Bronx River
The Bronx River, is a river that is approximately 24 miles long, and flows through southeastern New York in the United States and drains an area of 38.4 square miles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the U.S. state of New York
- Also known as: “Aquehung”, “Bronck’s River”, “Broncks Ryver”, “Bronk’s River”, “Bronkes River”, “Bronks River”, “Brunks River”, and “Brunx River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center and Woodrow Wilson Triangle.
Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center
Prison
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The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center was an 800-bed jail barge used to hold inmates for the New York City Department of Corrections. The barge was anchored off the Bronx's southern shore, across from Rikers Island, near Hunts Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clason Point and Hunts Point.
Clason Point
Neighborhood
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Clason Point is a peninsula and a neighborhood in the East Bronx, New York City. The area includes a collection of neighborhoods including Harding Park, and Soundview.
Hunts Point
Neighborhood
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Hunts Point is a neighborhood located on a peninsula in the South Bronx of New York City. It is the location of one of the largest food distribution facilities in the world, the Hunts Point Cooperative Market.
Castle Hill
Neighborhood
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Castle Hill is a neighborhood located in the southeast section of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. Its boundaries are Waterbury Avenue and Westchester Avenue to the north, Westchester Creek to the east, the East River to the south, and White Plains Road to the west.
Bronx River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Bronx River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Bronxrivier”
- Arabic: “نهر برونكس”
- Asturian: “Ríu Bronx”
- Basque: “Bronx ibaia”
- Catalan: “Aquahung”
- Catalan: “Bronx River”
- Cebuano: “Bronx River”
- Chinese: “布朗克斯河”
- Chinese: “布朗斯河”
- Chuvash: “Бронкс”
- Dutch: “Bronx River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر برونكس”
- French: “Bronx River”
- Georgian: “ბრონქსი”
- German: “Bronx River”
- Hebrew: “ברונקס”
- Indonesian: “Bronx River”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Bronx”
- Irish: “Abhainn Bronx”
- Italian: “Bronx”
- Japanese: “ブロンクス・リバー”
- Japanese: “ブロンクス川”
- Korean: “브롱크스강”
- Portuguese: “Bronx River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Bronx”
- Russian: “Бронкс (река)”
- Russian: “Бронкс”
- Spanish: “Rio Bronx”
- Spanish: “Río Bronx”
- Ukrainian: “Бронкс”
- Venetian: “Bronx”
- Vietnamese: “sông Bronx”
- Welsh: “Afon Bronx”
- Western Armenian: “Պրոնքս գետ”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bronxdale Houses and Unionport.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hunts Point and Sound View Park.
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