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Riverdale (population 47,850, according to the 2000 U.S. Census) is a an upper-class residential neighborhood in the northwest portion of the borough
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 of the Bronx
The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the Five Boroughs of New York City and the newest of the 62 Administrative divisions of New York#county of New York State....
 in New York City
New York City

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.

Riverdale's ZIP code
ZIP Code

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s are 10463 and 10471. While 10471 is entirely in Riverdale, 10463 also covers the adjacent neighborhoods of Kingsbridge and Marble Hill
Marble Hill, Manhattan

Marble Hill is the northernmost section of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States. Marble Hill is part of the borough of Manhattan but is no longer on Manhattan Island....
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f the 2000 census, there were 47,850 people residing in Riverdale.






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Riverdale (population 47,850, according to the 2000 U.S. Census) is a an upper-class residential neighborhood in the northwest portion of the borough
Borough (New York City)

New York City is one of the largest cities in the world, and it is segmented into boroughs for various reasons. A borough is a unique form of government which administers the five fundamental constituent parts that make up the History of New York City ....
 of the Bronx
The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the Five Boroughs of New York City and the newest of the 62 Administrative divisions of New York#county of New York State....
 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
.

Riverdale's ZIP code
ZIP Code

File:UseZipCode.JPGThe ZIP code is the system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service . The letters ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, are properly written in capital letters and were chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the code....
s are 10463 and 10471. While 10471 is entirely in Riverdale, 10463 also covers the adjacent neighborhoods of Kingsbridge and Marble Hill
Marble Hill, Manhattan

Marble Hill is the northernmost section of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States. Marble Hill is part of the borough of Manhattan but is no longer on Manhattan Island....
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Demographics

As of the 2000 census, there were 47,850 people residing in Riverdale. The population density was 19,997 per square mile (7,724/km²). The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 78.74% White
White American

White American is an umbrella term officially employed by the United States Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget and other U.S. government for the classification of United States citizens or resident aliens "having origins in any of the original peoples of Ethnic groups of Europe, the Ethnic groups of the Middle East, or Ethnic gro...
(71.89% White Non-hispanic), 5.36% Asian
Asian American

Asian Americans are United States of Asian people. They include sub-ethnic groups such as Chinese Americans, Filipino Americans, Indian Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Korean Americans, Japanese Americans and others whose national origin is from the Asia....
, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 7.66% Black
African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
, 0.16% Native American, 4.85% from other races, and 3.18% from two or more races. 13.38% of the population were Hispanic of any race. 24.15% of the population was foreign born; of this, 51.76% came from Europe, 22.92% from Latin America, 21.71% from Asia and 3.61% from other parts of the world.

In 1974, a large residential compound and school was established in North Riverdale by the Permanent Mission of the USSR to the United Nations (now the Russian Mission to the UN) to house diplomats and their families. The 20-story building was constructed from the top down, with the upper floors built first.

Riverdale is an upper-middle class neighborhood.

Geography

Riverdale is about three square miles in area. It is bordered on the north by the city of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York; to the east by Van Cortlandt Park
Van Cortlandt Park

Van Cortlandt Park is a 1,146 acre urban park located in the The Bronx, New York in New York City. It is the fourth largest park in New York City, behind Pelham Bay Park, Flushing Meadows Park and Staten Island Greenbelt....
 and the Kingsbridge
Kingsbridge, Bronx

Kingsbridge is a working class residential neighborhood geographically located in the northwest Bronx, New York. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 8....
 section of the Bronx; to the west by the Hudson River
Hudson River

The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk , the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami, Muhheakantuck, is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York....
; and to the south by the Harlem River
Harlem River

The Harlem River is a navigable tidal strait in New York City, United States that flows 8 miles between the East River and the Hudson River , separating the borough of Manhattan and the Bronx....
.

The subsections of Riverdale are:
  • Spuyten Duyvil
    Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx

    Spuyten Duyvil is the name of a subsection of the Riverdale, The Bronx section of the Bronx in New York City. The area is named after Spuyten Duyvil Creek, a Dutch name with various historical spellings and meanings....
     / South Riverdale (Riverdale below West 232nd Street)
  • Central Riverdale (The "downtown" of Riverdale - from Manhattan College Parkway to West 232nd Street and from the Henry Hudson Parkway
    Henry Hudson Parkway

    The Henry Hudson Parkway is an long parkway in New York City. The southern terminus is at 72nd Street in Manhattan, where the parkway continues south as the West Side Highway....
     to Riverdale Avenue and Waldo Avenue)
  • Fieldston
    Fieldston, Bronx

    Fieldston is a section of the Riverdale, The Bronx section of the Bronx, New York City. It is bounded by Manhattan College Parkway to the south, Henry Hudson Parkway to the north and west, and Broadway to the east....
     (Riverdale south and east of the Henry Hudson Parkway
    Henry Hudson Parkway

