Bronx Walk NYC [4K]– Exploring Morrisania Neighborhood to G.C. & E. 169th Street, April- 2024

Welcome to TEchi World Walk! This is an incredible exploration of the Morrisania neighborhood in the South Bronx. It started from the Fleetwood Concourse Village section and ended in the Concourse neighborhood by Grand Concourse. Watch to the end to see what happened.

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Morrisania Neighborhood
From 1644 to the early 20th century, the land that now comprises the Morrisania neighborhood was the esteemed Morris family's estate in Westchester County. This family's legacy is deeply intertwined with the neighborhood's history, with Lewis Morris, the owner of the estate and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, even proposing the land as the site of the federal capital in 1790.

The area was sparsely populated until 1840, when Gouverneur Morris Jr., son of the famous congressional delegate and nephew of Lewis, allowed a railroad to be built across the property. In 1848, he sold the land next to the line to develop a new settlement called the Village of Morrisania. In 1855, additional settlements along the rail line became the Town of Morrisania (with its police force[4]), with its political center in the original 1840 village (which was eventually incorporated in 1864[5]).[6] At first, the village was an early forerunner of today's bedroom communities, populated by people who worked in Manhattan. Still, it quickly developed its own local industries and artisans as it developed into a full-fledged town. In 1874, the area was annexed to New York City (consisting only of Manhattan) as part of the Twenty-Third Ward. In 1887, the Third Avenue Elevated was extended to the area to provide easy and quick access to and from Manhattan. By the time the New York City Subway was extended to the area in 1904, a large influx of European immigrants had given the neighborhood an urban character, with a high concentration of tenement buildings replacing houses as the dominant form of dwelling.

Like many low-income communities in New York City, Morrisania was not immune to the wave of arson that swept through the city in the 1970s. This devastating event left most of the residential structures in the neighborhood seriously damaged or destroyed. However, the community showed remarkable resilience. The city began a rehabilitation project in the late 1970s, transforming many formerly abandoned tenement-style apartment buildings into low-income housing. Additionally, numerous subsidized attached multi-unit townhouses and newly constructed apartment buildings have been or are being built on vacant lots across the neighborhood, further contributing to its recovery.

Timestamp:
00:00 Intro
00:09 Sherman Ave/E. 161ST Street/(Fleetwood - Concourse Village)
00:32 E. 161st Street
07:50 E. 161st Street/Melrose Ave – Morrisania Neighborhood
08:23 Melrose Ave
13:23 Melrose Ave/E. 165th Street/Webster Ave/Brook Ave
14:17 Webster Ave
15:43 Webster Ave/E. 166th Street/Brook Ave
16:51 Brook Ave
18:51 Brook Ave/E. 167th Street
19:11 E. 167th Street
19:39 E. 167th Street/Park Ave
20:07 Park Ave
24:05 Park Ave/E. 165th Street/Brook Ave
24:36 Brook Ave
29:20 Brook Ave/E. 163rd Street/Washington Ave
29:35 E. 163rd Street/Third Ave
31:18 Third Ave
55:12 Third Ave/E. 172nd Street
55:51 E. 172nd Street
56:37 E. 172nd Street/Fulton Ave
57:45 Fulton Ave
01:07:20 Inside Drew Playground/Fulton Ave
01:08:50 Fulton Ave
01:16:17 Fulton Ave/E. 166th Street/St. Augustine Way
01:17:35 St. Augustine Way
01:19:19 St. Augustine Way/Third Ave
01:20:02 Third Ave
01:23:48 Third Ave/E. 163rd Street
01:24:07 E. 163rd Street
01:24:22 E. 162nd /E. 163rd Sts/Boricua College Campus
01:25:10 E. 162nd Street
01:26:21 E. 162nd Street/E. 161st Street
01:26:42 E. 161st Street
01:35:35 Inside Concourse Plaza – Concourse Village
01:38:48 Fleetwood-Concourse Village/E. 161st Street
01:41:52 Grant Ave
01:52:21 Grant Ave/E. 167th Street
01:52:59 E. 167th Street
01:55:50 E. 167th Street/Grand Concourse
01:57:11 Grand Concourse
01:59:47 Grand Concourse/E. 169th Street – Concourse Nab.
02:00:11 E. 169th Street – Concourse Neighborhood
02:01:54 E. 169th Street/Walton Ave
02:02:29 Walton Ave – End.