Belmont has a population over 15,000, with the vast majority of residents in the area being of Puerto Rican descent, with small Albanian and Italian population along the East 187th Street near Arthur Avenue. It is a low income residential neighborhood in west Bronx.
The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 6, with Fordham Road to the north, Bronx Park to the east, East 183rd Street to the south, and the Third Avenue to the west. These boundaries give the neighborhood a crescent like shape. Arthur Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Belmont. Arthur Avenue now lined with mostly Albanian and Mexican restaurants, bodegas, and other businesses, used to the heart of the Italian community in the Bronx. The area is patrolled by the 48th Precinct located at 450 Cross Bronx Expressway in East Tremont.
If you are new here or you planning to move to Belmont, the terrain is somewhat hilly and the neighborhood is dominated by 5 and 6-story tenement buildings, older multi-unit homes, vacant lots, and newly constructed subsidized attached multi-unit townhouses and apartment buildings. A considerable number of the original housing was structurally damaged by arson and eventually razed by the city.
There are a good number of schools and shops in the neighborhood. The community has its social problems; violent crime continues to be a serious problem in the community. Belmont has significantly higher drop out rates and incidents of violence in its schools. Other problems in local schools include low test scores and high truancy rates. Drug addiction is also a serious problem in the community.
Concourse, known as the Downtown Bronx is a low income residential neighborhood in southwest Bronx. Its population is over 90,000. The neighborhood is now predominantly Dominican with a significant Puerto Rican and African American population longstanding.
This neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 4 with the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the north, Webster Avenue to the east, East 149th Street to the south, and Jerome Avenue to the west as boundaries. The Grand Concourse is the primary thoroughfare through Concourse. The neighborhood is served by the D line subway; operating along the Grand Concourse. Concourse has two main areas, the Mount Eden and Concourse village.
Concourse housing type is mainly the 5 and 6-story tenements. The apartments on the Grand Concourse are often taller. The terrain is elevated above adjacent areas and is very hilly. Stair streets connect areas located at different elevations. There are five NYCHA developments located in Concourse.
In 2007 and 2008 there has been an uptick in the amount of units that have transitioned from being owned by coop sponsors to being owned by the tenants of the coop. Much of the increase in sales activity has been the result of the buzz surrounding the new Yankee Stadium development and the additional community developments that are coming along with the new stadium. The Grand Concourse is being completely redeveloped to include trees, flowers, and bushes in the median areas of the roadway.
In this neighborhood there is also the social problem of violent. Concourse has significantly higher drop out rates and incidents of violence in its schools. Other problems in local schools include low test scores and high truancy rates. Drug addiction is also a serious problem in the community.
Mount Eden is a subsection of Concourse, with the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the north, Webster Avenue to the east, East 170th Street to the south, and Jerome Avenue to the west. Mount Eden includes Claremont Park and the Mount Eden Parkway.
Concourse Village or more recently referred to as the downtown Bronx is also a subsection of Concourse, with the East 165th Street to the north, Park Avenue to the east, East 149th Street to the south, and Jerome Avenue to the west forming its boundaries. Concourse Village is home to Yankee Stadium along with many of the Bronx's city, state, and federal buildings. Concourse Village includes Franz Sigel Park and the Concourse Village subsidized housing development.
Fordham:The 1930s, the middle-class and working-class families from Manhattan flocked into the Fordham area, the attraction was the then-modern housing and convenient subway access by the D and Jerome Avenue lines to business districts in Manhattan which provides opportunities for work and shopping. This neighborhood is located in west Bronx, with a population over 30,000. It is one of the low income residential neighborhoods of Bronx. Majority of the residents in Fordham are of Puerto Rican, Dominican, or African American descent.
Fordham neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 5. Its boundaries are: Fordham Road to the north, Webster Avenue to the east, East Burnside Avenue to the south, and Jerome Avenue to the west. The Grand Concourse is the primary thoroughfare through Fordham. The local subway is the D line, operating along the Grand Concourse, with the Jerome Avenue line on its western border.
The dominant housing type in Fordham is 5 and 6-story apartment buildings, often set flush to the sidewalk and with no or little space in between them. The taller apartments are on the Grand Concourse. The area is elevated above adjacent areas with stair streets connecting areas located at different elevations. The area is generally very hilly.
The neighborhood is not without its social problems like the others. Problems such as violent crime, drug addiction, high drop out rates and incidents of violence in its schools. Other problems in local schools include low test scores and high truancy rates.
