Wakefield | |
|---|---|
 Factory building on Bronx Boulevard | |
 Location in New York City | |
| Coordinates: 40°53′49″N 73°51′07″W / 40.897°N 73.852°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| City |  New York City |
| Borough |  The Bronx |
| Community District | Bronx 12[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.991 sq mi (2.57 km2) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 29,158 |
| • Density | 29,000/sq mi (11,000/km2) |
| Economics | |
| • Median income | $56,446 |
| ZIP Codes | 10466, 10470 |
| Area code | 718, 347, 929, and 917 |
Wakefield is a working-class and middle-class section of the northern borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by the city's border with Westchester County to the north, East 222nd Street to the south, and the Bronx River Parkway to the west.
Wakefield is the northernmost neighborhood in New York City (although the city's northernmost point is actually in Riverdale, at the University of Mount Saint Vincent[3]). The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community District 12 and its ZIP Codes are 10466 and 10470.[1] Wakefield is patrolled by the 47th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.
- ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ a b "Wakefield neighborhood in New York". Retrieved October 22, 2015.
- ^ Schneider, Daniel B. "F.Y.I.", The New York Times, July 1, 2001. Accessed April 20, 2021. "Getting Your Bearings Q. Where are the city's northern, southern, eastern and westernmost points, and what is the greatest distance between one point and another? A.... According to A Natural History of New York City by John Kieran (Houghton Mifflin, 1959), the easternmost point is in Glen Oaks, Queens, at about 73 degrees 42 minutes west longitude, and the extreme northern point is the bank of the Hudson in the Mount St. Vincent area of the Bronx, at about 40 degrees 55 minutes north latitude."