The following is a timeline of the

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of the

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

the Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New ...

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

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, United States.

Prior to the 19th century

* Prior to European settlement: The Indian

Siwanoy The Siwanoy () were an Indigenous American band of Wappinger people, who lived in Long Island Sound along the coasts of what are now The Bronx, Westchester County, New York, and Fairfield County, Connecticut. They were one of the western bands of ...

tribe of the

Wappinger The Wappinger () were an Eastern Algonquian Munsee-speaking Native American people from what is now southern New York and western Connecticut. At the time of first contact in the 17th century they were primarily based in what is now Dutches ...

Confederacy roamed the eastern portion of the area that became the Bronx. * 1639 - Jonas Jonasson Bronck settles and establishes a farm (which he named Emmaus) on 500 acres in what will become known as the Bronx. * 1642 - Summer:

Anne Hutchinson Anne Hutchinson (née Marbury; July 1591 – August 1643) was a Puritan spiritual advisor, religious reformer, and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Her ...

and family move to a location near Split Rock. * 1643 - August: Anne Hutchinson and others are massacred in an Indian raid during

Kieft's War Kieft's War (1643–1645), also known as the Wappinger War, was a conflict between the colonial province of New Netherland and the Wappinger and Lenape Indians in what is now New York and New Jersey. It is named for Director-General of New Ne ...

. Anne's daughter Susanna was the only survivor. * 1646 **

Adriaen van der Donck Adriaen Cornelissen van der Donck (16181655) was a lawyer and landowner in New Netherland after whose honorific ''Jonkheer'' the city of Yonkers, New York, is named. Although he was not, as sometimes claimed, the first lawyer in the Dutch colo ...

gets a land grant from the Director of New Netherland

Willem Kieft Willem Kieft (September 1597 – September 27, 1647) was a Dutch merchant and the Director of New Netherland (of which New Amsterdam was the capital) from 1638 to 1647. Life and career Willem Kieft was appointed to the rank of director ...

. van der Donck names the estate

Colen Donck Colen Donck (in English "Donck's Colony") was a 24,000 acre (97 km2) patroonship in New Netherland along the southern Hudson River in today's Bronx and Yonkers established by Dutch-American lawyer and land developer Adriaen van der Donck. His ...

. ** Thomas Cornell granted a four square mile patent which encompasses what is now

Clason Point Clason Point is a peninsula in the East Bronx, New York City. The area includes a collection of neighborhoods including Harding Park, and Soundview. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are: Lafayette Avenue to the north, ...

. * 1654 **

Thomas Pell Thomas Pell, 1st Lord of Pelham Manor (1608 – September 21, 1669) was an English-born physician who bought the area known as Pelham, New York, as well as land that now includes the eastern Bronx and southern Westchester County, New York, and foun ...

bought a large tract of land from

Chief Wampage Wampage I (), also called Anhōōke and later John White, was a Sagamore (or chieftain) of the Siwanoy Native Americans, who resided in the area now known as the Bronx and Westchester County, New York. He was involved in the murder of Anne Hutc ...

and other

Indian tribal members under Treaty Oak. **

Westchester Village Westchester Mountain is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. N ...

was founded by English settlers who left

New Haven Colony The New Haven Colony was a small English colony in North America from 1638 to 1664 primarily in parts of what is now the state of Connecticut, but also with outposts in modern-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The history of ...

for Dutch

New Netherland New Netherland ( nl, Nieuw Nederland; la, Novum Belgium or ) was a 17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic that was located on the east coast of what is now the United States. The claimed territories extended from the Delmarva ...

, on land purchased by Thomas Pell in 1654. The settlement was called Oostdorp, or East Towne, and called Westchester by the English settlers. * 1655 - September 15: Farms in what is now the Bronx were attacked during the

Peach Tree War The Peach Tree War, also known as the Peach War, was a large-scale attack on September 15, 1655 by the Susquehannock Indians and allied tribes on several New Netherland settlements along the North River (Hudson River). The attack was motivated ...

between the

Susquehannock The Susquehannock people, also called the Conestoga by some English settlers or Andastes were Iroquoian Native Americans who lived in areas adjacent to the Susquehanna River and its tributaries, ranging from its upper reaches in the southern pa ...

and

New Netherlands New Netherland ( nl, Nieuw Nederland; la, Novum Belgium or ) was a 17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic that was located on the east coast of what is now the United States. The claimed territories extended from the Delmarva P ...

. * 1664 - The

Province of New York The Province of New York (1664–1776) was a British proprietary colony and later royal colony on the northeast coast of North America. As one of the Middle Colonies, New York achieved independence and worked with the others to found the U ...

, a British colony, is created by the acquisition of the Dutch colony of

as part of the treaty ending the

Second Anglo-Dutch War The Second Anglo-Dutch War or the Second Dutch War (4 March 1665 – 31 July 1667; nl, Tweede Engelse Oorlog "Second English War") was a conflict between England and the Dutch Republic partly for control over the seas and trade routes, whe ...

. * 1683 -

Westchester County Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population ...

, is created. It contains all of the lands that would eventually become the Bronx.http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/arch_reports/90.pdf * 1748 - Van Cortlandt House is built. * 1758 -

Valentine–Varian House The Valentine–Varian House is a historic house located in the Norwood neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. Built in 1758 by Isaac Valentine, it is the Bronx's second oldest house and oldest remaining farmhouse. The house remained in t ...

is built. * 1761 - Benjamin Palmer buys an island and renames it City Island. * 1776 **

Battle of Pell's Point The Battle of Pell's Point (October 18, 1776), also known as the Battle of Pelham, was a skirmish fought between British and American troops during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The conflict took place ...

(Battle of Pelham) takes place in what is now

Pelham Bay Park Pelham Bay Park is a municipal park located in the northeast corner of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It is, at , the largest public park in New York City. The park is more than three times the size of Manhattan's Central Park. The pa ...

. ** Two rival

Loyalist Loyalism, in the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and its former colonies, refers to the allegiance to the British crown or the United Kingdom. In North America, the most common usage of the term refers to loyalty to the British C ...

military units,

New Jersey Volunteers The New Jersey Volunteers, also known as Jersey Volunteers, "Skinners", Skinner's Corps, and Skinner's Greens (due to their green wool uniform coats), were a British provincial military unit of Loyalists, raised for service by Cortlandt Skinner, ...

