Timeline of the Bronx

The following is a timeline of the history of the borough of the Bronx in New York City, New York, USA.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Prior to 20th century

• 1866 - St Barnabas Hospital founded.^[1]
• 1884 - Montefiore Medical Center founded.^[1]
• 1891 - New York Botanical Garden established.
• 1894 - Bronx Chamber of Commerce founded.^[2]
• 1895 - Van Cortlandt Park public golf course opens.^[3]
• 1897
  • Morris High School opens.^[4]
  • Jahn's ice cream parlor in business.^[5]
• 1898
  • January 1: The Bronx established as a borough in the City of Greater New York.^[6]
  • Louis M. Haffen becomes boro president.^[7]
  • Lincoln School for Nurses founded.^[8]
• 1899 - Bronx Zoo opens.

20th century

1900s-1940s

• 1904 - IRT subway begins operating.^[6]
• 1905
  • New York Public Library Mott Haven branch opens.^[9]
  • Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences founded.
• 1906 - Jerome Park Reservoir built.^[10]
• 1907 - The Bronx Home News begins publication.^[11]
• 1909
  • Grand Concourse begins operating.
  • John F. Murray becomes boro president.^[7]
• 1910 - Cyrus C. Miller becomes boro president.^[7]
• 1911 - Bronx Hospital established.^[12]
• 1912
  • Bronx County created (effected in 1914).^[13][4]
  • Design of Bronx flag adopted.^[10]
• 1913 - Bronx Opera House opens.^[14]
• 1914
  • Bronx Board of Trade established.^[15]
  • October 28: Birth of Jonas Salk.^[16]
  • Kingsbridge Armory built.^[10]
  • Douglas Mathewson becomes boro president.^[7]
• 1916 - Radio 2XG begins broadcasting.^[3]
• 1917 - Bronx Terminal Market built.^[5]
• 1918
  • Bronx Rotary Club formed.^[17]
  • Henry Bruckner becomes boro president.^[7]
• 1920 - Population: 732,016.^[18][19]
• 1923 - Yankee Stadium opens.^[10]
• 1925 - Bronx River Parkway built.^[12]
• 1927 - Amalgamated Dwellings housing project built.^[3][12]
• 1928 - Alexander's department store in business.
• 1929
  • Loew's Paradise Theatre in business.^[14]
  • June 26: Birth of Jules Feiffer.^[16]
• 1930
  • Loehmann's shop in business.^[12]
  • Population: 1,265,258.^[18]
• 1931
  • Hunter College Bronx campus opens.^[12]
  • Stella D'oro bakery in business.^[5]
• 1934
  • James J. Lyons becomes boro president (in office until 1962).^[7]
  • Bronx County Courthouse built.
• 1936 - Triboro Bridge^[16] and Henry Hudson Bridge open.^[10]
• 1937
  • United States Post Office–Bronx Central Annex built.^[20]
  • Bronx County Jail built.
• 1938 - Bronx High School of Science established.
• 1939 - Bronx-Whitestone Bridge opens.^[10]
• 1940
  • Bronx Press-Review newspaper begins publication.^[11]
  • April 25: Birth of Al Pacino.^[16]

• 1949 - Kingsbridge Historical Society formed.^[21]

