The Bronx | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:58 1 Etymology and naming
00:03:08 1.1 Early names
00:04:57 1.2 Use of definite article
00:07:06 2 History
00:07:47 2.1 Before 1914
00:11:09 2.2 After 1914
00:12:04 2.2.1 New York City expands
00:13:55 2.2.2 Decline
00:17:21 2.3 Revitalization
00:20:43 3 Geography
00:20:52 3.1 Location and physical features
00:24:04 3.2 Parks and open space
00:27:14 3.3 Neighborhoods
00:28:14 3.3.1 East Bronx
00:29:29 3.3.1.1 City Island and Hart Island
00:30:15 3.3.2 West Bronx
00:31:04 3.3.2.1 Northwestern Bronx
00:31:41 3.3.2.2 South Bronx
00:33:15 3.4 Adjacent counties
00:33:48 4 Transportation
00:33:58 4.1 Roads and streets
00:34:07 4.1.1 Surface streets
00:36:25 4.1.2 Highways
00:37:05 4.1.3 Bridges and tunnels
00:38:06 4.2 Mass transit
00:39:31 5 Demographics
00:39:41 5.1 Race, ethnicity, language, and immigration
00:39:53 5.1.1 2013 estimates
00:41:40 5.1.2 2010 Census
00:43:35 5.1.3 2009 Community Survey
00:48:27 5.1.4 Older estimates
00:48:50 5.2 Population and housing
00:51:12 5.3 Individual and household income
00:52:41 6 Government and politics
00:52:52 6.1 Local government
00:56:48 6.2 Representatives in the U.S. Congress
00:58:47 6.3 Votes for other offices
01:04:25 7 Economy
01:04:46 7.1 Shopping districts
01:07:08 8 Education
01:08:31 8.1 Educational attainment
01:09:23 8.2 High schools
01:11:45 8.3 Colleges and universities
01:15:11 9 Culture and institutions
01:16:50 9.1 Founding of hip-hop
01:19:14 9.2 Sports
01:20:58 9.3 Off-Off-Broadway
01:21:45 9.4 Arts
01:24:05 9.5 Maritime heritage
01:25:08 9.6 Community celebrations
01:26:34 9.7 Press and broadcasting
01:26:51 9.7.1 Newspapers
01:28:03 9.7.2 Radio and television
01:29:13 9.8 Gangs
01:30:36 10 In popular culture
01:30:46 10.1 Film and television
01:30:55 10.1.1 Mid-20th century
01:32:33 10.1.2 As a symbolism
01:37:01 10.1.3 As a setting
01:39:25 10.2 In literature
01:39:34 10.2.1 Books
01:41:52 10.2.2 Poetry
01:43:40 10.2.3 Bronx Memoir Project
01:44:33 10.3 In songs
01:47:58 11 See also
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The Bronx is a borough of New York City, coterminous with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York, the third-most densely populated county in the United States. It is south of Westchester County; northeast and east of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of Queens, across the East River.
The Bronx has a land area of 42 square miles (109 km2) and a population of 1,471,160 in 2017. Of the five boroughs, it has the fourth-largest area, fourth-highest population, and third-highest population density. It is the only borough predominantly on the U.S. mainland.
The Bronx is divided by the Bronx River into a hillier section in the west, and a flatter eastern section. East and west street names are divided by Jerome Avenue. The West Bronx was annexed to New York City in 1874, and the areas east of the Bronx River in 1895. Bronx County was separated from New York County in 1914. About a quarter of the Bronx's area is open space, including Woodlawn Cemetery, Van Cortlandt Park, Pelham Bay Park, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo in the borough's north and center. These open spaces are situated primarily on land deliberately reserved in the late 19th century as urban development progressed north and east from Manhattan.
The name Bronx originated with Swedish-born Jonas Bronck, who established the first settlement in the area as part of the New Netherland colony in 1639. The native Lenape were displaced after 1643 by settlers. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Bronx received many immigrant and migrant groups as it was transformed into an urban community, first from various European countries (particularly Ireland, Germany, Italy and Eastern Europe) and later from the Caribbean region (particularly Puerto Rico, Hai ...