New York City The Bronx

The Bronx is not a traditional tourist destination by any means. The poverty, racial tension, and crime long associated with the borough keep crowds away. Certain pockets in the area are gradually improving, but caution is still in order when visiting. Destinations like the New York Botanical Gardens, City Island, and Belmont’s “Little Italy” make the journey from Manhattan worthwhile.

South Bronx

During the 1970s, landlords in this troubled neighborhood torched buildings to collect insurance, and tenants burned down their own houses to collect welfare. When Ronald Reagan visited, he compared ...more

Fordham And Belmont

Fordham University is the Bronx’s largest college. Its peaceful grounds offer refuge from its fast-paced surroundings. Belmont is also home to the Bronx’s fun Little Italy—and it puts Manhattan’s ...more

Riverdale And Van Cortlandt Park

In stark contrast with the rest of the Bronx, Riverdale features some extremely wealthy residences and a triumvirate of esteemed private schools: Fieldston School, Fieldston Rd., at Manhattan College ...more

Woodlawn And Woodlawn Cemetery

Huge, bucolic Woodlawn Cemetery contains the grave sites of many prominent Americans; composer Oscar Hammerstein, New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, and novelist Herman Melville. Music lovers visit the ...more

Pelham Bay Park

New York City’s largest park, 2700-acre Pelham Bay Park boasts playing fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, well-paved biking trails, golf courses, wildlife sanctuaries, Orchard Beach , and training ...more

City Island

The self-proclaimed “seaport of the Bronx,” this salty maritime village was once a ship- and submarine-building hub. Nautical ventures today are more recreational than commercial. Plenty of diving ...more