Mount Saint Vincent; Monroe College; Morris Heights, New York; Baychester, Bronx; Pelham Parkway, Bronx; Concourse, Bronx; Belmont, Bronx; Willis Avenue Bridge; Fieldston; Longwood; Third Avenue Bridge; West Farms; Madison Avenue Bridge; All Hallows High School; Edgar Allan Poe Cottage; 145th Street Bridge; 145th Street Bridge; Pelham Manor, New York; Hostos Community College; Harry S. Truman High School; City Island Bridge; Allerton; Macombs Dam Bridge; Spuyten Duyvil Bridge; Jacobi Medical Center; Clason Point, Bronx; Wave Hill; Kingsbridge Heights, Bronx; University Heights Bridge; Woodlawn; East 180th Street; Park Avenue Bridge; Gun Hill Road; Van Nest, New York; Parkchester; Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx; Silver Beach, Bronx; Pelham Gardens, Bronx; Aquinas High School; Locust Point; Bedford Park Boulevard; 174th Street; SAR High School; Olinville, Bronx; Bronx Museum of the Arts; Hunts Point Avenue; Burnside Avenue; Eighth Regiment Armory; Bartow-Pell Mansion; Fordham Road; 233rd Street; Kingsbridge Road; Mosholu Parkway; Zerega Avenue; Prospect Avenue; Morris Park; Westchester Square – East Tremont Avenue; Fordham Road; Nereid Avenue; Simpson Street; 149th Street Tunnel; Middletown Road; Bronx Park East; Jackson Avenue; Pelham Parkway; St. Lawrence Avenue; 183rd Street; Concourse Tunnel; Mount Eden Avenue; Burke Avenue; Pelham Parkway; Baychester Avenue; Intervale Avenue; Gun Hill Road; Freeman Street; Castle Hill Avenue; Hunts Point Department of Public Safety; 174th–175th Streets; Roberto Clemente State Park; Brook Avenue; Tremont Avenue; 225th Street; Whitlock Avenue; Elder Avenue; North New York, Bronx; Longwood Avenue; Buhre Avenue; Kingsbridge Road; Cypress Avenue; Eastchester Bay, New York; Fordham Graduate School of Social Service; 167th Street; 170th Street; Allerton Avenue; East 149th Street; 176th Street; 170th Street; 219th Street; 167th Street; 182nd–183rd Streets; Anderson-Jerome Avenue; Sedgwick Avenue; Fordham College of Liberal Studies; Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy; Rectilinear Research Corporation; Fordham College of Liberal Studies, Bronx; Fordham College of Liberal Studies, Bronx Campus; 200th Street; 204th Street; 210th Street – Williamsbridge; Brittany Beauty School; School of Professional Horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden; American Beauty School; Christ Church Complex; 1100 Grand Concourse; Kent Theater; Throgs Neck Light; ZIP code 10499; ZIP code 10475; ZIP code 10474; ZIP code 10473; ZIP code 10472; ZIP code 10471; ZIP code 10470; ZIP code 10469; ZIP code 10468; ZIP code 10467; ZIP code 10466; ZIP code 10465; ZIP code 10464; ZIP code 10463; ZIP code 10462; ZIP code 10461; ZIP code 10460; ZIP code 10459; ZIP code 10458; ZIP code 10457; ZIP code 10456; ZIP code 10455; ZIP code 10454; ZIP code 10453; ZIP code 10452; ZIP code 10451; Lisanti Chapel; Grace Episcopal Church; Validus Preparatory Academy; Eastchester – Dyre Avenue; Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street; Shopwell Inc; Beekman Capital Management Ltd; Capital Beverage Corp; 180th Street – Bronx Park; Woodlawn, New York; Norwood – 205th Street; Longwood Historic District; East 143rd Street – St. Mary's Street; 238th Street; 231st Street; 149th Street – Grand Concourse; 138th Street – Grand Concourse

Population

1,391,903; 1,332,650

Official Web Site of, Website

http://www.ilovethebronx.com

Area

57 square miles, 148.743017177 square kilometres, 57.43 square miles

Population density

33,116 per square mile; 31,709 per square mile

Births

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Jennifer Lopez, River Phoenix, Colin Powell, Phil Spector, John Gotti,  …

