This article features alist ofneighborhoods inthe Bronx, one of the fiveboroughs ofNew York City.
When using this article, note that names of many (but not all) neighborhoods in the Bronx are popular based on their historical pedigree and the livability factor. However, this is not true for all neighborhoods in the Bronx; while someone living at East 213th Street &White Plains Road might prefer to describe their location simply as "Gun Hill Road" (a nearby thoroughfare) rather than "Williamsbridge". Other neighborhood names have greater popularity. For example,Riverdale was once home toJohn F. Kennedy and is known for its affluence, large mansions, and proximity to amenities.Throggs Neck hasa bridge named for it, and the neighborhood is known for waterfront beach communities located on theLong Island Sound.
Generally speaking, there are two major systems of dividing the Bronx into regions, which often conflict with one another. One is based on theBronx River while the other strictly separateSouth Bronx from the rest of the borough. The older of the two systems is based on the Bronx River and is arguably a more accurate reflection of the area's history:
TheBronx River divides the borough nearly perfectly in half, putting the earlier-settled, more urban, and hillier sections in the western lobe and the newer, more suburbanesque coastal sections in the eastern lobe. It is an accurate reflection on the Bronx's history considering that the towns that existed in the area prior to annexation to the City of New York generally did not straddle the Bronx River. In addition, what is today the Bronx was annexed to New York City in two stages: areas west of the Bronx River were annexed in 1874 while areas to the east of the river were annexed in 1895.
Using this system, the Bronx can be further divided into the following regions:
A second system divides the borough first and foremost into the following sections:
As of 2012, listed are the Bronx neighborhoods organized and outlined:
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