Mott Haven is a low income neighborhood in the southwest Bronx, New York City. This neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 1. The boundaries are East 149th Street to the north, the Bruckner Expressway to the east, the Major Deegan Expressway to the south, and the Harlem River to the west. East 138th Street is the neighborhood's primary commercial thoroughfare. Mott Haven is served by the three southernmost stops on the IRT Pelham Line/6 Train before the 6 enters Manhattan. These stations are Third Avenue –138th Street, Brook Avenue, and Cypress Avenue.
Mott Haven has a population of about 50,000. Almost half the population resides in public housing units managed by NYCHA. Mott Haven has the highest concentration of Puerto Ricans of any neighborhood in the City. It also has a significant African American population and a small but growing community of Central American immigrants down the East 138th Street.
There are three small landmarked historical districts in Mott Haven. They are the last remaining attached brownstones in the neighborhood, most of which were destroyed to build public housing developments. Others were structurally damaged after succumbing to arson and eventually destroyed by the city.
The first landmarked district includes Saint Jerome's Roman Catholic Church and is between the Mitchel, Mott Haven, and Patterson Houses, facing Alexander Avenue between East 138th Street and East 141st Street. In more recent years some of the brownstones in this district have been rehabilitated by young professionals. The next landmarked district is adjacent the Mott Haven Houses lining East 140th Street east of Willis Avenue. The last landmarked district is located adjacent the Mitchel Houses lining East 136th Street east of Willis Avenue.
Mott Haven has quite a sizable number of public (13) among which are Samuel Gompers High School (East 145th St and Southern Blvd), and FLAGS High School (East 147th St and Jackson Av) and 4 parochial school namely Saint Jerome School (East 137th St and Alexander Av); Saint Luke School (East 138th St and Cypress Av); Saint Pius V School (East 144th St and Willis Av); and Saint Pius V High School. The school face similar social problem as the other neighborhoods in Bronx.
The terrain in Mott Haven is a bit hilly. Public housing complexes of various types, with older tenement buildings between these developments are predominant in Mott Haven. Newly constructed subsidized attached multi-unit row houses and apartment buildings have been built on vacant lots. The neighborhood has the highest concentration of NYCHA projects in the Bronx.
Port Morris is in southernmost neighborhood in the Bronx, New York City. It is a heavily industrial neighborhood, boundaries by the Major Deegan Expressway to the north, the East River and Bronx Kill to the east and south, and the Harlem River to the west. Bruckner Blvd is the primary thoroughfare through Port Morris. The 6 train's stop in Mott Haven is walking distance from most of the neighborhood.
Although predominantly industrial, Port Morris does have two small residential pockets, home to about 1,500 people. The greater percentage of residents in the neighborhood is of Puerto Rican descent. One may find in the very small 2 block by 2 block area adjacent to the Third Avenue Bridge, a small White non-Hispanic population of young professionals.
The neighborhood is dominated by factory and warehouse buildings constructed in the mid- to late 1800s. Destroyed or damaged by a wave of arson during the 1970's, many of the residential, commercial, and industrial structures in the neighborhood in recent years are being rebuilt and the industries has gradually being returning back to Port Morris. Many abandoned residential buildings are also being rehabilitated and designated low income housing.
The city established a special mixed-use zoning district in a six-block area surrounding Bruckner Blvd, in 1997. This was expanded to eighteen blocks in 2005. This change allowed residential development along with commercial and industrial development. This resulted in several formerly vacant industrial buildings adjacent to the Third Avenue Bridge being converted to residential lots.
The recently-renovated tenements along Bruckner Blvd, between Lincoln and Alexander Avenues, saw a small antiques row being established in the storefronts. However the lack of amenities like retail and entertainment make the area undesirable to most.
Melrose: This is a residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of the Bronx. Its located north of Mott Haven and west of Longwood. Melrose is considered as part of the South Bronx. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 1. Its boundaries are: East 161st Street to the north, Prospect Avenue to the east, East 149th Street to the south, and Park Avenue to the west. Melrose Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Melrose. The 2 and 5 lines at Jackson Avenue serve the southeastern corner of the neighborhood, operating along Westchester Avenue.
Melrose population is about 30,000. Over a third the population resides in units managed by the NYCHA. Melrose has one of the highest concentrations of Puerto Ricans in all of New York City. The vast majority of households are renter occupied. Present day Melrose is dominated by public housing complexes of various types, vacant lots, and newly constructed subsidized multi-unit town homes. Most of the original housing consisting of older multi-unit homes and tenements were sometime in the past structurally damaged by arson and eventually pulled down by the city.