, and

De Lancey's Brigade De Lancey's Brigade, also known as De Lancey's Volunteers, De Lancey's Corps, De Lancey's Provincial Corps, De Lancey's Refugees, and the "Cowboys" or "Cow-boys", was a Loyalist British provincial military unit, raised for service during the Ame ...

began operating in the area between Morrisania and the Croton Rivers.

had three battalions stationed in

Kingsbridge Kingsbridge is a market town and tourist hub in the South Hams district of Devon, England, with a population of 6,116 at the 2011 census. Two electoral wards bear the name of ''Kingsbridge'' (East & North). Their combined population at the ab ...

. * 1777 - March: The

Loyal American Regiment The Loyal American Regiment was a British Provincial regiment raised in 1777 for Loyalist service during the American Revolutionary War. The regiment fought in many engagements throughout the war and the men were among the thousands of loyalists ...

was raised and joins two other Loyalist military units that operate out of Morrisania and Kingsbridge. * 1781 - January 22: Lieutenant Colonel

William Hull William Hull (June 24, 1753 – November 29, 1825) was an American soldier and politician. He fought in the American Revolutionary War and was appointed as Governor of Michigan Territory (1805–13), gaining large land cessions from several Am ...

led a part of the

2nd Canadian Regiment The 2nd Canadian Regiment (1776–1783), also known as Congress' Own or Hazen's Regiment, was authorized on January 20, 1776, as an Extra Continental regiment and raised in the province of Quebec for service with the American Continental Army ...

in raiding De Lancey's Brigade in Morrisania. The 2nd Canadian Regiment burned the enemy's barracks, captured 52 prisoners, and took large supplies of ammunition and forage.

19th century

1800s-1880s

* 1833 -

Fort Schuyler Fort Schuyler is a preserved 19th century fortification in the New York City borough of the Bronx. It houses a museum, the Stephen B. Luce Library, and the Marine Transportation Department and Administrative offices of the State University o ...

is constructed. * 1840 - St. Ann's Episcopal Church (Bronx), is constructed. * 1841 -

Fordham University Fordham University () is a private Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its original campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit un ...

established as ''St. John's College''. * 1844 - Grace Church, an Episcopal church in

West Farms, Bronx West Farms is a residential neighborhood in The Bronx, New York City. Its boundaries, are: Bronx Park to the north, the Bronx River Parkway to the east, the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the south, and Southern Boulevard to the west. East Tremont A ...

was incorporated. The founding rector of the church was Washington Rodman. * 1846 - Town of West Farms was created from the town of

Westchester, New York Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population ...

* 1848 -

Gouverneur Morris Jr. Gouverneur Morris II (February 9, 1813 – August 20, 1888) was an American railroad executive and the son of a founding father of the United States, Gouverneur Morris. Early life Gouverneur Morris was born on February 9, 1813, Morrisania, Bronx ...

sells 200 acres to create Morrisania Village. * 1852 - July 28: The steamboat ''

Henry Clay Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate, U.S. Senate and United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives. He was the seven ...

,'' travelling from Albany, catches fire on the Hudson river. The crew beached the steamboat in Riverdale where it continued to burn down. Forty-seven bodies were recovered. * 1855 ** Gouverneur Morris Jr. sells additional land to be combined with Morrisania Village to form the Town of Morrisania. ** Fonthill Castle purchased to become the campus of the College of Mount St. Vincent. ** The

Union of Morrisania The Union of Morrisania (founded 17 July 1855, South Bronx, New York (state), New York, United States of America, United States) was a baseball team which played in the National Association of Base Ball Players league. History In their first s ...

baseball team was founded in Morrisania. * 1856 - The

Haffen Brewing Company Haffen Brewery, later J&M Haffen Brewing Company, and incorporated as Haffen Brewing Company in 1900, operated in Bronx, New York from 1856 until 1917. Owned by Matthias Haffen, (1814–1891), who came to the United States from Bavaria in 1831, it ...

is founded by Matthias Haffen in the area of

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that is today known as "

The Hub The Hub may refer to: Places * The Hub, Bronx, an area of the South Bronx, New York, known for its convergence of subway and bus lines * The Hub (Edinburgh), former church in Edinburgh that is now home to the Edinburgh International Festival * T ...

". * 1857 - The foundry of Janes, Fowler, Kirtland & Company, owned by

Adrian Janes Adrian Janes (February 4, 1798 - March 2, 1869) was the owner of a significant American iron foundry in the Bronx, New York. The foundry created iron work for many notable projects, including the Capitol Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building in Wa ...

moves to facilities in the Bronx in order to cast the second

United States Capitol dome The United States Capitol features a dome situated above its rotunda. The dome is in height and in diameter. Designed by Thomas U. Walter, the fourth Architect of the Capitol, it was constructed between 1855 and 1866 at a cost of $1,047,291 (e ...

. * 1860 ** The

Robert Colgate House Robert Colgate House, also known as Stonehurst, is a historic home located in the Hudson Hill section of the Bronx in New York City. It was built about 1860 and is a two-story picturesque Italianate villa built of ashlar Ashlar () i ...

is constructed. ** The Sunnyslope building is built. * 1865 - The St. James' Episcopal Church and Parish House is consecrated. * 1866 - St Barnabas Hospital founded. * 1873 - The state legislature annexes three towns from Westchester County to New York City as of 1874. The three annexed towns of this "Annexed District" (later known as the

West Bronx The West Bronx is a region in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The region lies west of the Bronx River and roughly corresponds to the western half of the borough. The West Bronx is more densely populated than the East Bronx, and is clo ...

) were the Town of West Farms, the Town of Morrisania, and the Town of Kingsbridge. * 1884 **

Montefiore Medical Center Montefiore Medical Center is a premier academic medical center and the primary teaching hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York City. Its main campus, the Henry and Lucy Moses Division, is located in the Norwoo ...

founded in Manhattan. In 1913 it moved to the Bronx. **

Pelham Park and City Island Railway The Pelham Park and City Island Railway was a short street railway in the Bronx, New York City, which connected City Island with the Bartow station of the Harlem River and Port Chester Railroad on the mainland. The line existed from 1884 to 19 ...

are both incorporated on August 30. * 1888 - The

Washington Bridge The Washington Bridge is a -long arch bridge over the Harlem River in New York City between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. The crossing, opened in 1888, connects 181st Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan, w ...

connects the Bronx and Manhattan island. * 1889 - The Keeper's House at Williamsbridge Reservoir is built.

