South Bronx: Difference between revisions

The geographic definitions of the South Bronx have evolved and are disputed but certainly include the neighborhoods of [[Mott Haven, Bronx|Mott Haven]], [[Melrose, Bronx|Melrose]], and [[Port Morris, Bronx|Port Morris]]. Originally referring to the industrial area below East 138th Street, the name "South Bronx" symbolically has had its northern boundary shift northward to East 149th Street, [[East 161st Street]], the [[Cross Bronx Expressway]], and [[Fordham Road]] over the years. The neighborhoods of [[Crotona Park East, Bronx|Crotona Park East]], [[Highbridge, Bronx|Highbridge]], [[Hunts Point, Bronx|Hunts Point]], [[Longwood, Bronx|Longwood]], [[Concourse, Bronx|Concourse]], and [[Morrisania, Bronx|Morrisania]] are sometimes considered part of the South Bronx. Generally, most consider any neighborhood west of the Bronx River and south of the Cross Bronx Expressway the South Bronx. The Cross Bronx Expressway is usually considered the dividing border between North and South Bronx. <ref>{{cite news|title=IN BELMONT AREA OF SOUTH BRONX, FEAR AND CRIME ARE REMOTE CONCERNS|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 10, 1981|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/10/nyregion/in-belmont-area-of-south-bronx-fear-and-crime-are-remote-concerns.html|access-date=October 10, 2015|last1=Basler|first1=Barbara}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Your neighborhood guide to the Bronx's Castle Hill|website=[[New York Daily News]]|date=November 14, 2009 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/neighborhood-guide-bronx-castle-hill-article-1.417029|access-date=October 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Faces in the Rubble|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/nyregion/23bronx.html?_r=3&hp=&pagewanted=all&|newspaper=The New York Times| date=August 21, 2009 |access-date=October 12, 2015 | last1=Gonzalez | first1=David }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=High Bridge Reopens the Bronx to Pedestrian Power|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/06/high-bridge-reopens-the-bronx-to-foot-power.html|website=Nymag.com|date=June 10, 2015 |access-date=October 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hunt's Point: How South Bronx's most-improved neighborhood stays that way|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/money/hunt-point-south-bronx-most-improved-neighborhood-stays-article-1.354683|website=Nydailynews.com|access-date=October 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Longwood Historic District|url=http://www.nypap.org/content/longwood-historic-district|access-date=October 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=City Adds About 600 New Pre-K Seats in South Bronx, City Educators Say|url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150414/soundview/city-adds-about-600-new-pre-k-seats-south-bronx-city-educators-say|access-date=October 10, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821015156/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150414/soundview/city-adds-about-600-new-pre-k-seats-south-bronx-city-educators-say|archive-date=August 21, 2015}}</ref>