Woodlawn Heights, Bronx

For the hamlet in western New York, see Woodlawn, Erie County, New York.
Woodlawn Heights
Neighborhood of the Bronx
"Welcome to Woodlawn Heights" sign.
"Welcome to Woodlawn Heights" sign.
Nickname: 
"Little Ireland"
Map
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°53′53″N 73°52′01″W / 40.898°N 73.867°W / 40.898; -73.867
Country United States
State New York
City New York City
Borough The Bronx
Community DistrictBronx 12[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total0.62 km2 (0.240 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[3]
 • Total42,483
 • Density68,000/km2 (180,000/sq mi)
Economics
 • Median income$52,510
ZIP Codes
10470
Area code718, 347, 929, and 917
Websitewoodlawn.nyc

Woodlawn Heights, also known as Woodlawn, is a predominantly Irish-American working class neighborhood at the very north end of the borough of the Bronx in New York City.[4] It is bounded by McLean Avenue to the north (slightly north of New York City's border with the city of Yonkers in Westchester County), the Bronx River to the east, Woodlawn Cemetery to the south, and Van Cortlandt Park to the west. Woodlawn Heights remains one of the few areas in New York City that still has young Irish immigrants still arriving to the area en masse.

Woodlawn Heights is part of Bronx Community Board 12, and its ZIP Code is 10470.[1][5]

  1. ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Woodlawn neighborhood in New York". Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference PLP5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Woodlawn ranked among best family neighborhoods". News 12 The Bronx. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  5. ^ Cooper, Rebecca (March 14, 2003). "Neighborhoods: Close-Up on Woodlawn". Village Voice. Archived from the original on June 20, 2006.