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The history of the Bronx during the 20th century may be divided into four periods: a boom period during 1900–1929, with a population growth by a factor of six from 200,000 in 1900 to 1.3 million in 1930. The Great Depression and post World War II years saw a slowing of growth leading into an eventual decline. The mid to late century were hard ...
The Bronx is also known as, “The BX”, “The Boogie Down Bronx”, “Uptown”, and “Hip Hop’s Home”. The native Siwanoy band of Lenape called the Bronx Rananchqua. Other native Americans knew the Bronx as Keskeskeck. The first recorded European settler to see The Bronx was Henry Hudson in 1609.
The following is a timeline of the history of the borough of the Bronx in New York City, New York, United States. Prior to the 19th century. Prior to European settlement: The Indian Siwanoy tribe of the Wappinger Confederacy roamed the eastern portion of the area that became the Bronx.
The Bronx's oldest home is the Van Cortlandt House, constructed in 1748 by Frederick Van Cortlandt. Its history is fairly illustrious—George Washington slept there during the Revolutionary War, and the city's records were hidden there in 1776—and it became a museum in 1897. 1848.
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Jun 27, 2024 · Bronx, one of the five boroughs of New York City, southeastern New York, U.S., coextensive with Bronx county, formed in 1912. The Bronx is the northernmost of the city’s boroughs. It is separated from Manhattan (to the south and west) by the narrow Harlem River and is further bordered by.
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Oct 30, 2020 · At one point The Bronx was the most Jewish borough of New York City during the first half of the 20th century with up to 57% of the borough identifying as such and the majority were centered in and around the South Bronx. No other borough has ever reached anywhere near that percentage to this day.
Apr 11, 2016 · Though it's only been a part of Greater New Yorker (otherwise known as the five boroughs) since 1898, the Bronx has a much longer history than that—one that goes way further back than when Henry...
