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The Bronx (/ b r ɒ ŋ k s / BRONKS) is the northernmost borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York.It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New York City borough of Queens, across the East River.
This partial list of city nicknames in New York compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities in the U.S. state of New York are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders, or the cities' tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
The Bronx Borough President's office used to be in its own Bronx Borough Hall but has been in the Bronx County Courthouse for decades. Since the abolition of the Board of Estimate in 1990 (due to a 1989 ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court [ 38 ] ), the borough presidents have minimal executive powers, and there is no legislative function within a ...
The Bronx is the continent, and once you're on it you can go for thousands of miles without seeing ocean again. The other boroughs, for their part, cling to the Bronx for dear life.
The first published book of Bronx history: History of Bronx Borough, City of New York by Randall Comfort. 1900 - The first class of the Lincoln School for Nurses graduated. [23] 1901 - The first City Island Bridge opens. 1904 - IRT subway begins operating. [19] 1905 New York Public Library Mott Haven branch opens. [24] Bronx Society of Arts and ...
The reasons why the Bronx typically receives a smaller share of city funds, according to Lisa Sorin, the president of the Bronx Chamber of Commerce, is largely due to its historically negative ...
Starting a Yankees’ home opener is something Marcus Stroman imagined well before he signed his free-agent contract, growing up on Long Island.
Per #The Bronx or the Bronx above, I've placed a citation-needed tag within ¶2 as it doesn't seem clear whether "Bronx" or "The Bronx" is the "official borough name"; visiting some of the external links provided plus the first few Google results suggests to me that if there is an official borough name, it's more likely to be "Bronx".