The Bronx

The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. It is coterminous with Bronx County of the State of New York. It is the northernmost and only borough of New York City on the North American mainland, located south of Westchester County. It also includes several small islands in the East River and Long Island Sound. {{GR|6}}. The Harlem River separates The Bronx from the island of Manhattan.

Street Layout

Interestingly 200th Street is also missing in Manhattan, although in this case there was never a "200th Street" until the Independent Subway System(IND) used numeric tiling in the Dyckman Street station calling it 200th Street (or DYCKMAN-200TH ST), this unofficially designated Dyckman Street as "200th Street" (the USPS somehow also recognizes W 200 ST addresses even though it never existed officially). In addition, some north-south throughfares also continue from Manhattan into the Bronx; examples include Third Avenue — above which a famous elevated line once ran (in Manhattan until 1955 and in the Bronx until 1973), Park Avenue, and Broadway. Like Manhattan, the streets are designated either "East" or "West", with the divider being Jerome Avenue (the divider in Manhattan is Fifth Avenue). The two boroughs also formerly shared the same Postal Code format, as mail addressed to either bore the designation "New York XX, New York," with a one- or two-digit number between the two "New Yorks" (this number being from 1 to 49 for Manhattan addresses and 50 or higher for the Bronx). When five-digit ZIP Codes replaced the postal codes in 1963, the Bronx was assigned the three-digit prefix "104" while Manhattan got "100" (Manhattan later added "101" and "102").

Related Topics:
1955 - 1973 - Postal Code - 1963

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Numerous subway lines run through the Bronx, many of them above ground. In addition, three Metro-North Railroad commuter railroad lines run through the Bronx. The borough has 12 Metro North stations.

Related Topics:
Subway - Metro-North Railroad

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Three major expressways crisscross the Bronx: The Major Deegan Expressway, which runs along the western edge of the Harlem River, the Bruckner Expressway, which runs through the eastern part of the Borough, and the Cross Bronx Expressway, which crosses the borough's south-central section and serves as a major connection to the George Washington Bridge.

Related Topics:
Major Deegan Expressway - Bruckner Expressway - Cross Bronx Expressway - George Washington Bridge

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~