2006-06-13 10:14:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Thats "Da Bronx"!!!! You'se guys need to pronounce it right.
2006-06-13 10:23:01 · answer #1 · answered by diane_b_33594 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bronx is one of the five Boroughs of New York City in the United States. It is coterminous with Bronx County of the State of New York. It is the northernmost borough of New York City. The Bronx is located northeast of Manhattan and is the only borough on the North American mainland, located south of Westchester County. It also includes several small islands in the East River and Long Island Sound. GR6. The Harlem River separates The Bronx from the island of Manhattan; the East River separates it from Queens.
The Bronx takes its name from Bronck's Farms, after an early settler (1641) in the area, Jonas Bronck, a Swedish-Dutch sea captain, whose 500 acre (2 km²) farm lay between the Harlem River and the Aquahung, which now bears his name. The borough's name is officially The Bronx, but the county's name is officially just Bronx, without the definite article. According to a 2003 United States Census Bureau estimate, the population of Bronx County was approximately 1,363,198
2006-06-13 10:31:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
New York City is made up of five boroughs (large neighborhoods). So Manhattan, Staten Island, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens aren't separate cities--collectively they make up New York City. Manhattan - Shopping, skyscrapers, tourists Staten Island - Very suburban. The most non-NYC of the 5 boroughs Bronx - Yankees Brooklyn - Pizza, Coney Island Queens - Home to the real New Yorkers, many immigrants, mainly residential
2016-03-27 02:52:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The area known as the Bronx today used to be part of a farm owned by the Bronk family of Denmark. When people said they were going to visit the family, they were going to visit the Bronks which later became Bronx. By the way, The Bronx is the only part of New York City on the United States mainland.
2006-06-13 11:46:08 · answer #4 · answered by paladin_svcs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During colonial times most of what is now known as the Bronx was in large part territory owed by the Bronck familly, when the territory became part of NYC, the name of the familly, with a slight difference in spelling remained as the name of the county. The Bronck land became to be known as the Bronx county.
2006-06-13 11:10:05 · answer #5 · answered by oscarcanales 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bronx got it's name from explorer, Henry Bronk.
2006-06-13 10:22:38 · answer #6 · answered by gdgrl59 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Bronx" is short for Bronxville.
2006-06-13 10:19:52 · answer #7 · answered by Tricia G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These ares not counties but Bouroughs in all actuality
2006-06-13 11:25:02 · answer #8 · answered by eagle1uset 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jonas Bronck's farm - early settler.
2006-06-13 10:18:22 · answer #9 · answered by battery_girl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
named after the farmer who owned the land..name was broncks or something close to it
2006-06-13 10:18:47 · answer #10 · answered by earleen s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