bronx

     

The Bronx is New York City's northernmost borough, coterminous with Bronx County. The Bronx is locate northeast of Manhattan. It is the only one of the city's five boroughs situated primarily on the United States mainland (the others are on islands). As of 2006, the United States Census Bureau estimated that the borough's population was 1,361,473, which ranks fourth of the five boroughs. Recently, its population, which had been declining since it peaked in 1950, showed a small increase.

Trivia about bronx

  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands next to a fire engine in the NYC Fire Museum.) The 1970s were one of the New York City Fire Department’s most challenging times; Howard Cosell said on TV, this borough "is burning", & firemen were often called there daily
  • It's the only New York City borough that's entirely on the mainland
  • This northernmost New York City borough boasts the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University
  • (New York Yankees manager Joe Torre) You'll find collections of roses & tulips in the New York Botanical Garden in this borough where I work
  • Sophisticated young Ralph Lifshitz (later Lauren) found it a zoo
  • ...among New York City's 5 boroughs
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in Yankee Stadium.) If you recall a famous nickname for the Yankees, you should know this is the borough they play in