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The Bronx is the northernmost of New York City's five boroughs and the newest of New York State's 62 counties (as a county it is called "Bronx County" or the "County of Bronx"). It is located northeast of Manhattan and south of Westchester County. It is the only one of the five boroughs not located on an island. In 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the borough's population was 1,373,659 which ranked it fourth of the five boroughs in population. It is also ranked fourth in area, but third in density....Click Here For More

The Bronx is the northernmost of New York City's five boroughs and the newest of New York State's 62 counties (as a county it is called "Bronx County" or the "County of Bronx"). It is located northeast of Manhattan and south of Westchester County. It is the only one of the five boroughs not located on an island. In 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the borough's population was 1,373,659 which ranked it fourth of the five boroughs in population. It is also ranked fourth in area, but third in density.

The Bronx is divided by the Bronx River into a hillier section in the west, closer to Manhattan, and the flatter East Bronx, closer to Queens and Long Island. About a quarter of its land is open space, including Woodlawn Cemetery, Van Cortlandt Park, Pelham Bay Park, the New York Botanical Gardens and the Bronx Zoo.

While the Bronx contains the nation's poorest Congressional District (the 16th), it has a wide variety of neighborhoods, including the affluent Riverdale and Country Club.

The Bronx River flows south from Westchester County through the borough, emptying into the East River; it is the largest freshwater river in New York City. A smaller river, the Hutchinson River (named after the religious leader Anne Hutchinson, killed along its banks in 1641), passes through the East Bronx and empties into Eastchester Bay.

The Bronx also includes several small islands in the East River and Long Island Sound, such as City Island and Hart Island. Although part of the Bronx, Rikers Island in the East River, home to the large jail complex for the entire City, can be reached only by water, by air, or over the Francis Buono Bridge from Queens.