-Population (1990 Census)- 1.2 Million
-Area- 43 Square Miles
-Tallest Buildings in The Bronx:
Tracy Towers- 41 stories (450+ feet), 38 stories (400+ feet)
River Park Towers- Approximately 40 stories
Montefiore Hospital Apartments II- 26 stories (About 300 feet)

-The Bronx has the most park area of any borough. 24% of the borough is covered with the green stuff.
-The largest private employers in The Bronx are Montefiore/North Central Bronx Hospitals. They employ over 8000 in the two complexes alone.
-The original Bronx Courthouse still exists and is located at 161st Street, off of 3rd Ave. It is abandoned, though there are many plans to renovate and possibly turn it into an office or community center.
-The movie "Awakenings" with Robin Williams is about Montefiore Hospital. In the movie, it is called Bainbridge Hospital (Montefiore Hospital borders Bainbridge Ave.)
-Penny Marshall is from The Bronx, and lived on Villa Ave.
-Guess what...her brother Gary Marshall is from there too!
-Calvin Klein also is from The Bronx.
-Ralph Lauren is from The Bronx too. We got style!
-Leon Trotsky lived in The Bronx for a brief time. I guess that's why the borough is so liberal.
-Both Lee Harvey Oswald and John F. Kennedy lived in The Bronx at one point. Maybe they were childhood enemies...
-Colin Powell grew up in Mott Haven.
-Judd Hirsch is from The Bronx.
-As is Robert Klein. He's from Norwood!
-The Bronx has the largest Puerto Rican population of any county, and the second highest percentage of Hispanics of any county in the US east of the Mississippi.
-Woodlawn Cemetary is one of the largest in the city. Personalities such as Miles Davis, Fiorello LaGuardia, and Duke Ellington are buried there.
-The Bronx Zoo is 265 acres, and contains the largest, and most diverse wildlife in the country.
-The Hall of Fame for Great Americans is located at Bronx Community College on 181st Street and University Ave. in the Fordham/Highbridge section of The Bronx.
-Bronx Community College is at the highest point in New York City.
-Yes, there is a Bronx Museum of the Arts. It's located on 165th St. and the Grand Concourse. Just a few blocks from Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Courthouses. Before a Yankee game, take a visit. Take the 4, D, or B trains to either 161st or 167th St.
-The Museum of Bronx History is located on Bainbridge Ave. and 208th St. in the Norwood section of The Bronx. It is located near the Resevoir Oval, Montefiore and North Central Bronx Hospitals, and Tracy Towers. Take the D train to the last stop and walk north, or possibly the 4 train to Mosholu Parkway, and find your way from there.
-That beautiful reddish building you see from Yankee Stadium across the street from the Courthouse, used to be the Concourse Hotel, where presidents, governors, mayors, and athletes used to relax and party.
-Riverdale is the most tree blessed neighborhood. 1/3 of the neighborhood is covered with trees.
-The Bronx is the only part of New York City that is connected to the mainland of the United States.
-A section in South Riverdale called Marble Hill, is actually part of Manhattan. There used to be a creek which was detached from The Bronx way back, in that time greedy Manhattanites decided to claim it for their own. It is now connected to The Bronx, but claimed by Manhattan, although mail is addressed to The Bronx in that area.
-The Grand Concourse (full name- Grand Concourse and Boulevard) was modeled after the glorious Paris street The Champs Elycee (I'll work on the spelling later, I don't speak French, nor do I care to learn).
-The Bronx is the birthplace of America's most loved music...RAP!!!
-The New York Yankees are the winningest team in baseball with 23 World Championship Titles. And they had better win more in THE BRONX and no where else.
-The Bronx is named after Johnass Bronck who settled here centuries ago.
-Co-op City, in the Northeast Section of The Bronx, is the largest housing complex in the world.
-The world's largest neon sign (or so I've heard) is in The Bronx. You can see it while driving on the east side of Manhattan. It's the I Love Newport/New York sign. UPDATE!This is no longer true, due to anti-cigarette campaigning, the Newport sign was taken down. In place of it is an ad for The History Channel.
-The Kingsbridge Armory, when in use, was the largest armory in the country, and one of the largest in the world. It is under reconstruction, and likely to hold a movie theater, a mall, a sports facility and a community center.
-The Hunts Point Cooperative Market is the largest food market of it's kind in the country, and probably the world. It will soon be even larger if the Fulton Fish Market relocation deal goes through and is moved there.
-Parkchester was the first private, uniform housing complex of its kind (built by Met Life, it was pretty much the model for Stuyvesant Town)
-Pelham Parkway's offical name is Pelham and Bronx Parkway.