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The Bronx River (/ b r ɒ ŋ k s /), is a river that is approximately 24 miles (39 km) long, [4] and flows through southeastern New York in the United States and drains an area of 38.4 square miles (99 km 2). [4]
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.
Bronx River Houses is a low-income public housing project in the Soundview section of the Bronx, New York City.It consists of nine buildings with 1,260 apartments. Completed February 28, 1951, the 13.94-acre (5.64 ha) Bronx development is bordered by East 174th Street, Harrod, and Bronx River Avenues.
The Bronx River Parkway (sometimes abbreviated as the Bronx Parkway) is a 19.12-mile (30.77 km) limited-access parkway in downstate New York in the United States. It is named for the nearby Bronx River , which it parallels.
West Bronx: all parts of the Bronx west of the Bronx River (as opposed to Jerome Avenue – this street is simply the "east-west" divider for designating numbered streets as "east" or "west." As the Bronx's numbered streets continue from Manhattan to south, on which the street numbering system is based, Jerome Avenue actually represents a ...
The Bronx Zoo is located on the southern side of Bronx Park, west of the Bronx River Parkway. Founded by the New York Zoological Society, it first opened on November 8, 1899. [ 20 ] The zoo covers 265 acres (107 ha), making it among the United States' largest urban zoos.
The Bronx Zoo (also historically the Bronx Zoological Park and the Bronx Zoological Gardens) is a zoo within Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City.It is one of the largest zoos in the United States by area and is the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States by area, [5] comprising 265 acres (107 ha) of park lands and naturalistic habitats separated by the Bronx River.
The West Bronx is a region in the New York City borough of the Bronx.The region lies west of the Bronx River and roughly corresponds to the western half of the borough.. The West Bronx is more densely populated than the East Bronx, and is closer to Upper Manhattan.