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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...
Apr 15, 2016 · New York City annexes land west of the Bronx River Kingsbridge may very well be the shortest-lived municipality in the history of the United States: it lasted barely a year.
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Aug 5, 2020 · The Bronx is the only part of New York City that’s actually attached to the rest of North America. Manhattan and Staten Island are islands, Brooklyn and Queens are part of Long Island —...
Oct 30, 2020 · According to Bronx County historian Lloyd Ultan, “The” stuck as part of the name when the borough was named after the Bronx River which runs right through it (which was named after the first European settler in our borough, Jonas Broncks). The Bronx River runs past the Snuff Mill in the Botanical Gardens. Just remember to put some respect ...
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1888-10-23 Pelham Bay Park in Bronx vested. 1890-06-13 Eagle Avenue in the Bronx is cut out and named. 1893-09-11 Bronx Gas & Electric Company opens on Frisby & Tremont Ave. 1895-06-17 US Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan. 1896-03-10 Bronx acquires O'Brien Square.
May 25, 2017 · Until the end of the 19th century, the Bronx was a rural farming area consisting of several small villages. West Farms, part of Westchester County, was created in 1846; Morrisania was created out of a division of West Farms in 1855; and Kingsbridge was divided from Yonkers in 1873. In 1869, the New York State Legislature authorized the Central ...
Sep 17, 2016 · In the second part of the Bowery Boys’ Bronx Trilogy — recounting the entire history of New York City’s northernmost borough — we focus on the years between 1875 and 1945, a time of great evolution and growth for the former pastoral areas of Westchester County.
