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Dec 30, 2008 · How the Bronx Got Its Name. By Diogomaye Ndiaye. December 30, 2008. People often wonder why the Bronx, alone of all New York’s boroughs, has “the” as part of its name. It’s because the borough is named after the Bronx River and the river was named for a man born in far-off Sweden.
Feb 24, 2014 · 'When the Morris family movied from the Island of Barbados they started referring to that piece of the Bronx, what is now called the Bronx, as Bronck's land." And Hernandez says the name...
Dec 31, 2023 · Released in 1982, “Boogie Down Bronx” is a celebration of the Bronx borough and its influential role in the early hip hop scene. The song was written and freestyled by Cool Johnski, a member of the Freeze Force crew, as an ode to his hometown.
Nov 1, 2021 · The moniker “Bronck’s Land” didn’t stick, possibly because many of Bronck’s tenant farmers didn’t stick around, and the influential Morris family birthed a new name, “Morrisania ...
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Aug 28, 1987 · Thus, when Jonas impressed his own family nomenclature on the region he settled, the Aquahung River became Bronk’s River — the Bronx, as it remains today, correctly expressed in Dutch.”. As far as Cecil can tell, the name “the Bronx” didn’t signify the entire area now known as the Bronx until late in the 19th century.
On a hot summer night almost half a century ago, a DJ named Clive Campbell played at a party in his building, equipped only with a guitar amp and two turntables. And thus, on August 11, 1973, hip hop was born at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in Morris Heights in the Bronx.
Jun 7, 2015 · That's named after the man that came from a foreign land in the 17th century. It was an era when present day Bronx County was being settled by Dutch and Brittish farmers. "The Bronx was a very ...
