Port Morris, Bronx

Port Morris
The Clock Tower, former factory now serving residential and commercial tenants
The Clock Tower, former factory now serving residential and commercial tenants
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Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°48′07″N 73°54′36″W / 40.802°N 73.91°W / 40.802; -73.91
Country United States
State New York
CityNew York City
BoroughThe Bronx
Community DistrictBronx 1[1]
Area
 • Total1.92 km2 (0.742 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total3,523
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
Economics
 • Median income$38,834
Ethnicity[3]
 • Hispanic and Latino Americans72.3%
 • African-American24.7%
 • White1.7%
 • Asian0.4%
 • Others1%
ZIP Codes
10451, 10454
Area code718, 347, 929, and 917
Websitewww.portmorris.com

Port Morris is a mixed use, primarily industrial neighborhood geographically located in the southwest Bronx, New York City.[4] The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 1.[5] Its boundaries are the Major Deegan Expressway and Bruckner Expressway to the north, East 149th Street to the east, the East River to the southeast, the Bronx Kill to the south, and the Harlem River (Park Avenue stub) to the west. Its ZIP Codes are 10451 and 10454. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 40th Precinct.[6]

Oak Point, the southern tip of the West Bronx, is in Port Morris; it contains the Oak Point Yard. The area is also traversed by the Bruckner Expressway, a major freeway. Most of the neighborhood is within walking distance from several stations of IRT Pelham Line (6 train).

  1. ^ "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Port Morris neighborhood in New York". Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  3. ^ "Center for Urban Research". Archived from the original on October 13, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  4. ^ "Port Morris Rezoning". Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  5. ^ "Bronx Community District 1" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  6. ^ 40th Precinct, NYPD.