Reverend Polite Playground

Reverend Polite Playground is a park in Bronx, New York. Reverend Polite Playground is situated nearby to the neighborhood Morrisania, as well as near the quarter South Bronx.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Simpson Street station and Morris High School Historic District.

Simpson Street station

Metro station

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The Simpson Street station is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Simpson Street and Westchester Avenue in the Longwood neighborhood of the Bronx, it is served by the 2 train at all times, and the 5 train at all times except late nights and rush hours in the peak direction.

Morris High School Historic District

Historic site

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The Morris High School Historic District is a city and national historic district centered on Morris High School in Morrisania, Bronx, New York City. The district includes 51 contributing buildings on three city blocks.

Intervale Avenue station

Metro station

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The Intervale Avenue station is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Intervale and Westchester Avenues in the Longwood neighborhood of the Bronx within Intervale Valley, it is served by the 2 train at all times, and the 5 train at all times except late nights and rush hours in the peak direction.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morrisania and South Bronx.

Morrisania

Neighborhood

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Morrisania is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern Bronx, New York City, New York. Its boundaries are the Cross Bronx Expressway to the north, Crotona-Prospect Avenue to the east, East 163rd Street to the south, and Webster Avenue to the west.

South Bronx

Quarter

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The South Bronx is an area of the New York City borough of the Bronx. The area comprises neighborhoods in the southern part of the Bronx, such as Grand Concourse, Mott Haven, Melrose, and Port Morris.

Melrose

Neighborhood

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Melrose is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It adjoins the business and onetime theater area known as The Hub.

Reverend Polite Playground

Type: Park
Description: park in the United States of America
Category: recreation area
Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.82712° or 40° 49′ 38″ north

Longitude

-73.89709° or 73° 53′ 50″ west

Elevation

49 feet (15 metres)

Named after

James Arthur Polite

Open location code

87G8R4G3+R5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1324432345

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

7158521

Wikidata ID

Q34856538

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Reverend Polite Playground” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Reverend Polite Playground”

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