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The Bronx River ( brɒŋks ), is a river that is approximately 24 miles (39 km) long, [4] and flows through southeastern New York in the United States and drains an area of 38.4 square miles (99 km 2 ). [4] It is named after colonial settler Jonas Bronck .
Ranaqua, the Bronx headquarters of NYC Parks, is located in the southeastern part of Bronx Park, east of the northbound lanes of the Bronx River Parkway. The name is the Reckgawank Algonquin (Delaware) word for “End Place,” the peninsula originally sold to Jonas Bronck in 1639. Bronx Park, like the surrounding borough and the river that ...
Bronx Park, like the surrounding borough and the river that runs through it, is named for the 17th century Swedish sea captain who settled the area, Jonas Bronck (1600-1643). Bronck (sometimes also spelled Bronk) was born in Sweden. He learned navigation and became a sea captain in Amsterdam, and in 1639 settled in the area now named for him.
The Bronx was named after the Swedish sea captain Jonas Bronck. In 1639, the Dutch West India Company purchased the land of today's Mott Haven from the Wecquaesgeek (groups of Lenape tribe). Bronck built his farm on this land and named it "Emmanus". The house was located close to what is today the corner of Willis Avenue and 132nd Street.
Dec 3, 2013 · On December 3rd 1641, Jonas Bronck, a Danish immigrant to New York City, bought about 500 acres of land above Manhattan. According to the Bronx Historical Society, the first settlement is in ...
Bronk. Bronk or Bronck may refer to: Jonas Bronck (1600–1643), Swedish immigrant who gave his name to The Bronx. Pieter Bronck, son or brother of Jonas Bronck. Bronck House, historic landmark home of Pieter Bronck. Deborah Bronk, American oceanographer. Detlev Wulf Bronk (1897–1975), president of Johns Hopkins University.
The Bronx County Historical Society is a private non-profit organization that collects and disseminates historical material and information about the New York City borough of the Bronx, as well as southern Westchester County, New York . The Society collects items such as books, reports, photographs, objects, and other artifacts about the Bronx ...