1890s

* 1890 ** The Lebanon Hospital, a precursor to the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, is founded. ** Construction of the Webb's Academy and Home for Shipbuilders building began in 1890 of land on a bluff overlooking the Harlem and Hudson rivers. * 1891 -

New York Botanical Garden The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, ...

established. * 1892 ** Union Railway Company of New York City, a

streetcar A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport a ...

franchise is chartered. **

Fordham Hospital Fordham Hospital was the first public hospital in the Bronx, New York City, having opened in 1892. Prior to that time, all the New York City municipal hospitals were in Manhattan. It was located in the Fordham section of the Bronx on Valentine ...

became the first public (municipal) hospital to be located in the Bronx. * 1893 - The building for the Webb's Academy and Home for Shipbuilders was completed on the former Fordham estate of William Henry Webb. The building was "a romantic version of a medieval castle", with turrets, fanciful carving, and other flourishes. * 1894 ** Bronx Chamber of Commerce founded. **

Hall of Fame for Great Americans The Hall of Fame for Great Americans is an outdoor sculpture gallery located on the grounds of Bronx Community College (BCC) in the Bronx, New York City. It is the first such hall of fame in the United States. Built in 1901 as part of the ...

is built on what was then

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

's campus, which is now the

Bronx Community College The Bronx Community College of the City University of New York (BCC) is a public community college in the Bronx, New York City. It is part of the City University of New York system. History The college was established in 1957 through the e ...

campus. * 1895 ** The

East Bronx The East Bronx is the part of the New York City borough of the Bronx which lies east of the Bronx River; this roughly corresponds to the eastern half of the borough. Neighborhoods include: Baychester, Castle Hill, City Island, Co-op Cit ...

, (including City Island) is transferred to New York City from Westchester County. **

Van Cortlandt Park Van Cortlandt Park is a park located in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. Owned by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, it is managed with assistance from the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance. The park, the city's third-lar ...

public golf course opens, the oldest public course in the United States. * 1896 - The first United States

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

(40 km), ran from

Stamford, Connecticut Stamford () is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut, outside of Manhattan. It is Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 202 ...

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

's Columbia Oval athletic field in Norwood. * 1897 ** Morris High School opens. **

Jahn's Jahn's Family Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor was an old-fashioned ice cream parlor and restaurant with locations in the New York City area and Miami-Dade County, Florida, and was famous for its huge Kitchen Sink Sundae. Only the Jahn's located in ...

ice cream parlor in business. **

Bronx Borough Hall The Bronx Municipal Building, later known as Bronx Borough Hall and eventually as Old Bronx Borough Hall (1897–1969), was the original administrative headquarters of the Bronx Borough President and other local civic leaders. It was located ...

is constructed. * 1898 ** January 1: The Bronx established as a

in the

City of Greater New York The City of Greater New York was the term used by many politicians and scholars for the expanded City of New York created on January 1, 1898, by consolidating the existing City of New York with Brooklyn, western Queens County, and Staten Is ...

. ** Louis F. Haffen becomes the first borough president. ** Lincoln School for Nurses founded. * 1899 ** April 29: The Colored Home and Hospital dedicated its new home at the corner of 141st Street and Southern Boulevard. **

Bronx Zoo The Bronx Zoo (also historically the Bronx Zoological Park and the Bronx Zoological Gardens) is a zoo within Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York. It is one of the largest zoos in the United States by area and is the largest metropolitan zoo in ...

opens. ** Calvary Hospital opens.

20th century

1900s

* 1900 - The first class of the Lincoln School for Nurses graduated. * 1901 - The first

City Island Bridge The City Island Bridge is a bridge in the New York City borough of the Bronx, connecting City Island with Rodman's Neck on the mainland. The original bridge, which carried vehicles from 1901 to 2015, was replaced by the current bridge (also call ...

opens. * 1904 - IRT subway begins operating. * 1905 ** New York Public Library Mott Haven

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opens. ** Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences founde

**

145th Street Bridge The 145th Street Bridge is a four-lane swing bridge across the Harlem River in New York City, connecting 145th Street and Lenox Avenue in Manhattan with 149th Street and River Avenue in the Bronx. The bridge is operated and maintained by the N ...

opens. * 1906 **

Jerome Park Reservoir The Jerome Park Reservoir is a reservoir located in Jerome Park, a neighborhood in the North Bronx, New York City. The reservoir is surrounded by DeWitt Clinton High School, the Bronx High School of Science, Lehman College, and Walton High Scho ...

built. ** The

52nd Police Precinct Station House and Stable 52nd Police Precinct Station House and Stable is a historic police station located in Norwood in the Bronx, New York City. It was built 1904–1906 and is a three-story, red brick structure approximately 50 feet by 80 feet in size. It is in the ...

is completed. ** Randall Comfort writes ''History of Bronx Borough, City of New York'', which was published by the North Side News Press, of the Bronx. **

Ota Benga Ota Benga ( – March 20, 1916) was a Mbuti ( Congo pygmy) man, known for being featured in an exhibit at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and as a human zoo exhibit in 1906 at the Bronx Zoo. Benga had been pur ...

is exhibited in the Bronx Zoo's Monkey House. The

Howard Colored Orphan Asylum The Howard Colored Orphan Asylum was one of the few orphanages to be led by and for African Americans. It was located on Troy Avenue and Dean Street in Weeksville, a historically black settlement in what is now Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York ...

in Brooklyn later provided housing for him. * 1907 ** '' The Bronx Home News'' begins publication. **

Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventi ...

Edison Studios Edison Studios was an American film production organization, owned by companies controlled by inventor and entrepreneur, Thomas Edison. The studio made close to 1,200 films, as part of the Edison Manufacturing Company (1894–1911) and then T ...

moves to the Bronx. * 1908 -

Pelham Bridge The Pelham Bridge is a bascule bridge located in the New York City borough of the Bronx, just downstream of the railroad Pelham Bay Bridge. It carries Shore Road and a walkway along the downstream side, over the Hutchinson River. The bridge ...

opens. * 1909 ** Grand Concourse begins operating. ** John F. Murray, the Commissioner of Public Works, becomes the second borough president. after governor

Charles Evans Hughes Charles Evans Hughes Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, politician and jurist who served as the 11th Chief Justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the ...

removes Louis F. Haffen from office. ** 1909 South Brother island became uninhabited when the summer home of Jacob Ruppert, a brewery magnate and early owner of the

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one ...