Fat Joe, Billy Joel, Sonia Sotomayor, Jim Jones, Eliot Spitzer, Michael Savage, Linda Lovelace, Stacey Dash, Swizz Beatz, Louis Farrakhan, Tracy Morgan, Ace Frehley, Kerry Washington, Eric Holder, James Caan, Judy Reyes, Tyson Beckford, KRS-One, Richie Roberts, Ralph Lauren, Kat DeLuna, Bobby Darin, Rob Reiner, Aventura, Everlast, Seymore Butts, Anne Bancroft, Heather Hunter, Tanya Roberts, Gabriel Macht, Jake LaMotta, Ellen Barkin, Cuba Gooding, Afrika Bambaataa, Vic Morrow, Rain Phoenix, Kevin Michael Richardson, Omar Gooding, Jerry Orbach, Tiffany Evans, Carl Reiner, Tommy Mottola, Remy Ma, Pete Rock, Charles Nelson Reilly, Sal Mineo, Chuck Zito, Jimmie Walker, Irene Cara, Lea Michele, Gray Davis, Roy Cohn, Joy Bryant, Neil Simon, Inspectah Deck, Calvin Klein, Adam Pascal, Diahann Carroll, Christopher "Kid" Reid, Penny Marshall, Crystal Knight, Ed Koch, Chazz Palminteri, Joey Bishop, Judd Hirsch, Angie Martinez, Stephen A. Smith, Vin Scully, Vincent Pastore, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael B. Mukasey, Joey Styles, Gerald Celente, Dion, Jonathan Harris, Murray Rothbard, Gloria Leonard, Jimmy Conway, Harry Reems, Laura Nyro, Dominic Chianese, Joe Morton, Cus D'Amato, Rachel Ticotin, Liz Murray, Cullen Jones, Mary Higgins Clark, June Allyson, Malik Yoba, Francis Capra, Margaret Bourke-White, John Patrick Shanley, Cathy Moriarty, Nate Archibald, Aleisha Allen, Garry Marshall, Martin Balsam, Sister Souljah, Big Tigger, Connie Sellecca, Christine Jorgensen, Darrin Henson, Dick Clark, Fred Travalena, Andre Royo, Funkmaster Flex, Floyd Mayweather Sr., Anthony Santos, Harry Carey, Domenick Lombardozzi, Peter Wolf, Greg Giraldo, Joey Greco, Maggie Siff, Melle Mel, Frankie Knuckles, Richard S. Castellano, Jerry Wexler, Ira Levin, E. L. Doctorow, Malik Sealy, Abel Ferrara, Frank John Hughes, Robert Schimmel, Richard Price, Joan Bennett Kennedy, Diamond D, Michael Landes, Todd Barry, Allan Ray, Peter Riegert, Chaim Potok, Vito Acconci, Drag On, Robert Klein, Scott Cohen, Seen, Michael DeLorenzo, Danielle Polanco, Howard Morris, Helen Kane, Lynda Lopez, Sylvia Sidney, John Tempesta, Joe Franklin, Paddy Chayefsky, Daryl Mitchell, Schlitzie, Rod Strickland, J. J. Jackson, The Greaseman, Amy Heckerling, Thomas Batuello, Cara Buono, Louis Lombardi, Alexis Cruz, Bobby Bonilla, Renee Taylor, Brad Grey, Trina McGee, Saundra Santiago, Alan J. Pakula, Jon Oliva, Lawrence Bender, James Madio, Toby Love, April Lee Hernández, Mae Questel, Christy Knowings, Joel Steinberg, Arthur Kane, Shammond Williams, Alimi Ballard, Evelyn King, Dorsey Wright, Robert Mulligan, Michael C. Williams, Virginia Foxx, Lionel Stander, Martin Brest, George Jessel, Dick Miller, Michael Kay, Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Billy Cunningham, Irwin Shaw, Harvey Murray Glatman, Herb Stempel, Sean Nelson, James Gregory, Art Donovan, Grace Paley, Richard Hunt, Big Bank Hank, Roscoe Orman

Origin of

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Tupac Shakur, Jennifer Lopez, Phil Spector, Fat Joe, Billy Joel,  …

Swizz Beatz, Big Pun, KRS-One, Bobby Darin, Aventura, Clipse, Afrika Bambaataa, Tiffany Evans, Kool Keith, Inspectah Deck, Christopher "Kid" Reid, Joey Kramer, Funkmaster Flex, Anthony Santos, Mario Vazquez, Black Sheep, Christopher Williams, Melle Mel, Camp Lo, Frankie Knuckles, Eydie Gormé, Lord Finesse, Coko, Steve Jordan, Kool DJ Herc, Drag On, Willie Colón, D-Nice, Buckwild, Angela Bofill, Xtreme, Jon Oliva, Sadat X, Showbiz and A.G., La the Darkman, DJ Kayslay, Blues Magoos, Grandmaster Caz, P-Star, Cory Gunz, Positive K, Doris Troy, DJ Mark the 45 King, Nine, Percee P, Treacherous Three, Funky Four Plus One, Nitty, T La Rock, Kid Creole, Vic Ruggiero, The Cold Crush Brothers, Ralfi Pagan, Marcy Place, Jerry Ross, Shootyz Groove, Veronica, Larry Wright, Orrin Keepnews, Jesse West, TR Love, Lenny Hambro, Larry Chance and the Earls, Barry Rogers, Thee Undatakerz, The Clayborne Family, Jonathan "Jazz" Russell, French Montana, Autumn Rowe, Veronica, Young bloc, Terror Squad, Buddy Arnold, Phoenix, Rob Lewis, J.J. Jackson, Bilal bashir, Mahogany producer, Gerardo Velez, The Del-Lords, Tim Dog

