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Using a collection of many never-before-seen
photographs, East Bronx: East of the Bronx River
celebrates the history of this group of neighborhoods. From
the late 1800s to the present day, the area has undergone
many dramatic changes. The most important factor in
the history of the east Bronx is the development of mass
transit. Its introduction to the Bronx brought a new age of
commuters, people seeking professions largely in Manhattan
as well as the comforts of suburbia and a more rural
atmosphere for raising families.
The elevated trains and the...

Once a part of Westchester County, the Bronx was annexed to New York City in the nineteenth century. The South Bronx came to be defined as the area in the southwest part of the borough between the Harlem River and the Bronx River, with Fordham Road generally considered as the northern boundary. Less urban than nearby neighborhoods in Manhattan, the South Bronx attracted countless numbers of immigrants arriving in New York City in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Choosing to raise their families in what was then a country setting, they helped to make the South Bronx one of the...

First settled in 1643, Throggs Neck-Pelham Bay lies along the west bank of Eastchester Bay in the Bronx. It was once an area of grand estates and farms and was home to some of the wealthiest people in America, including Collis P. Huntington and Catherine Lorillard Wolfe. Discover the history of the early residents of the community and its place in an ever-changing America in this unique and unprecedented pictorial collection. Throggs Neck-Pelham Bay offers a unique glimpse into the past, through carefully preserved images and a thoroughly researched text. Readers will delight in the memories...