Welcome to another of my NYC neighborhood tours! This is Bedford Park. Located on the North section of the Bronx. This is a diverse working class neighborhood. The tallest towers in the Bronx are located here. They are called the Tracey Towers and are both 41 floors. Please enjoy my tour! :)


Bedford Park, Bronx

Bedford Park is a neighborhood in the borough of the Bronx in New York City bounded by Mosholu Parkway to the north, Bronx Park and Webster Avenue to the east, 194th Street and Kingsbridge Road to the south, and Goulden Avenue to the west. It borders the neighborhoods of Norwood, Fordham, and Kingsbridge.

As a low-rise residential neighborhood, Bedford Park has a "skyline" of mostly five-story walkups. The most noticeable exception to this are the Tracey Towers, two 41-story apartment buildings close to the Jerome Park Reservoir. Designed by noted architect Paul Rudolph, they were completed in 1972 as a part of New York City's Mitchell Lama housing development initiative, aimed at allowing moderate-to-middle income families to stay in the area.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Park,_Bronx


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2. The trains D and the B go right under the Grand Concourse.
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6. Grand Concourse has a great collection of Art Deco style buildings.
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10. Look at all those antennas.
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15. The Tracey Towers trumps over everything. They are middle class housing.
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18. This neighborhood has some parks.
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26. New Stuff.
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30. I like that street curve. There a few more in the neighborhood.
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31. More Art Deco style.
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32. There are slopes on the street aswell. Keeps the neighborhood interesting.
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40. New construction all over the place
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46. I like that house. Looks so proud next to that apartment building.
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50. Some streets full of apartment canyons
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52. Those underpasses are so interesting. The subway goes underneath there aswell.
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60. A local supermarket.
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61. Some more shopping at many places.
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66. Some shopping streets
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70. The elevated train. The number 4 line goes thru there.
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like i said in the other forum, this is my favorite neighborhood in the whole city! i get alot of memories coming back to me looking at this thread....some cute girls work in that associated in kngs bridge hehe

the girl in pic. 62. looks too familiar

can you post a google earth map on exactly where these neighborhoods are...

thankx

i love your tours though....

I really enjoy viewing your photo threads!

Ive never made it up to Bedford Park when I lived in NYC, maybe ill make a special trip there next time im in town :cheers:

Thanks for the walk! I've been there a few months ago, there's a really nice atmosphere over there.

Thank you for the comments people! :) I am glad you like the tour.

can you post a google earth map on exactly where these neighborhoods are...

thankx

i love your tours though....

Hmmm... Ok I might do that.

The Bronx has soo many apartment buildings

Here is a map of the Bronx with the names of the neighborhoods. Just in case you were wondering where Bedford Park is situated...


http://www.theamazingbronx.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/BronxMap.jpg

Great pics. :)

I have to admit, my knowledge of the Bronx is quite limited since I never really visit it at all when in NYC (I pass through it obviously via highway). But this looks like a pretty nice neighborhood, I love the architecture, especially of that of the apartments, those have a classic style right there.

my sister did residency at montifiore,
so i got to stay nearby,
great neigborhood
there were great views of the tracey towers from the el stop on jerome,

My sister lived in a similar era building across the street from the hospital
a wonderful brutal building that was out of blade runner.

North Bronx is cool as hell.:cheers:

Very nice photos. I definitely need to visit!