PROBABLY the obscurest and shortest street that is traversed by a NYC elevated subway is Birchall Avenue, which runs from White Plains Road south beyond Sagamore Street to a dead…
Bronx Park
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THE city’s many transportation options include bikes, boats, buses, subways, railroads, and the Roosevelt Island Tramway. The last item is the only aerial cable car in the city but not…
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YOU’RE looking at what is probably the most well-kept and wide-open section of Boston Road in the Bronx. That’s because regular traffic isn’t permitted onto it, as it runs through…
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Bronx Park was acquired by the city in late 1888 and early 1889. By 1891, the city had allocated fully 250 acres to be used as a botanical garden, which…