1950s-1990s

• 1950 - Patterson Houses built.
• 1951 - Bronx River Houses built.
• 1953 - Liebman's deli in business.^[5]
• 1955
  • Deegan Expressway^[10] and Cross Bronx Expressway begin operating.
  • Bronx County Historical Society established.^[22]
• 1957 - Bronx Community College established.
• 1959 - Original Products botánica active.^[23]
• 1960
  • Loeser's deli in business.^[5]
  • First coronary artery bypass surgery performed at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Bronx Municipal Hospital Center.^[3]
• 1961 - Throgs Neck Bridge opens.^[10]
• 1962
  • Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center established.^[12][1]
  • Joseph F. Periconi becomes boro president.^[7]
• 1966 - Herman Badillo becomes boro president.^[7]
• 1967
  • City University of New York's Lehman College established.
  • Hunts Point Terminal Market opens.^[5]
• 1968
  • Museum of Bronx History opens.^[10]
  • Savage Seven street gang formed.^[24]
• 1969 - Graffitist Taki 183 active.^[25]
• 1970
  • Co-op City housing complex built.^[4]
  • Robert Abrams becomes boro president.^[7]
  • Population: 1,471,701.^[18]
• 1971 - Bronx Museum of the Arts established.
• 1973 - Hip hop disc jockey Kool Herc active; Universal Zulu Nation founded.^[26][25]
• 1974
  • Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition formed.^[27]
  • Hip hop disc jockeys Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Caz, and Grandmaster Flash active.^[26]
• 1977
  • July 13-14: New York City blackout of 1977.^[16]
  • Rock Steady Crew musical group formed.^[26]
• 1978
  • Disco Fever dance club active.^[25]
  • Royal Caribbean Bakery in business.^[5]
  • Robert García becomes becomes U.S. representative for New York's 21st congressional district.^[4][28]
  • Fashion Moda art space active.^[29]
• 1979
  • Stanley Simon becomes boro president.^[7]
  • Cold Crush Brothers musical group active.^[25]
• 1987
  • Inner City Press founded.
  • Fernando Ferrer becomes boro president.^[7]
• 1988
  • Norwood News begins publication.^[11]
  • Conviction of Wedtech scandal participants.^[16]
• 1990 - José E. Serrano becomes U.S. representative for New York's 18th congressional district.^[30]
• 1991 - Concourse Plaza Multiplex cinema in business.^[14]
• 1992 - Mothers on the Move group formed.^[27]
• 1993 - Riverdale Review newspaper begins publication.
• 1996 - La Division 21 botánica active.^[23]
• 1999 - February 5: Shooting of Amadou Diallo.^[12]

21st century

• 2000
  • Bronx Preparatory Charter School established.
  • Ghetto Film School active.
• 2002 - Adolfo Carrión, Jr. becomes boro president.^[7]
• 2005
  • Fulton Fish Market moves to Hunts Point.
  • East Bronx History Forum established.^[31]
• 2006 - Bronx County Hall of Justice built.^[32]
• 2009
  • Yankee Stadium rebuilt.^[4]
  • Hutchinson Metro Center office complex built.^[4]
  • Rubén Díaz, Jr. becomes boro president.^[7]
  • Bronx Terminal Market (shopping mall) in business.
• 2010 - Population: 1,385,108 in the Bronx.^[33]

See also

• Bronx history
• South Bronx history
• List of Bronx boro presidents
• List of New York City Designated Landmarks in The Bronx
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bronx County, New York
• List of New York City Subway stations in the Bronx
• List of Bronx neighborhoods

References

1. Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Bronx, New York". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved January 2016.
2. "Bronx Chamber of Commerce". Retrieved January 2016.
3. Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
4. Jackson 2010.
5. Smith 2015.
6. Federal Writers' Project 1939.
7. "Past Bronx Borough Presidents". Bronx Borough President. Retrieved January 2016.
8. "(Search: Bronx)". Archives and Manuscripts. New York Public Library. Retrieved January 2016.
9. Kroessler 2002.
10. "Bronx History Timeline". Bronx County Historical Society. Retrieved January 2016.
11. "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 2016.
12. Trager 2003.
13. Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "New York: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved January 2016.
14. "Movie Theaters in the Bronx, New York". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved January 2016.
15. Gonzalez 2004.
16. Good 1995.
17. "Rotary Club of the Bronx". Retrieved January 2016.
18. Richard L. Forstall, ed. (1996). Populations of States & Counties of the U. S. (1790-1990). US Census Bureau. ISBN 978-0-7881-3330-5.
19. "United States: New York State". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
20. White 2010.
21. "Kingsbridge Historical Society". Retrieved January 2016.
22. American Association for State and Local History (2002). "New York". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
23. Pluralism Project. "Bronx, New York". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved January 2016.
24. Emmett G. Price (2006). "Chronology". Hip Hop Culture. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-867-5.
25. James Braxton Peterson (2014). "Hip-Hop Timeline". Hip-Hop Underground and African American Culture. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-30526-8.
26. Independent Television Service (2007). "Timeline". Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes. Independent Lens. Public Broadcasting Service.
27. Su 2009.
28. "New York". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1979.
29. Ault 2002.
30. Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, DC. Retrieved January 2016.
31. "East Bronx History Forum". Retrieved January 2016.
32. "USA: New York: New York City: the Bronx". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Retrieved January 2016.
33. "Bronx County (Bronx Borough), New York". State & County QuickFacts. US Census Bureau. Retrieved January 2016.

