The South Bronx

The South Bronx is a region of the New York City borough of The Bronx. It strictly refers to the southwestern portion of the borough, and should not be confused with the southern Bronx. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (870x870, 377 KB) A map of The Bronx, New York, with the South Bronx area highlighted in red. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (870x870, 377 KB) A map of The Bronx, New York, with the South Bronx area highlighted in red. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City... A borough is an administrative division used in various countries. ... The Bronx is New York Citys northernmost borough. ...

The "South Bronx" is not a completely neutral term, as it is one commonly associated with urban decay of the 1970s. The terms "Downtown Bronx" and "SoBro" have recently been coined in hopes of replacing this somewhat outdated term for the region, with the latter term "SoBro" meant to conjure Manhattan's more affluent SoHo neighorhood. It is popular for being the birth place of hip hop music and culture. Urban decay and renewal in Cincinnati Urban decay is the popular term for both the physical and social degeneration of cities and large towns. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Look up Region in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Soho is an area of central Londons West End, in the borough of the City of Westminster. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Breakdancer in Ljubljana, Slovenia. ...

While the Bronx was considered the "Jewish Borough," which at its peak in 1960 was 62% Jewish, it was the "South Bronx" that was practically entirely Jewish, at 92% in 1963. However, that changed rapidly during the late 1960's and 1970's, almost all of the much-diminished Jewish population of the borough today lives in the Riverdale neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the borough. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Riverdale Riverdale (population approximately 45,000, according to the 2000 U.S. Census) is a middle- and upper-class residential neighborhood in the northwest Bronx, New York City. ...

The term was first coined in the 1940s by a group of social workers who identified the Bronx's first pocket of poverty, in the Mott Haven section, the southernmost section of the Bronx. Originally denoting only Mott Haven and Melrose, the South Bronx extended up to the Cross Bronx Expressway by the 1970s, encompassing Hunts Point, Morrisania, and Highbridge. It was around this time that the Bronx was experiencing some of its worst times ever due to white flight, landlord abandonment and government indifference. Some landlords were motivated to burn their buildings for insurance claims.^{[citation needed]} There was also heroin trafficking by Italian organized crime families that live in the area. The resultant chaos as related by the media brought the term "South Bronx" into common parlance nationwide. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... A social worker is a person employed in the administration of charity, social service, welfare, and poverty agencies, advocacy, or religious outreach programs. ... A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows his find. ... Mott Haven is the southernmost neighborhood in the South Bronx. ... Melrose is a section of the South Bronx in New York City. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Morrisania is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of the Bronx in New York City. ... Highbridge is a neighborhood located in the western part of The Bronx, adjacent to the Harlem River. ... White flight is a term for the demographic trend where upper and middle class white Americans move away from non-white inner-city neighborhoods to predominantly white suburbs and exurbs. ... A landlord, is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called the tenant. ... Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent loss. ... Heroin, also known as diamorphine (BAN) or diacetylmorphine (INN), is a semi-synthetic opioid. ... The Sicilian Mafia (also referred to simply as the Mafia or Cosa Nostra), is a criminal secret society which first developed in the mid-19th century in Sicily. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

The South Bronx stretches perhaps further today than it did in the turbulent 1970s; today the neighborhoods of Tremont and University Heights are often considered part of the South Bronx. Some even argue that the Soundview section is part of the South Bronx, or even its eastern neighbor, Castle Hill. The northern limit of the South Bronx is commonly thought to be at Fordham Road. Wherever the South Bronx exactly is, it is thought of as an icon of urban decay, as shown in 1981's Paul Newman film Fort Apache, The Bronx. Tremont is a neighborhood in the Bronx, in New York City. ... University Heights is a neighborhood in the Bronx in New York City. ... Soundview is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of the Bronx. ... Castle Hill is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of The Bronx. ... Fordham Road is a major street in The Bronx, one of the boroughs of New York City. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Cannes Award, and Emmy Award winning American iconic actor and film director. ... Fort Apache, The Bronx is a 1981 film directed by Daniel Petrie starring Paul Newman, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello, Rachel Ticotin, Edward Asner and Pam Grier. ...

