Longwood, Bronx

Longwood
Neighborhood of the Bronx
Southern Boulevard in Longwood
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°48′58″N 73°53′56″W / 40.816°N 73.899°W / 40.816; -73.899
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Bronx
Community District	Bronx 2[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1.27 km2 (0.489 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[3]
• Total	26,196
• Density	21,000/km2 (54,000/sq mi)
Economics
• Median income	$26,300
Ethnicity[4]
• Hispanic and Latino Americans	74.6%
• African-American	22.4%
• White	1.5%
• Asian	0.5%
• Others	1.1%
ZIP Codes	10455, 10459
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917

Longwood is a mixed-use neighborhood in the southeast Bronx in New York City. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are East 167th Street to the north, the Bronx River and the Bruckner Expressway to east, East 149th Street to the south, and Saint Anns Avenue to the west. Southern Boulevard is the primary thoroughfare through Longwood.

The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community District 2, and its ZIP Codes include 10455 and 10459. The neighborhood is served by the New York City Police Department's 41st Precinct.^[5] NYCHA property in the area is patrolled by P.S.A. 7 at 737 Melrose Avenue in the Melrose section of the Bronx. The local subway, the 6 and <6>​ trains, operates along Southern Boulevard.