Elevation

15 metres

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx

Leader

Ruben Diaz Jr., Guy Velella, Harrison J. Goldin

Contents

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Fordham University; Manhattan College; Lehman College; Loehmann's; Fordham Preparatory School;  …

Bronx Community College; Cardinal Spellman High School; Mount Saint Michael Academy; College of Mount Saint Vincent; Monroe College; Cardinal Hayes High School; All Hallows High School; Hostos Community College; Preston High School; Aquinas High School; SAR High School; St. Barnabas High School; Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy; St. Pius V High School; Fordham College of Liberal Studies, Bronx; Brittany Beauty School; School of Professional Horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden; American Beauty School; Ampark Neighborhood ; John Philip Sousa School; Belmont Preparatory High School

Established

1898, 1639

Slogan

""Ne cede malis" Do not give way to evil"

Deaths

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Barbara Hutton, Betty Shabazz, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Charles Fort, Avery Cardinal Dulles,  …

Fiorello H. LaGuardia, La Lupe, Theresa Merritt, Pigmeat Markham, Alfred Mineo, Josephine Hull, Davey Moore, Timothy Sullivan, Simon Guggenheim, Jesse W. Reno, Toshia Mori, Thomas J. Manton, Vasiliki Maliaros, James R. Keene, Howard Sims, Celia Adler, Leo Birinski, Isidore Cohen, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, Reginald Bathurst Birch, John Willys, Gilbert Miller, Gustavus Myers, Elizabeth Sanxay Holding, Frank Bizzoni, Steve Belloise, Tanny McDonald, Rev. Timothy Wright, Benjamin L. Fairchild, Skeeter Best, Arthur Pendleton Mason, Davey Moore, Robert L. Moran, Mal Stevens

Coordinates

40°51'00"N, 73°52'00.12"W, 73°52'00"W

End of

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Interstate 278, New York State Route 22, Henry Hudson Parkway, Interstate 678, Saw Mill River Parkway,  …

New England Thruway, Interstate 295, New York State Route 164

Locations

the New York 646 telephone code area, the New York 917 telephone code area, Area code 347, Area code 212, Area code 718

Overlaps

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Hutchinson River Parkway, Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx River Parkway, New York State Route 9A, Jerome Avenue,  …

Gun Hill Road, Mosholu Parkway, Webster Avenue, East 233rd Street, East 161st Street, New York State Route 1A, New York State Route 9X

Residents

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Jennifer Lopez, Colin Powell, Phil Spector, Fat Joe, Billy Joel,  …

