Neighborhood


Melrose is a residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of the Bronx. It is north of Mott Haven and west of Longwood, and considered as part of the South Bronx. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 1. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: East 161st Street to the north, Prospect Avenue to the east, East 149th Street to the south, and Park Avenue to the west. Melrose Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Melrose. The southeastern corner of the neighborhood is served by the 2 and 5 line at Jackson Avenue, operating along Westchester Avenue. ZIP codes include 10451, 10455, and 10456. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD’s 40th Precinct.

Parks

Twenty-five percent of the Bronx is parkland much more than any other borough. In the South Bronx Joyce Kilmer and Franz Sigel parks green up the area around the Grand Concourse, and starting a couple of blocks to the west, near the new stadium, Mullaly and Macombs Dam parks run north for over half a mile. But most of the parkland is in the North Bronx, site of the 718-acre Bronx Park and the 1146 acres of Van Courtlandt Park.

Gateway Center

Located on 18 acres of land south of Yankee Stadium, the vertically stacked big boxes of the Gateway Center will yield over a million feet of retail space for national chains and a number of community retailers.

South Bronx Food Coop

Since September 2007, this local food coop has been selling organic produce to its members on four Saturdays a month at the Nos Quedamos community center on Melrose Avenue.

Schools

  • PS 1: Courtlandt (East 152nd St and Courtlandt Av)
  • PS 29: Melrose (East 156th St and Courtlandt Av)
  • PS 157: Grove Hill (East 156th St and Cauldwell Av)
  • MS 162: Lola Rodriguez de Tio (East 149th St and St. Ann’s Av)
  • William Lloyd Garrison PS/MS.31x: (250 East and 156 street)
  • Alfred Smith High School (East 151st St and Courtlandt Av)
  • South Bronx High School Campus (St. Ann’s Av north of Westchester Av)
  • Boricua College

Transportation

  • Bx4: to 3rd Avenue-149th Street station or Westchester Square station (via Westchester Avenue)
  • Bx15: to Fordham Plaza or West Harlem (via 3rd Av)
  • Bx19: to New York Botanical Gardens or Riverbank State Park (via East 149th St-Southern Blvd)
  • Bx21: to Westchester Square or Mott Haven (via Boston Rd-Morris Park Av)
  • Bx41: to Wakefield (via Webster Av)
  • Bx55: to Fordham Plaza or Williamsbridge-Gun Hill Rd station (via 3rd Av Limited)
  • Melrose (Metro-North station) (Harlem Line)
  • Prospect Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line) (2 5)
  • Jackson Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line) (2 5)
  • Third Avenue-149th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line) (2 5)

Library