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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was born in the Bronx, New York, the daughter of Clara (née Zipper) and Simon Sussman, and was raised in a Jewish household. She went to Walton High School (Bronx), New York City. After high school, she attended the all-female, tuition-free Hunter College, where her mother hoped she would learn to become a teacher ...
The Epiphany School (234 East 22nd Street) – Established in 1888; formerly staffed by the Lasallian Christian Brothers (1900–1935) and the Sisters of Charity (1888–1978). theepiphanyschool.org; Good Shepherd School (620 Isham Street) – Formerly staffed by the Sisters of Mercy and the De La Salle Christian Brothers. gsschoolnyc.org
Google Maps' satellite view is a "top-down" or bird's-eye view; most of the high-resolution imagery of cities is aerial photography taken from aircraft flying at 800 to 1,500 feet (240 to 460 m), while most other imagery is from satellites. [5]
The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 5, and its ZIP Codes include 10452 and 10453. The area is patrolled by the New York City Police Department 's 46th Precinct. [ 3 ] New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) property in the area is patrolled by P.S.A. 7 at 737 Melrose Avenue in the Melrose section of the Bronx .
The Cross Bronx Expressway interchanges with Jerome and the Deegan. Though it runs through what is now the West Bronx neighborhood, Jerome Avenue is the dividing avenue between nominal and some named "West" and "East" streets in the Bronx; Fifth Avenue, and to a lesser extent, Broadway, also splits Manhattan into nominal "West" and "East" streets.
161st Street is a short, major thoroughfare in the southern portion of the Bronx. The road is 1.6 miles (2.6 km) long and is a much used access to Yankee Stadium on its north side. [ 3 ] The 20th-century Yankee Stadium was on the south side of the street.
Riverdale is a residential neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of the Bronx.Riverdale, which had a population of 47,850 as of the 2000 United States Census, contains the city's northernmost point at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. [3]
The New York City Department of City Planning had classified the southern part of the neighborhood as "Laconia" and the northern part as "Bronxdale", while Google Maps called the area "Bronxwood" (a historical name [5] also used for a nearby street) and Hagstrom Map called the area "Allerton". However, neighborhood names and boundaries in New ...