Van Nest
Van Nest is a working-class neighborhood geographically located in the East Bronx section of the Bronx, New York City. Going clockwise, its boundaries are Bronxdale Avenue to the northeast, the Amtrak tracks to the southeast, and Bronx Park to the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 23,700 residents
- Description: human settlement in The Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Also known as: “Van Nest, Bronx”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bronx Park East station and New York Botanical Garden.
Bronx Park East station
Metro station
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The Bronx Park East station is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Birchall Avenue at Sagamore Street in the Van Nest and Pelham Parkway neighborhoods of the Bronx, it is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction.
New York Botanical Garden
Garden
Photo: Anthony22, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The New York Botanical Garden is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a 250-acre site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morris Park and Parkchester.
Morris Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Morris Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of the Bronx. Its approximate boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are Neill Avenue and Pelham Parkway to the north, Eastchester Road to the east, the Amtrak Northeast Corridor tracks and Sackett Avenue to the east and south, and Bronxdale Avenue and White Plains Road to the west.
Parkchester
Neighborhood
Photo: formulanone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parkchester is a planned community and neighborhood originally developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and located in the east Bronx, New York City.
West Farms
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
West Farms is a residential neighborhood in The Bronx, New York City. Its boundaries are Bronx Park to the north, the Bronx River to the east, the Cross Bronx Expressway to the south, and Southern Boulevard to the west.
Van Nest
- Categories: list of Bronx neighborhoods and locality
- Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.84843° or 40° 50′ 54″ northLongitude
-73.86375° or 73° 51′ 50″ westPopulation
23,700Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
87G8R4XP+9GOpenStreetMap ID
node 158809488OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
5142182Wikidata ID
Q7913536
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Van Nest” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “範尼斯特”
- Chinese: “范尼斯特”
- Japanese: “ヴァン・ネスト (ブロンクス)”
- South Azerbaijani: “وان نزت، برونکس”
- Turkish: “Van Nest”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bronxdale and Lambert Houses.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint Marthas Episcopal Chapel and Matthews-Muliner Playground.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Van Nest”. Photo: TheBronxNYC, CC BY-SA 3.0.