Bibliography

• Trow's Business Directory of Manhattan and the Bronx. NY: Trow. 1898.

Published in the 20th century

1900s-1940s

• Trow's General Directory of Manhattan and the Bronx. NY. 1909.
• Arthur Fremont Rider (1916), "The Bronx", Rider's New York City and Vicinity, New York: H. Holt and Company – via Internet Archive
• James L. Wells; et al., eds. (1927). The Bronx and Its People; A History 1609-1927. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. OCLC 6456406.. 3 volumes
• Federal Writers' Project (1939). "The Bronx". New York City Guide. American Guide Series. New York: Random House – via HathiTrust.

1950s-1990s

• Bronx County Historical Society Journal, ISSN 0007-2249. 1964-present
• Lloyd Ultan (1979). The Beautiful Bronx (1920-1950). Arlington House. ISBN 978-0-517-54800-4.
• Melissa McRaney Good (1995), New York Diary, Philadelphia: Old City Books, ISBN 0-9646192-0-2, OL 818803M
• Bill Twomey and John McNamara (1998). Throggs Neck-Pelham Bay. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing.
• Stephen M. Samtur; Martin A. Jackson (1999). The Bronx: Lost, Found, and Remembered, 1935-1975. Back in the Bronx. ISBN 0965722112.
• Bill Twomey (1999). East Bronx. Images of America. Arcadia.

Published in the 21st century

2000s

• Lloyd Ultan; Gary D. Hermalyn (2000). The Birth of the Bronx: 1609-1900. Bronx County Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-941980-38-8.
• Lloyd Ultan; Barbara Unger (2000). Bronx Accent: A Literary and Pictorial History of the Borough. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-2863-2.
• Julie Ault, ed. (2002). "Chronology of selected alternative structures, spaces, artists' groups, and organizations in New York City, 1965-85". Alternative Art, New York, 1965-1985. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-3794-2.
• Jill Jonnes (2002). South Bronx Rising: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of an American City. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-2199-8.
• Jeffrey A. Kroessler (2002), New York Year by Year: A Chronology of the Great Metropolis, New York University Press, ISBN 0-8147-4751-5
• Bill Twomey (2002). South Bronx. Images of America. Arcadia.
• James Trager (2003). New York Chronology. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-201860-1.
• Evelyn Diaz Gonzalez (2004). The Bronx. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-50835-3.
• Celina Su (2009). Streetwise for Book Smarts: Grassroots Organizing and Education Reform in the Bronx. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-5809-9.

2010s

• Kenneth T. Jackson, ed. (2010). "Bronx". Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.). Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-18257-6. (+ 1st ed., 1995, via Internet Archive)
• Norval White; et al. (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-977291-9.
• Bill Twomey; Thomas X. Casey (2011). Northwest Bronx. Images of America. Arcadia. ISBN 978-1-4396-3930-6.
• Andrew F. Smith, ed. (2015). Savoring Gotham: a Food Lovers Companion to New York City. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-026363-8.
• Lloyd Ultan; Shelley Olson (2015). The Bronx: The Ultimate Guide to New York City's Beautiful Borough. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-7320-5.

External links

• "Bronx Research". Library Research Guides. Lehman College.
• Items related to the Bronx, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
• "Best of the Web: New York City History: the Bronx". New York Public Library.
• List of titles published by the Bronx County Historical Society