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Learn About Bronx NY
Steeped in history and culture, the Bronx is one of the five famous boroughs of New York City. It is named after the Bronx River which was in turn named after Jonas Bronck, the founder of the first European settlement in the area. Jonas Bronck was of Swedish ancestry but his allegiance was to the government of Holland. His settlement was part of the Colony of New Netherland.
Being one of the most densely populated areas in New York City, the Bronx (Bronx County) is home to people from all walks of life which is the main contributing factor to the borough’s rich cultural heritage. Nevertheless, the borough’s diversity is not without some disadvantages; according to statistical analysis, a notable percentage of the residents of the Bronx live way below the poverty level. In 2018, the population of the Bronx was estimated to be approximately 1.43 million people.
The Bronx is home to several major landmarks including the recently constructed Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and the Bronx Zoo just to mention a few.
Here are some of the areas we service in the Bronx: Fieldston, Dodgewood, West-Bronx-10471, Spuyten Duyvil, Kings Bridge, Kings Bridge Heights, East-Bronx-10470, Woodlawn, West-Bronx-10463, Bedford Park
The History of Movies, Books, and Song Artists From the Bronx.
Movies
* Doughboys – Al Boasberg/Sidney Lazarus,1930
* Marty – Paddy Chayefsky, 1955
* The Bronx is Burning – BBC Documentary Film, 1974
* Fort Apache, The Bronx – Heywood Gould, 1981
* Portfolio – 1983
* True Love – Nancy Savoca/Richard Guay, 1989
* Awakenings – Penny Marshall, 1990
* A Bronx Tale – Robert De Niro/Chazz Palminteri, 1993
* I Like It Like That – Darnell Martin, 1994
* Dead Presidents – Albert Hughes/Allen Hughes, 1995
* Summer of Sam – Spike Lee, 1999
* Finding Forrester – Gus Van Sant, 2000
* Knights of the South Bronx – Jamal Joseph/Dianne Houston, 2005
Books
* The Old Neighborhood – Avery Corman, 1980
* Bonfire of the Vanities – Tom Wolfe, 1987
* Underworld – Don DeLillo, 1997
* The Grand Concourse – Jacob M. Appel, 2007
Songs
* Back To The Bronx by 2 Live Crew
* Boogie Down Bronx by JVC Force
* Bronx by Kurtis Blow
* The Bronx Is Beautiful by Robert Klein
* Bronx Keeps Creating It by Fat Joe
* Bronx Tale by Fat Joe
* Bronx War Stories by A.I.G.
* On The Streets Of The Bronx by The Moonglows
* Ha Ya Doin? Yankees – The Haya Doin’? Boys
* Here Come the Yankees, by Bob Bundin and Lou Stallman
* Our Lady of the Bronx by Black 47
* Rockin’ the Bronx by Black 47
* South Bronx by Boogie Down Productions
* On the Banks of the Bronx (1919) by William LeBaron, Victor Jacobi
* Bronx Express (1922) by Creamer and Layton
* The Tremont Avenue Cruisewear Fashion Show (1973) by Jerry Livingston, Mark David
* I Love the New York Yankees (1987) by Paula Lindstrom
History of the 3rd Ave Elevated Train In The Bronx
The Third Ave El (or Third Avenue Elevated Line) train was an elevated railway that ran from Chatham Square in the City Hall area of Manhattan to Gun Hill and White Plains Roads in the Bronx from 1878 to 1955. The Bronx section of the Third Ave El ran from East 149th St. and Third Ave (the Hub) to Gun Hill Road from 1955 to 1973.
Ownership of the railway passed from the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and eventually the New York City Subway. “In the 1930s and ’40s, as part of the integration of the different subway companies in New York City-the IRT along with Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit (BMT) and Independent Subway System (IND)-the Third Avenue El and its counterparts on Second, Sixth, and Ninth Avenues came under criticism from New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and his successors. The Els were regarded as blights to their communities and obsolete, given that subways were being built, or were on the drawing board, to replace them.”
The railway line was closed in sections from 1950 to 1973. The first to close was the South Ferry spur in 1950. It connected South Ferry to Chatham Square. The City Hall section was second to close in 1953. It started in Park Row in Manhattan and then connected to the South Ferry Spur. The main portion of the line from Chatham Square to East 149th Street in the Bronx was closed on May 12, 1955. This ended the operation of the elevated service in Manhattan.
In the 1960’s, the remaining service of the Third Ave El was renamed the 8 (or #8). The final portion of the line that ran from East 149th Street in the Bronx to Gun Hill Road closed in April, 1973.
On April 29, 1973, the Bx 55 Limited bus route replaced the Bronx’s Third Avenue El. It only made the stops of the former rail line. The Bx 55 was one of the first bus routes in the city to have free transfers with the subway at the Third Ave-149th Street and Gun Hill Road White Plains Road IRT stations.