Sonia Sotomayor, Stanley Kubrick, Jim Jones, Wesley Snipes, Mary J. Blige, Eliot Spitzer, Regina Spektor, Michael Savage, Linda Lovelace, Stacey Dash, Swizz Beatz, Tony Curtis, Louis Farrakhan, Regis Philbin, Tracy Morgan, Kerry Washington, Lou Gehrig, Eric Holder, James Caan, Judy Reyes, Tyson Beckford, KRS-One, Carly Simon, Ralph Lauren, Bobby Darin, Rob Reiner, Alan Alda, Anne Bancroft, Clipse, Heather Hunter, Tanya Roberts, Gabriel Macht, Jake LaMotta, Cuba Gooding, Vic Morrow, Jerry Orbach, Tiffany Evans, Carl Reiner, Dutch Schultz, Tommy Mottola, Justin Pierce, Kool Keith, Charles Nelson Reilly, Sal Mineo, Chuck Zito, Irene Cara, Doris Roberts, Joy Bryant, Neil Simon, Calvin Klein, Crystal Gunns, Adam Pascal, Wolf Hudson, Don DeLillo, Diahann Carroll, Christopher "Kid" Reid, Amadou Diallo, Penny Marshall, Crystal Knight, Ed Koch, Chazz Palminteri, Joey Bishop, Judd Hirsch, Angie Martinez, Vincent Pastore, Tom Leykis, Dion, Jonathan Harris, Gloria Leonard, Harry Reems, Laura Nyro, Dominic Chianese, Desmond Harrington, Joe Morton, Hank Greenberg, Richard Donner, Liz Murray, Cullen Jones, Mary Higgins Clark, June Allyson, Malik Yoba, Margaret Bourke-White, John Patrick Shanley, Cathy Moriarty, Nate Archibald, Aleisha Allen, Garry Marshall, Martin Balsam, Sister Souljah, David Zayas, Big Tigger, Connie Sellecca, Bill Graham, Jeffrey Wigand, Fred Travalena, Andre Royo, Funkmaster Flex, Floyd Mayweather Sr., Danny Almonte, Mario Vazquez, Harry Carey, Peter Wolf, Christopher Williams, Eydie Gormé, Richard S. Castellano, Jerry Wexler, Lord Finesse, E. L. Doctorow, Malik Sealy, Robert Schimmel, Richard Price, Joan Bennett Kennedy, Diamond D, Taral Hicks, Michael Landes, Melissa Manchester, Allan Ray, Peter Riegert, Joy Philbin, Drag On, Robert Klein, Michael DeLorenzo, Danielle Polanco, Helen Kane, Bernard Kerik, Lynda Lopez, Sylvia Sidney, Vicky LaMotta, Paddy Chayefsky, Daryl Mitchell, Schlitzie, Rod Strickland, J. J. Jackson, The Greaseman, Amy Heckerling, Rahsaan Patterson, Thomas Batuello, Darlene Rodriguez, Alexis Cruz, Kid Capri, Bobby Bonilla, Brad Grey, Alan J. Pakula, Lawrence Bender, Ray Tabano, James Madio, Mae Questel, Tony Sunshine, Shammond Williams, Dorsey Wright, Robert Mulligan, Michael C. Williams, Jerry Vale, Lionel Stander, Martin Brest, George Jessel, Dick Miller, Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Irwin Shaw, Harvey Murray Glatman, Evan Hunter, Kelvin Mercer, Art Donovan, Grace Paley, Billy Milano, Bobby Van, Grandmaster Caz, Majora Carter, Paul Provenza, P-Star, Jack McGee, Jules Feiffer, Mark Attanasio, Lawrence Weiner, Nevil Shed, Nine, Robert Gossett, Estelle Reiner, Marvin Miller, Damaine Radcliff, Darnell Martin, Marc Lawrence, Cipha Sounds, Regina Peruggi, Bobby Cremins, Damion Easley, Tim Kelleher, Bruce Altman, Shirley Ellis, Priscilla Lopez, Joyce Nizzari, Doug Marrone, Peter Diamandis, Julius Schwartz, Nitty

Leader's Title

"District Attorney"

System of Government

borough of New York City

The Area Served By

New York Yankees, Police Athletic League of New York City

Land area

42 square miles, 42.03 square miles

Class

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settlement, county, town or city, English administrative district, US county,  …

borough of New York City, geographical subdivision of the US, borough, administrative area within a nation above city-level, geographical area

Water area

15 square miles, 15.4 square miles

Featured in

A Bronx Morning

GNIS ID

"971944", "974101"

Freebase ID

"/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000009461"

Open Calais URI

http://d.opencalais.com/er/geo/city/ralg-geo1/163e0752-3203-0005-ac0a-729afce5bbec

Raised

Ronn Torossian, Arthur Kantrowitz

Related Websites

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/20/nyregion/20bronx.html, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20080630/ap_tr_ge/travel_trip_wild_green_bronx, http://www.sobro.org, http://bronxboard.com, http://www.forgotten-ny.com,  …

http://www.bronxsynagogues.org, http://books.google.com/books?id=ruhKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA700, http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/762.asp, http://www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org, http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/index.jsp, http://viewofnewyork.free.fr/View%20Of%20New%20York/Bronx/index.html, http://www.pbase.com/patmorgan/the_bronx, http://www.wavehill.org/home, http://www.bronxriverart.org, http://www.nybg.org, http://bronxzoo.com, http://www.bceq.org, http://bronxriver.org, http://www.innercitypress.org/bxreport.html, http://www.bronx.com, http://bronxboropres.nyc.gov

GeoNames URL

http://sws.geonames.org/5110253/

DBPedia URI

http://dbpedia.org/resource/The_Bronx

Founded here

Häagen-Dazs

Aliases

"at the bronx", "in the bronx", "the bronx"

Rare Terms

"bronx"

Fips County Code

"5"

Freebase Primary MID

"/m/01531"