, burned down.

1910s

* 1910 ** Cyrus C. Miller becomes the third borough president. ** The first motion picture adaptation of Mary Shelley's

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific ...

is filmed in the Bronx by Edison Studios. * 1911 - Bronx Hospital established. * 1912 ** Bronx

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created (effected in 1914). ** Design of the Bronx flag adopted. ** The

New York Knickerbockers The New York Knickerbockers were one of the first organized baseball teams which played under a set of rules similar to the game today. Founded as the "Knickerbocker Base Ball Club" by Alexander Cartwright in 1845, the team remained active unti ...

of the United States Baseball League played in the Bronx Oval. ** December 3: Borough President Miller proposed the creation of terminal markets in New York City, including the seeds of the original Bronx Terminal Market. ** December 16: The first suffrage hike in America, organized by Rosalie Gardiner Jones, goes from the Bronx to Albany. * 1913 ** Montefiore Medical Center moves to its current location in the Norwood neighborhood of the Bronx. **

Bronx Opera House The Bronx Opera House is a former theater, part of the Subway Circuit, now converted into a boutique hotel in the Bronx, New York It was designed by George M. Keister and built in 1913 at 436 East 149th Street on the site of Frederick Schnaufer' ...

opens. * 1914 ** January 1: The parts of New York County which had been annexed from Westchester County were newly constituted as the County of the Bronx, the 62nd and last county to be created by the state, effective in 1914. ** Bronx Board of Trade established. ** October 28: Birth of

Jonas Salk Jonas Edward Salk (; born Jonas Salk; October 28, 1914June 23, 1995) was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New ...

. **

Kingsbridge Armory The Kingsbridge Armory, also known as the Eighth Regiment Armory, is a decommissioned Arsenal, armory at Jerome Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road in the Kingsbridge, Bronx, Kingsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. It was built in the ...

built. ** Douglas Mathewson becomes the fourth borough president. **

Francis W. Martin Francis W. Martin (October 3, 1878 – June 1, 1947) was the first ever district attorney in Bronx County, New York (state), New York and a judge on the New York Supreme Court from 1921 until his death. Personal life and early career Martin ...

takes office as the first

Bronx County District Attorney The Bronx County District Attorney is the elected district attorney for Bronx County, which is coterminous with the Borough of the Bronx, in New York City. The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of New York (state), New York s ...

. * 1916 - Radio 2XG begins broadcasting. * 1917 ** March 3: New York City transit stations for the

IRT White Plains Road Line The White Plains Road Line is a rapid transit line of the A Division of the New York City Subway serving the central Bronx. It is mostly elevated and served both subway and elevated trains until 1952. The original part of the line, the part op ...

, including Allerton Avenue, Bronx Park East, Burke Avenue, East 180th Street, Gun Hill Road, Nereid Avenue,

Pelham Parkway The Bronx and Pelham Parkway, also known formally as the Bronx–Pelham Parkway but called Pelham Parkway in everyday use, is a parkway in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. The road begins in Bronx Park at the Bronx River Parkway and ...

, 219th Street, 225th Street, and 233rd Street were opened for service. ** The Bronx Terminal Market built. ** Portions of the

IRT Jerome Avenue Line The IRT Jerome Avenue Line, also unofficially known as IRT Woodlawn Line and IRT Burnside Avenue Line is an A Division New York City Subway line mostly along Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. Originally an Interborough Rapid Transit Company-operated r ...

opened. ** The Pelham Bay Naval Training Station was constructed. ** Columbia University turns over the Columbia War Hospital, to the United States Army. It is renamed U.S. Army General Hospital No. 1. ** The Haffen Brewing Company is purchased, and closed down by Jacob Ruppert, Sr. * 1918 ** Bronx

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formed. ** Henry Bruckner becomes the fifth borough president. **

fully opened. ** Portions of the

IRT Pelham Line The IRT Pelham Line is a rapid transit line on the New York City Subway, operated as part of the A Division and served by the 6 and <6> trains. It was built as part of the Dual Contracts expansion and opened between 1918 and 1920. It is ...

are opened. ** The Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries takes place in Exposition Park ( Starlight Park)

1920s

* 1920 ** Population: 732,016. ** Final part of the

is opened. * 1921 - May: The Bronx Board of Trade honors James L. Wells as the "Father of the Bronx". * 1922 -

Manhattan College Manhattan College is a private, Catholic, liberal arts university in the Bronx, New York City. Originally established in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers) as an academy for day students, it was la ...

moves to the Riverdale section of the Bronx. * 1923 -

Yankee Stadium Yankee Stadium is a baseball stadium located in the Bronx, New York City. It is the home field of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, and New York City FC of Major League Soccer. Opened in April 2009, the stadium replaced the orig ...

opens. * 1924 - The Andrew Freedman Home opens. * 1925 -

Bronx River Parkway The Bronx River Parkway (sometimes abbreviated as the Bronx Parkway) is a long parkway in downstate New York in the United States. It is named for the nearby Bronx River, which it parallels. The southern terminus of the parkway is at Story Aven ...

built. * 1927 - Amalgamated Dwellings

housing project Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, d ...

built. * 1928 - Alexander's department store in business. * 1929 ** Loew's Paradise Theatre in business. ** June 26: Birth of

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1930s

* 1930 **

Loehmann's Loehmann's was an American retail company which started as a single store in Brooklyn, New York and grew to a chain of off-price department stores in the United States. The chain was best known for its "Back Room", where women interested in fashi ...

shop in business. ** December 10, 1930: A bank run at the 1254 Southern Boulevard branch leads to the financial collapse of the Bank of United States. ** Population: 1,265,258. * 1931 **

Hunter College Hunter College is a public university in New York City. It is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York and offers studies in more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools. It also admin ...

Bronx campus opens. ** Stella D'oro bakery in business. * 1933 **

IND Concourse Line The Concourse Line is an IND rapid transit line of the New York City Subway system. It runs from 205th Street in Norwood, Bronx, primarily under the Grand Concourse, to 145th Street in Harlem, Manhattan. It is the only B Division line, and a ...

opens. **

Monroe College Monroe College is a private for-profit college in New York City. It was founded in 1933 and has campuses in the Bronx, New Rochelle and Saint Lucia, with an extension site in Manhattan. The college is named after James Monroe, the fifth pre ...

established in the West Farms section of the Bronx. ** July 7: The

Industrial Union Party The Industrial Union Party (IUP) was a US DeLeonist political party. The party proclaimed itself on 7 July 1933 at 1032 Prospect Avenue, Bronx, Branch headquarters of its predecessor Industrial Union League (IUL). The new IUP immediately annou ...

