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The first published book of Bronx history: History of Bronx Borough, City of New York by Randall Comfort. European colonization of the Bronx began in 1639. The Bronx was originally part of Westchester County, but it was ceded to New York County in two major parts (West Bronx, 1874 and East Bronx, 1895) before it became Bronx County.
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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6 days ago · The Bronx, the only mainland borough, is connected to Manhattan by a dozen bridges and railroad tunnels and to Queens by the Robert F. Kennedy (formerly called Triborough), Bronx-Whitestone, and Throgs Neck bridges. The site was called Keskeskeck by the Indians who sold it in 1639 to the Dutch West India Company.
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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...
Aug 21, 2024 · In Paradise Bronx, Frazier embarks on a roughly chronological ramble through Bronx history and places. He begins with the Native peoples, whose mounds of left-behind oyster shells can still...
Sep 6, 2024 · Ian Fraizer joins us to talk about the history of the Bronx. He even tells us how he mapped out the radius in which residents can smell cookies from a local bakery.
Aug 5, 2020 · When the Bronx Was a Forest: Stroll Through the Centuries. Yankee Stadium was the site of a salt marsh. Concourse Plaza was a valley. Our critic walks with Eric W. Sanderson, a conservation...