Any neighborhood that is not considered the South Bronx is automatically the "North Bronx," even if it lies within the southern portion of the borough, as does Throgs Neck in the Bronx's extreme southeast. South Bronx residents often dislike the term because it obscures the actual neighborhoods in the area. However, it should not be ignored that the heavy reliance on using the region of the South Bronx as a geographic marker over the years has caused the names of its neighborhoods to decline in usage, to the point of residents of Mott Haven and Morris Heights not even knowing the actual name of their neighborhood. Others point out that there is great socio-economic diversity within the neighborhoods that are lumped together under the "South Bronx" heading. Throgs Neck, shown in red, in the Bronx, New York City Throgs Neck (sometimes spelled Throggs Neck) is a narrow spit of land in the southeastern Bronx in New York City. ...

The South Bronx in many ways is more a state of mind than an actual location. Also, the more notable dichotomy in the Bronx is that of the West Bronx vs. the East Bronx; the West Bronx is hillier, more heavily populated, and closer to Manhattan, while the East Bronx is flatter, more residential, and closer to the Long Island Sound. The "North Bronx" designation therefore groups together neighborhoods on opposite ends of the Bronx which have little in common, such as Kingsbridge and Pelham Bay. The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... New York City waterways: 1. ...

It is important to note that the expanded use of the term South Bronx and the thirty years since the coining of the term have brought great changes to the area that it refers to. The South Bronx of today is very different from that of the years gone by; now, it is one of the more calm parts of the Bronx due to the population drop, with a lower crime rate than areas north of the Cross-Bronx Expressway. The Cross-Bronx Expressway is an expressway in New York City. ...

Notable natives

• Fat Joe
• KRS-One
• Scott La Rock
• Boogie Down Productions
• Larry Davis
• Harry Gibson
• Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
• Majora Carter
• Colin Powell
• Jennifer Lopez
• Tim Dog