DeLeonist political party is formed at 1032 Prospect Avenue. * 1934 ** James J. Lyons becomes the sixth borough president (in office until 1962). **

Bronx County Courthouse The Bronx County Courthouse, also known as the Mario Merola Building, is an historic courthouse building located in the Concourse and Melrose neighborhoods of the Bronx in New York City. It was designed in 1931 and built between 1931 and 1934. ...

built. * 1935 - Construction of the Mosholu Parkway begins. * 1936 ** The Triboro Bridge and

Henry Hudson Bridge The Henry Hudson Bridge is a steel arch toll bridge in New York City across the Spuyten Duyvil Creek. It connects Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx with Inwood in Manhattan to the south, via the Henry Hudson Parkway ( NY 9A). On the Manhattan side ...

open. ** June 19, 1936: In Yankee Stadium, German ex-heavyweight champion boxer

Max Schmeling Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (, ; 28 September 1905 – 2 February 2005) was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 were worldwide cultural ev ...

defeats American and not-yet-champion

Joe Louis Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. He re ...

, in an upset that was used as propaganda by the

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

regime. * 1937 **

United States Post Office–Bronx Central Annex The Bronx Central Annex of the United States Postal Service is a historic post office building located at 558 Grand Concourse in Concourse, the Bronx, New York, United States. The four-story structure was built from 1935 to 1937. The building wa ...

built. ** Bronx County Jail built. ** Mosholu Parkway is completed. ** Williamsbridge Oval Park is opened. * 1938 **

Bronx High School of Science The Bronx High School of Science, commonly called Bronx Science, is a public specialized high school in The Bronx in New York City. It is operated by the New York City Department of Education. Admission to Bronx Science involves passing the Sp ...

established. ** SUNY Maritime College moves to its present

Throggs Neck Throggs Neck (also known as Throgs Neck) is a neighborhood and peninsula in the south-eastern portion of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by the East River and Long Island Sound to the south and east, Westchester Creek on ...

campus in

. ** June 22, 1938: Now-heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis defeats Max Schmeling, in a rematch of their 1936 Yankees Stadium bout, again played up by both countries for propaganda purposes. * 1939 - Bronx-Whitestone Bridge opens.

1940s

* 1940 ** ''

Bronx Press-Review The ''Bronx Press-Review'' is a weekly newspaper published in the Bronx, New York. The newspaper was established in 1940, and it remains the longest-publishing weekly newspaper in the Bronx. The ''Bronx Press-Review'' is a borough-wide newspaper t ...

'' newspaper begins publication. ** April 25: Birth of

Al Pacino Alfredo James Pacino (; ; born April 25, 1940) is an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he has received numerous accolades: including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy ...

. * 1941 **

IRT Dyre Avenue Line The IRT Dyre Avenue Line (formerly the IND Dyre Avenue–East 174th Street Line) is a New York City Subway rapid transit line, part of the A Division. It is a branch of the IRT White Plains Road Line in the northeastern section of the Bronx, n ...

opens. ** Casa Amadeo music store opens. * 1944 Cyrus C. Miller was appointed as the first official Bronx Borough Historian in 1944, and continued that appointment until 1953. * 1946 - April: The

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoni ...

moved to Hunter College's Bronx campus (now

Lehman College Lehman College is a public college in the Bronx borough of New York City. Founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College, the school became an independent college within CUNY in September 1967. The college is named after Herbert H. Lehman ...

) for almost five months, until August 15, 1946. * 1947 - Over six million New Yorkers are vaccinated in order to end the 1947 New York City smallpox outbreak. * 1948 - The remaining streetcars of the

Third Avenue Railway The Third Avenue Railway System (TARS), founded 1852, was a streetcar system serving the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx along with lower Westchester County. For a brief period of time, TARS also operated the Steinway Lines i ...

are replaced by buses. * 1949 -

Historical Society formed.

1950s

* 1950 **

Patterson Houses The Lester Patterson Houses or Patterson Houses is a public housing development in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. It was named after Bronx assemblyman and judge Lester W. Patterson. It is one of the largest New York Ci ...

built. ** ''

Riverdale Press Founded in 1950 by David A. Stein and wife Celia Stein, ''The Riverdale Press'' is a weekly newspaper that covers the Northwest Bronx neighborhoods of Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village, as w ...

'' newspaper is founded. * 1951 - Bronx River Houses built. * 1953 ** Liebman's deli in business. **

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a research-intensive medical school located in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. Founded in 1953, Einstein operates as an independent degree-granting institution as part of t ...

established. * 1955 ** Deegan Expressway and

Cross Bronx Expressway The Cross Bronx Expressway is a major freeway in the New York City borough of the Bronx. It is mainly designated as part of Interstate 95 (I-95), but also includes portions of I-295 and U.S. Route 1 (US 1). The Cross Bronx begins ...

begin operating. **

Bronx County Historical Society The Bronx County Historical Society is a private non-profit organization that collects and disseminates historical material and information about the New York City borough of the Bronx, as well as southern Westchester County, New York. The Socie ...

established. * 1956 - The Third Avenue Railway is purchased by New York City Omnibus Corporation. * 1957 **

established. ** July 20, 1957: the Rev. Billy Graham holds a prayer service at Yankees Stadium attended by over 100,000 people, including vice-president

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

. * 1959 - Original Products

botánica A botánica (often written botanica and less commonly known as a hierbería or botica) is a religious goods store. The name ''botánica'' is Spanish and translates as "botany" or "plant store," referring to these establishments' function as dispen ...

active.

1960s

* 1960 ** Loeser's deli in business. **

Freedomland U.S.A. Freedomland U.S.A. (usually called Freedomland) was a theme park dedicated to American history in the Baychester section of the northeastern Bronx in New York City. Operating from 1960 to 1964, Freedomland was built on marshland owned by the ...

opens. **

Häagen-Dazs Häagen-Dazs ( , ) is an American ice cream brand, established by Reuben and Rose Mattus in The Bronx, New York, in 1960. Starting with only three flavors: vanilla, chocolate, and coffee, the company opened its first retail store in Brooklyn, N ...

is created by

Reuben and Rose Mattus Reuben and Rose Mattus were Polish-Jewish entrepreneurs who founded the Häagen-Dazs ice cream business in the United States. Biography Reuben Mattus Reuben Mattus (December 25, 1912 – January 27, 1994) was born in Poland of Jewish parents. He ...

