top of page

SOUTHWEST BRONX

Mott Haven

boundaries: N- East 149th St.; E- Bruckner Expressway; S- Major Deegan Expressway; W- Harlem River

 

 

 

There are three (3) historical districts in this area.

 

 St. Ann's Shrine

Neighborhoods

(south of Fordham Rd. west of Bronx River)

Join our mailing list to be the first in the know about the happenings here.

Partake of TODAY'S DEAL ON GROUPON

JOIN US

 

 

Menu

Back To New York

 Melrose

boundaries: E- Brook Ave.; S- 149th St.; W- Park Ave.; N- Intersection of Brook and Park Ave.

 

 

 

The HUB where Bronx residents did their shopping for decades.

Picture Pending

Melrose

  • BRONX DOCUMENTARY CENTER, 614 Courtlandt Avenue 

Go to the Bronx neighborhoods

Guest Writer's/

Neighborhood of the month

Back to Top

Hunts Point

Picture Pending

Hunts Point

boundaries: N- Bruckner Expressway; E- Bronx River; S- East River

 

 

 

There is a legend that George Fox (founder of the Quakers) used to preach in this area and Wiliam H. Fox (his descendant) owned a great deal of the land that  is now Hunts Point.

Bronx Park South

boundaries: Boston Road; Southern Blvd.'  Cross Bronx Servvice Road; Bronx Park South

 

The oldest public veterans’ burial ground in the Bronx; this small cemetery holds the remains of forty veterans of four wars: War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish American War and WWI. 

 

Picture Pending

Back to Top

Bronx Park South
West Concourse

Back to Top

  • MACOMBS DAM PARK (West Concourse) River Avenue to the Harlem River between E. 157th Street and E. 161st Street and E. 164th Street

    • MACOMBS DAM FOUNTAIN designed by Martin Schenck  

 

  • JOYCE KILMER PARK, Grand Concourse to Walton Avenue, between East 161st Street and E 164th Street (across from the Courthouse)

    • HEINRICH HEINE MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN by Ernst Herter  

    • LOUIS J. HEINTZ MEMORIAL by Pierre Feltu

    • “TREES” by Joyce Kilmer on a ground plate​

 

 

  • MURAL HONORING DJ KOOL HERC designed by Members of Tats Cru, Grand Concourse and 166th Street

 

West Concourse

boundaries: Grand Concourse; Cross Bronx Expressway; Macombs Rd; East 149th St.

 

It is mainly an Hispanic neighborhood.

 

Andrew Freedman Historic House

Neighborhoods

For more in depth information on these neighborhoods, please check some of the resources that we used to write our content.

SPECIAL PLACES TO SEE is constantly adding new neighborhoods and attractions, check back often and discover more! For additional pictures, follow us on Pinterest, Twitter and Like us on Facebook. Let us know if you discover new places.

bottom of page