v • d • e Neighborhoods in the New York City Borough of The Bronx

Allerton · Arthur Avenue · Baychester · Bedford Park · Castle Hill · City Island · Co-op City · Country Club · Eastchester · East Morrisania · East Tremont · Fieldston · Fordham · Highbridge · Hunts Point · Kingsbridge · Kingsbridge Heights · Locust Point · Longwood · Marble Hill (Manhattan) · Melrose · Morrisania · Morris Heights · Morris Park · Mott Haven · North Bronx · North New York · North Riverdale · Norwood · Olinville · Parkchester · Pelham Bay · Pelham Gardens · Pelham Parkway · Port Morris · Rikers Island · Riverdale · Silver Beach · Soundview · South Bronx · Spuyten Duyvil · Throgs Neck · Tremont · University Heights · Van Cortlandt Village · Van Nest · Wakefield · West Farms · Williamsbridge · Woodlawn Jose Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an Puerto Rican-American rapper. ... KRS-One (born Lawrence Krisna Parker on August 20, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York. ... Scott Sterling (March 2, 1962–August 27, 1987), better known by his stage name Scott La Rock, was the original DJ for the hip hop group Boogie Down Productions. ... Boogie Down Productions (1989) Boogie Down Productions was originally composed of KRS One, D Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. ... Rev. ... Harry The Hipster Gibson (June 27, 1915 – May 3, 1991) was a jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter. ... DJ Grandmaster Flash was one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. ... Majora Carter (born ) is the Executive Director/Founder of Sustainable South Bronx. ... General Colin Luther Powell, United States Army (Ret. ... J. Lo redirects here. ... Tim Dog (real name Timothy Blair, born January 1, 1967) is an American rapper from the Bronx, New York who rose to prominence during the early 90s with his debut LP Penicillin on Wax and the hit song Fuck Compton. ... This is a list of neighborhoods in the Bronx, one of five boroughs of New York City, grouped by what general region of the Bronx they are in. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City... The Five Boroughs of New York City: 1: Manhattan 2: Brooklyn 3: Queens 4: Bronx 5: Staten Island In New York City, a borough is a unique form of government used to administer the five constituent counties that make up the city; it differs significantly from other borough forms of... The Bronx is New York Citys northernmost borough. ... Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY, 2000, by Rick Dikeman File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Allerton is a small section of the Williamsbridge section of the Bronx, in New York City. ... Arthur Avenue in the Bronx is the site of one of New York Citys Little Italies, in the Fordham section of the Bronx. ... Baychester is a neighborhood in the northeastern Bronx in New York City, bounded by Boston Road to the northwest, the Hutchinson River to the east, Pelham Parkway to the south, and Laconia Avenue to the west. ... Bedford Park is a residential neighborhood in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. ... Castle Hill is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of The Bronx. ... City Island is a small island approximately 1. ... Co-Op City as viewed from the east over the Hutchinson River. ... Country Club is a predominantly middle-class neighborhood located in the East Bronx, New York City. ... Eastchester is a neighborhood in the northeasternmost corner of the Bronx, New York, containing a predominantly working-class African-American and West Indian population. ... The East Morrisania section of the Bronx encompasses the Southern Boulevard shopping district. ... East Tremont is a neighborhood in the South Bronx in New York City, centering around East Tremont Avenue and Southern Boulevard. ... Fieldston is the name of a subsection of the Riverdale section of the Bronx in New York City. ... Fordham is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of The Bronx. ... Highbridge is a neighborhood in New York City located in the western part of The Bronx, adjacent to the Harlem River. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Kingsbridge is a neighborhood in the Bronx, New York. ... Kingsbridge Heights, sometimes reckoned as separate from Kingsbridge proper, is a neighborhood in the West Bronx in New York City. ... Locust Point, Bronx is a small, peninsular neighborhood in the eastern portion of the Borough. ... Longwood is a subsection of the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, New York. ... Marble Hill is the northernmost section of the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York. ... Melrose is a section of the South Bronx in New York City. ... Morrisania is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of the Bronx in New York City. ... Morris Heights is a neighborhood in the Southwest Bronx. ... Morris Park is a residential, working, middle-class, Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, New York City. ... Mott Haven is the southernmost neighborhood in the South Bronx. ... The North Bronx is a neighborhood region in the Bronx, New York. ... North New York is an archaic name for an area of what is today the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. ... North Riverdale is the northernmost part of the Riverdale section of the Bronx, particularly above 254th Street. ... Norwood is a neighborhood in the Bronx in New York City, one of the few in the city (or any city, for that matter) whose boundaries are extremely obvious. ... Olinville is a disused neighborhood name in the Bronx, New York. ... Parkchester is a housing development and neighborhood in the New York City borough of the Bronx. ... Pelham Bay Pelham Bay is a neighborhood in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Bronx and Pelham Parkway (usually referred to simply as Pelham Parkway) is a parkway in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. ... Port Morris is a section in the South Bronx. ... View of Rikers Island Rikers Island is the name of New York Citys largest jail facility, as well as the name of the 415 acre (1. ... Riverdale Riverdale (population approximately 45,000, according to the 2000 U.S. Census) is a middle- and upper-class residential neighborhood in the northwest Bronx, New York City. ... Silver Beach is located in the Bronx, New York. ... Soundview is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of the Bronx. ... In modern usage, Spuyten Duyvil (pronounced SPITE-uhn DYE-vuhl) is the name of a subsection of the Riverdale section of the Bronx in New York City. ... Throgs Neck (neighborhood) The geographic feature Throgs Neck, shown in red, in the Bronx, New York City Aerial view of the Throgs Neck Bridge spanning Throgs Neck This Map shows the income distribution in Throgs Neck. ... Tremont is a neighborhood in the Bronx, in New York City. ... University Heights is a neighborhood in the Bronx in New York City. ... Van Cortlandt Village is the name of a neighborhood in the Kingsbridge Heights section of the Bronx. ... Van Nest, a neighborhood occupying the southwestern corner of the Morris Park section of The Bronx, is bounded by Bronxdale Avenue, East Tremont Avenue, and the Bronx River Parkway. ... Wakefield is a residential and middle-class section of the north Bronx in New York City, bounded by the New York city line with Westchester County to the north, 233rd Street to the south, and the Bronx River, Bronx River Parkway, Metro-North Railroad tracks to the west. ... West Farms is a neighborhood located in the Central Bronx. ... Williamsbridge is a neighborhood in the East Bronx in New York City. ... Woodlawn (population 7,741) is a neighborhood in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. ...