. ** First

coronary artery bypass surgery Coronary artery bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage") is a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery disease (CAD), the buildup of plaques in the arteries of the heart. It can relieve chest pai ...

performed at the

- Bronx Municipal Hospital Center. * 1961 ** The last class of the Lincoln School for Nurses graduated. **

Throgs Neck Bridge The Throgs Neck Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City, carrying six lanes of Interstate 295 (I-295) over the East River where it meets the Long Island Sound. The bridge connects the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx with the Bay Ter ...

opens. * 1962 ** Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center established. **

Joseph F. Periconi Joseph Francis Periconi (July 14, 1910 – February 16, 1994) was an American politician from New York City. He was a New York State Senator; and Borough President of the Bronx, to date the last Republican in this office. Life He was born on Jul ...

becomes the seventh borough president. ** Bus operator New York City Omnibus Corporation goes bankrupt and its operations are taken over by the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority. ** The Bronx Council on the Arts is established. * 1963 ** The revised (1963)

New York City Charter The New York City Charter is the municipal charter of New York City. As of January 2018, it includes a non-numbered introductory chapter, plus chapters identified by a number (1 through 75) or a number plus a letter suffix.community boards within each borough. **

completed. * 1965 - November 9:

Northeast blackout of 1965 The northeast blackout of 1965 was a significant disruption in the supply of electricity on Tuesday, November 9, 1965, affecting parts of Ontario in Canada and Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York ...

. * 1966 -

Herman Badillo Herman Badillo (pronounced ''bah-DEE-yoh''; August 21, 1929 – December 3, 2014) was an American politician who served as borough president of The Bronx and United States Representative, and ran for Mayor of New York City. He was the first Pu ...

becomes the eighth borough president. * 1967 ** City University of New York's

established. ** Hunts Point Terminal Market opens. * 1968 ** Museum of Bronx History opens. ** Savage Seven street gang formed. **

Hostos Community College Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York is a public community college in the South Bronx, New York City. It is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system and was created by an act of the Board o ...

established. * 1969 ** Graffitist

Taki 183 TAKI 183 is the "tag" of a Greek-American graffitist who was active during the late 1960s and early 1970s in New York City. The graffitist, whose given name is Demetrios, has never revealed his full name. Biography TAKI 183 was a graffiti tagge ...

active. **

is demolished.

1970s

* 1970 **

Co-op City Co-op City (short for Cooperative City) is a cooperative housing development located in the northeast section of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by Interstate 95 to the southwest, west, and north and the Hutchinson River ...

housing complex built. **

Robert Abrams Robert Abrams (born July 4, 1938) is an American attorney and politician. He served as the attorney general of New York from 1979 to 1993 and was the Democratic nominee for the 1992 United States Senate election in New York. Early life and educ ...

becomes the ninth borough president. ** July 14: Members of the

Young Lords Party The Young Lords, also known as the Young Lords Organization (YLO) or Young Lords Party (YLP), was a Chicago-based street gang that became a civil and human rights organization. The group aims to fight for neighborhood empowerment and self-det ...

staged a protest which lasted 12 hours to address issues at Lincoln Hospital. ** Population: 1,471,701. * 1971 **

Bronx Museum of the Arts The Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), also called the Bronx Museum of Art or simply the Bronx Museum, is an American cultural institution located in Concourse, Bronx, New York. The museum focuses on contemporary and 20th-century works created by ...

established. ** December 8: The

Hoe Avenue peace meeting The Hoe Avenue peace meeting was an important gathering of New York City gangs on December 8, 1971, in the Bronx. It was called to propose a general truce and an unprecedented inter-gang alliance. The impetus for the meeting was the murder of "Black ...

between New York City gangs took place. ** The Office of the

Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York The Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York is a city-wide position appointed by the five county district attorneys of New York City. The office is responsible for the prosecution of felony violations of narcotics laws within New Yo ...

is created to handle drugs related crimes. * 1972 - BronxWorks human service organization is founded as "Citizens Advice Bureau". * 1973 - Hip hop disc jockey

Kool Herc Clive Campbell (born April 16, 1955), better known by his stage name DJ Kool Herc, is a Jamaican-American DJ who is credited with contributing to the development of hip hop music in the Bronx, New York City, in the 1970s through his "Back t ...

active; Universal Zulu Nation founded. * 1974 ** Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition formed. ** Hip hop disc jockeys

Afrika Bambaataa Lance Taylor (born on April 17, 1957), also known as Afrika Bambaataa (), is an American DJ, rapper, and producer from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influence ...

Grandmaster Caz Curtis Brown (born April 18, 1960), better known by the stage name Grandmaster Caz or Casanova Fly, is an American rapper, songwriter, and DJ. He was a member of the hip hop group The Cold Crush Brothers from 1979 to the mid-1980s. He is best kno ...

, and

Grandmaster Flash Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958), popularly known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is an American DJ and rapper. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Hip Hop DJing, cutting, scratching and mixing. Grandmaster Flash and the ...

active. * 1975 ** ''

Bronx News The ''Bronx News'' is a weekly newspaper that covers the entire Bronx. Founded in 1975, the ''Bronx News'' is known for its headlines and reporting. News stories range from crime, sports, entertainment and politics. The front page appears in colo ...

'' newspaper is founded. ** The newly completed 44 story tall

River Park Towers River Park Towers or the Harlem River Park Towers are two 38-story, and two 44-story residential buildings in the Bronx, New York City. Completed in 1975, they became the tallest buildings in the borough, ahead of Tracey Towers and the multiple ...

become the tallest buildings in the borough. * 1976 ** City Island Nautical Museum opens. ** July 15:

, which was the first public (municipal) hospital in the Bronx, is closed. ** September 28:

Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, ...

wins the last boxing match to be staged at Yankee Stadium. Police officers demonstrated outside the stadium as a part of a labor action, ** October 25: The $100 million North Central Bronx Hospital is opened * 1977 ** July 13–14:

New York City blackout of 1977 The New York City blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City on July 13–14, 1977. The only unaffected neighborhoods in the city were in southern Queens (including neighborhoods of the Rockaways), which ...

. ** October:

United States President The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...

Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as th ...

visits South Bronx. **

Rock Steady Crew Rock Steady Crew is an American breaking and hip hop group which has become a franchise name for multiple groups in other locations. The group's 1983 international hit song " (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew" (from the group's first studio album ...

musical group formed. **

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (July 19, 1921 – May 30, 2011) was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally) for development of the radioimmunoassay ...

receives the

Nobel prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...

for the invention of

Radioimmunoassay A radioimmunoassay (RIA) is an immunoassay that uses radiolabeled molecules in a stepwise formation of immune complexes. A RIA is a very sensitive in vitro assay technique used to measure concentrations of substances, usually measuring antigen conc ...

(RIA), which she developed with

Solomon Berson Solomon Aaron Berson (April 22, 1918 – April 11, 1972) was an American physician and scientist whose discoveries, mostly together with Rosalyn Yalow, caused major advances in clinical biochemistry.Rall JE. ''Solomon A. Berson''. In "Biographica ...

while working in the

Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital The James J. Peters VA Medical Center, (also known as the Bronx Veterans Hospital), is a US Department of Veterans Affairs hospital complex located at 130 West Kingsbridge Road in West Fordham, Bronx, New York City. The hospital is the headquar ...

. * 1978 **

Disco Fever Disco Fever was a New York City dance club located in the South Bronx on Jerome Avenue and 167th street that operated from 1976 to 1986. After initially failing to draw very many customers, Sal Abbatiello convinced his father, the owner, to hand ...

dance club active. ** Royal Caribbean Bakery in business. ** Robert García becomes U.S. representative for

New York's 21st congressional district The 21st congressional district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that is currently represented by Republican Elise Stefanik. The district is rural and includes all of Clinton, Essex, Fr ...

. **

Fashion Moda Fashion 时髦 Moda МОДА, whose name comes from “fashion” in English, Chinese, Spanish and Russian, colloquially referred to as Fashion Moda, started as a cultural concept guided by the idea that art can be made by anyone, anywhere. Fashion ...

art space active. * 1979 ** Stanley Simon becomes the tenth borough president. **

Cold Crush Brothers The Cold Crush Brothers are an American hip hop group that formed in 1978 in the Bronx, New York City., ''Vibe Magazine'', December 1994 - January 1995, Vol. 2, No. 10, p.68 They were especially known for their memorable routines which included ...

musical group active. ** October 2, 1979:

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

celebrates ''"Mass at the Stadium for World Justice and Peace"'' at Yankee Stadium.

1980s

* 1981 - ''

Bronx Times-Reporter The ''Bronx Times-Reporter'' is a weekly newspaper published in the Bronx, New York. It was co-founded in 1981 by John Collazzi and Assemblyman Michael Benedetto. The ''Bronx Times-Reporter'' covers local news and publishes columns by local com ...

'' newspaper is founded. * 1982 ** Bathgate Industrial Park opened **

Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture is a performing arts and visual arts center located within Hostos Community College in the South Bronx, New York City. Hostos Center consists of a museum-grade art gallery, a 367-seat repertory theater, and a ...

, a performing arts and visual arts center in

opens. * 1983 -

Baen Books Baen Books () is an American publishing house for science fiction and fantasy. In science fiction, it emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, and military science fiction. The company was established in 1983 by science fiction publisher an ...

, the science fiction and fantasy publishing house is formed. * 1984 - Shooting of Eleanor Bumpurs by police. * 1987 ** Inner City Press founded. **

Fernando Ferrer Fernando James Ferrer (born April 30, 1950) is an American politician who was the borough president of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001. Ferrer was a candidate for mayor of New York City in 1997 and 2001 and was the Democratic Party nominee for ma ...

becomes the eleventh borough president. * 1988 ** ''

Norwood News ''Norwood News'' is a bi-weekly newspaper that primarily serves the Northwest Bronx neighborhoods of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. It was founded in October 1988 by the Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-prof ...

'' begins publication. ** Conviction of Wedtech scandal participants. * 1989 ** The offices of the ''Riverdale Press'' are firebombed ** The first Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery restaurant opens on East Gunhill Road.

1990s

* 1990 **

José E. Serrano José Enrique Serrano (born October 24, 1943) is an American politician who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1990 until his retirement in 2021. Serrano, a Democrat from New York, represented a district that is one of the sm ...

becomes U.S. representative for

New York's 18th congressional district The 18th congressional district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that contains the northern suburbs and exurbs of New York City. It is currently represented by Democrat Sean Patrick Malone ...

. ** 87 people die in Happy Land fire ** June 21, 1990:

Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the ...

is welcomed at Yankees Stadium by 80,000 people at the beginning of an 11-day tour of the United States, after being released from prison in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...

. * 1991 - Concourse Plaza Multiplex cinema in business. * 1992 - Mothers on the Move group forme

* 1993 ** '' Riverdale Review'' newspaper begins publication. **

The POINT Community Development Corporation The POINT Community Development Corporation is a non-profit community development corporation dedicated to youth development, culture, and the economic revitalization of the Hunts Point neighborhood of the South Bronx, from which it takes its n ...

is founded in Hunts Point. ** The movie ''

A Bronx Tale ''A Bronx Tale'' is a 1993 American coming-of-age crime film directed by and starring Robert De Niro in his directorial debut and produced by Jane Rosenthal, adapted from Chazz Palminteri's 1989 play of the same name. It tells the coming of a ...

'' is released. * 1994 ** Death of Anthony Baez ** First "Tour de Bronx" bike ride, organized by Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer and the Bronx Tourism Council, was held. * 1995 -

Per Scholas Per Scholas is a United States nonprofit that provides tuition-free technology training to unemployed or underemployed adults for careers as IT professionals. Per Scholas was founded in 1995 by John Stookey and Lewis Miller in the South Bronx, Ne ...

, the educational nonprofit organization is established. * 1996 ** La Division 21

active. ** July 4: Death of Nathaniel Levi Gaines at the 167th Street station "D" line platform. ** Lloyd Ultan is appointed as the fourth Bronx Borough Historian by Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer. * 1999 - February 5:

Shooting of Amadou Diallo In the early hours of February 4, 1999, an unarmed 23-year-old Guinean student named Amadou Diallo (born September 2, 1975) was fired upon with 41 rounds and shot a total of 19 times by four New York City Police Department plainclothes office ...

