Pelham Parkway, Bronx

Pelham Parkway, Bronx

Pelham Parkway is a working class neighborhood geographically located in the east Bronx borough of New York City in the United States. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 11. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: Pelham Parkway to the north, the 5 line tracks to the east and south, and Bronx River Parkway to the west. White Plains Road is the primary thoroughfare through Pelham Parkway. The local subway is the 2 line; operating along White Plains Road. Zip codes include 10462. The area is patrolled by the NYPD 49th Precinct located at 2121 Eastchester Avenue in the Morris Park section of the Bronx.

History

Pelham Parkway’s official name is the Bronx and Pelham Parkway since it connects Bronx Park and Pelham Bay Park; it is also an integral part of the Mosholu-Pelham Greenway. Pelham Parkway was established in 1911 and was originally only one lane, which is today’s westbound lane. The parkway was lined with trees on both sides and had a strict building code. Nobody was allowed to build within convert|150|ft|m of the center. No railroads were allowed to cross over the parkway; this is why the roadbed of the New York Boston & Westchester Railroad, which is now the Dyre Avenue subway line, had to be laid in a tunnel underneath the parkway. Bars and hotels are also prohibited from being built alongside the parkway. Land in 1900 cost between $3500 and $5000 for one lot; near Bronx Park the prices were even higher. Today’s parkway was constructed in the 1930s and is convert|2.3|mi|km in length and convert|400|ft|m wide and features wide expanses of lawn with full canopies of trees. The center of the parkway, prior to WW II was closed off on Sunday mornings for professional bicycle racing; today, there is a bicycle path along the westbound lanes of the parkway. A recreational bikeway runs near the north side of the Parkway.

Pelham Parkway was once predominantly White non-Hispanic. As the population density grew many tenement buildings were constructed in the area.

Land use and terrain

Pelham Parkway is dominated by 5 and 6-story tenements. The total land area is roughly half a square mile. The total land area is roughly one square mile. The area is low laying and flat.

Demographics

Pelham Parkway has a population over 15,000. The neighborhood is now predominantly Hispanic. A smaller longstanding Italian and immigrant Albanian population exist east of White Plains Road primarily near Morris Park. The majority of residents rent. Almost 20% of the population lives below the poverty line. [ [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/bx11profile.pdf Bronx Community District 11] ]

ocial problems

Pelham Parkway contains one of the highest concentrations of poverty in Bronx Community District 11. It is believed many of the newest residents are from higher poverty sections of the Bronx. With this relocation many of the social problems commonly associated with those communities has come to Pelham Parkway. Drug trafficking, teen pregnancy, domestic violence, violent crime including gang activity. The neighborhood is also home to locally created gangs. Albanian immigrants created A.B.I. a local neighborhood street gang to defend against the Hispanic and Black gangs. [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs049pct.pdf 49th Precinct CompStat Report] ]

Urban renewal

Due to White flight some of the apartments in the area have been left vacant. Many apartments today are being rehabilitated and offered as rentals to the growing low income population found in the area.

Facts

*Pelham Parkway is notable in that it has a sizable Italian immigrant population; the neighborhood's main streets, White Plains Road and Lydig Avenue, have a very distinct ethnic Albanian flavor.
*The White Plains Road Business Improvement District is a major retail district in the neighborhood.

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