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When it came to choosing a name for the borough by the Bronx, officials borrowed the name of the river itself. In other words, unlike Southern Californians’ habit of adding the before freeway...
Jun 7, 2015 · taking a look at how many neighborhoods and streets came to be, NY1's Erin Clarke starts with how the Bronx got its name. It all started in 1639 when a Scandinavian, Jonas Bronck, settled in...
Aug 28, 1987 · In 1898 the Annexed District became part of the Borough of the Bronx — presumably still referring to the river. After a while, however, people forgot about the river and began casually referring to the entire borough as “the Bronx.”. The use of “the,” in other words, is simply a historical accident. Cecil Adams.
Dec 30, 2008 · People often wonder why the Bronx, alone of all New York’s boroughs, has “the” as part of its name. It’s because the borough is named after the Bronx River and the river was named for a man born in far-off Sweden.
Jul 19, 2017 · The Bronx, or as it’s formally called, the Boogie-Down Bronx, has an interesting history. Not just as a borough but also in terms of its names. It wasn’t always the Bronx, so how did we get there?
Dec 19, 2006 · A: Dr. Peter Derrick of the Bronx Historical Society says the Bronx has a “the” because it’s named after the Bronx River, which runs through the borough. The Bronx River, in turn, was named after Jonas Bronck, the first European settler in the area, according to Dr. Derrick.
Feb 24, 2014 · 'When the Morris family movied from the Island of Barbados they started referring to that piece of the Bronx, what is now called the Bronx, as Bronck's land." And Hernandez says the name...