. * 2000 **

Bronx Preparatory Charter School Bronx Preparatory Charter School is a public middle and high school in the South Bronx. Comprising students in grades 5-12, Bronx Prep graduated its first class of seniors in June 2007.Report Card, 2007, p. 2 The school is located in a modern ...

established. ** Ghetto Film School activ

** October 8: Molotov cocktails are thrown at the

Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale The Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale (CSAIR), founded in 1954, is a Conservative Judaism, Conservative, egalitarian congregation and a member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. The synagogue is located in the Riverd ...

21st century

2000s

* September 23, 2001: A memorial service, titled "Prayer for America," is held at Yankee Stadium to remember the victims of the

September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commer ...

. * 2002 - Adolfo Carrión, Jr. becomes the twelfth borough president. * 2003 ** January 24: Four teenage boys drown in the

Long Island Sound Long Island Sound is a marine sound and tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies predominantly between the U.S. state of Connecticut to the north and Long Island in New York to the south. From west to east, the sound stretches from the Eas ...

near City Island when their overloaded dinghy sinks. A communication misunderstanding between them and the 911 dispatcher contributed to their deaths ** August 14:

Northeast blackout of 2003 The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, and most parts of the Canadian province of Ontario on Thursday, August 14, 2003, beginning just after 4:10 p.m. ...

. **

Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music (CCBXHSM) is the first comprehensive high school of music in the Bronx, New York, United States. The current principal is Jerrod Mabry, who became principal in March 2013 after having taught English and acted ...

established. * 2005 ** November:

Fulton Fish Market The Fulton Fish Market is a fish market in Hunts Point, a section of the New York City borough of the Bronx, in New York, United States. It was originally a wing of the Fulton Market, established in 1822 to sell a variety of foodstuffs and p ...

moves to Hunts Point. ** East Bronx History Forum established. ** Two

FDNY The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), is an American department of the government of New York City that provides fire protection services, technical rescue/special operations services, ...

firefighters are killed on Black Sunday. ** The

Bronx Children's Museum The Bronx Children's Museum is a children's museum founded in 2005. Its exhibition space is located in Mill Pond Park in the South Bronx, New York City. The Museum provides ongoing in-school, afterschool and summer enrichment programming thro ...

is created. * 2006 ** Bronx County Hall of Justice built. ** Hunts Point Express newspaper is founded. ** José the

Beaver Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents in the genus ''Castor'' native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') and the Eurasian beaver (''C. fiber''). Beavers a ...

spotted in the Bronx River. * 2008 - April 20, 2008:

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereig ...

leads Mass at Yankee Stadium celebrating the bicentennial of the

Archdiocese of New York The Archdiocese of New York ( la, Archidiœcesis Neo-Eboracensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church ( particularly the Roman Catholic or Latin Church) located in the State of New York. It encompasses the boroug ...

. * 2009 ** A new

is built next to the site of the prior Yankee stadium. ** Hutchinson Metro Center office complex built. ** Rubén Díaz, Jr. becomes the thirteenth borough president. ** Bronx Terminal Market (shopping mall) in business. ** ''Mott Haven Herald'' newspaper is founded. ** May 2: Four men were arrested for the

2009 Bronx terrorism plot On May 20, 2009, US law enforcement arrested four men in connection with a fake plot concocted by a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant to shoot down military airplanes flying out of an Air National Guard base in Newburgh, New York, ...

2010s

* 2010 ** Population: 1,385,108 in the Bronx. ** A second beaver takes residence in the Bronx River. The beaver is named "Justin" after the Canadian singer

Justin Bieber Justin Drew Bieber ( ; born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer. Bieber is recognized for his genre-melding musicianship and has played an influential role in modern-day popular music. He was discovered by American record executive Scooter ...

in a contest held by the Bronx Zoo. ** July 25: A

tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, alt ...

touched down in Riverdale. * 2011 - March 12:

World Wide Tours bus crash The World Wide Tours bus crash took place at about 5:30 a.m. on March 12, 2011, in the southbound lanes of the New England Thruway segment of Interstate 95 in New York, Interstate 95 within Pelham Bay Park near Pelham_Bay_Park#Notable_natural_featu ...

* 2012 ** February 2: Ramarley Graham was shot by a NYPD officer. ** July 31: Homicide victim Ramona Moore was last seen near Crotona Park. * 2013 ** Plan to redevelop the Kingsbridge Armory into the Kingsbridge National Ice Center is announced. **

July 2013 Spuyten Duyvil derailment On the evening of July 18, 2013, a CSX freight train carrying municipal solid waste on tracks of the Hudson Line along the Harlem River Ship Canal in the New York City borough of The Bronx partially derailed between the Marble Hill and Spuyt ...

- freight train derailment. ** December 1:

December 2013 Spuyten Duyvil derailment On the morning of December 1, 2013, a Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line passenger train derailed near the Spuyten Duyvil station in the New York City borough of the Bronx. Four of the 115 passengers were killed and another 61 injured; the acc ...

4 people are killed and scores injured after a

Metro-North Railroad Metro-North Railroad , trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a public authority of the U.S. state of New York and under contract with the Connectic ...

train derailed near the Spuyten Duyvil station in the

Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...

. * 2014 - Governor

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expresses his support for the

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project in his 2014 State of the State address. The project includes the creation of four new

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stations, one in Hunts Point, and the rest in the

. * 2015 - Two outbreaks of

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take place. * 2017 ** December 2:

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founder and CEO Lowell Hawthorne commits suicide in the company's Claremont factory. ** December 28: Prospect Avenue fire - On the night of December 28, 2017, a fire tore through an apartment building in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx. Thirteen people died and 14 were injured. It was the deadliest fire in New York City in 25 years. * 2018 ** Voters of the 14th Congressional district elect

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as their representative, replacing

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. ** June 20: Death of Lesandro Guzman-Feliz * 2019 - August 18–21: The 2019 Bronx Open

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international tournament was held in Crotona Park.

2020s

* 2021 - February 5: SOMOS Community Care opened up

as a COVID-19 vaccination "mega-site" operated by the SOMOS and the

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. Former Yankees

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participated in the opening of the site. * 2022 ** January 1: Vanessa Gibson became the fourteenth Bronx Borough President, as well as the first female and first

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elected to that office. ** January 9: At least nineteen people were killed, and at least 60 others were injured, after a fire tore through an apartment building in the Fordham Heights neighborhood of the Bronx. Officials are expecting it to be one of the New York City's worst fires in modern times.

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