    The Henry Hudson Parkway is an long parkway in New York City. The southern terminus is at 72nd Street in Manhattan, where the parkway continues south as the West Side Highway....
    , north of Manhattan College Parkway and west of Tibbett Avenue)
  • North Riverdale
    North Riverdale, Bronx

    North Riverdale is the northernmost part of the Riverdale, Bronx section of the Bronx borough of New York City, particularly above 254th Street....
     (Riverdale above West 254th Street)


The leafy, scenic enclave of Fieldston
Fieldston, Bronx

Fieldston is a section of the Riverdale, The Bronx section of the Bronx, New York City. It is bounded by Manhattan College Parkway to the south, Henry Hudson Parkway to the north and west, and Broadway to the east....
, a private community, was designated as an historic district by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Historic preservation Law....
 in 2006.

Cityscape

Housing in Riverdale ranges from multi-story apartment buildings dating from the 1950s and 60s to large, architecturally distinguished houses built in the early 20th century, mostly in Georgian- and Tudor-revival styles. It is also home to the modernist landmark Saul Victor house, designed by Ferdinand Gottlieb
Ferdinand Gottlieb

Ferdinand Gottlieb was a New York-based architect. He headed his own firm, Ferdinand Gottlieb Associates based in Dobbs Ferry .He is best known for his interior design of the original Rizzoli International Bookstore on Fifth Avenue in New York City , and for his landmark Saul Victor House in the Riverdale, Bronx section of New York City ,...
 in 1967. Other famous mansions in Hudson Hill include: Greyston (1864), Alderbrook (1880), Stonehurst (1861) and Oaklawn (1863). Since 2005, Central Riverdale has experienced a building boom with the addition of many mid- and high-rise condominium buildings.

In August 2008, Columbia University
Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
 purchased an almost-completed apartment building at 3260 Henry Hudson Parkway for use as faculty housing.

Riverdale is in a sense the closest northern suburb of New York City although it is not its own municipality. Administratively, Riverdale is part of Bronx Community Board 8
Bronx Community Board 8

Bronx Community Board 8 is a local representative government unit of the city of New York city. This area of 3.4 square miles, encompasses the List of Bronx neighborhoods of Fieldston, Bronx, Kingsbridge, Bronx, New York, Kingsbridge Heights, Bronx, New York, Marble Hill, Bronx, New York, Riverdale, Bronx, New York, Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx and...
. Wave Hill
Wave Hill (New York)

Wave Hill is a 28 acre estate, consisting of public gardens and a cultural center, in New York City, USA. It is situated on the slopes overlooking the Hudson River and the New Jersey Pallisades, within New York City's wealthy Riverdale, The Bronx neighborhood, which is part of the Bronx....
, a combination botanical garden and outdoor art gallery, is located in the so-called Estate Area overlooking the Hudson River.

Two weekly newspapers, the and the Riverdale Review
Riverdale Review

The Riverdale Review is a weekly newspaper serving the Riverdale, Bronx section of the Bronx in New York City. It is published by the Metro North Media Group, which also publishes the weekly Bronx Press Review....
, focus on news of interest to residents of the neighborhood.

Gaelic Park
Gaelic Park

Gaelic Park is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in New York City, located in the Bronx. It is home to the New York GAA's hurling and Gaelic football teams....
, the headquarters of the New York GAA
New York GAA

The New York County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or New York GAA, is one of the GAA county of the GAA outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in the New York metropolitan area....
, is where Gaelic football
Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football", "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. It is, together with hurling, one of the two most popular spectator sports in Ireland today....
 and hurling
Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team sport of ancient Gaelic Culture origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar....
 are played in the New York metropolitan area. It is located at West 240th Street.

Fire Department


The Riverdale section of the Bronx is protected by the Fire Department of the City of New York(FDNY) Fire Station # 52 or Engine 52/Ladder 52 located at 4550 Riverdale Avenue, opposite of the Henry Hudson Parkway in Central Riverdale. Engine 52/Ladder 52 is the only firehouse in the Riverdale Section and the most northern fire station in the FDNY. Also, the companies of Engine and Ladder 52 are the second of two fire companies where the engine company and the ladder company each have the same number, the other being Engine and Ladder 10 on Liberty Street in Lower Manhattan. Engine Company 52 currently operates a 2003 Seagrave Commander II Custom 1000/500 Pumper Engine and Ladder Company 52 currently operates a 2006 Seagrave Commander II Custom 100' Rear-Mount Aerial Ladder Truck. Both companies use Seagrave Fire Apparatus
Seagrave Fire Apparatus

Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC is a manufacturer of fire apparatus that specializes in pumper and rescue units, as well as aerial towers. In addition to manufacturing new equipment, they refurbish, repair and upgrade older Seagrave apparatus, including National Fire Protection Association updates to equipment....
, the main manufacturer of fire apparatus for the FDNY.

Churches and synagogues

  • CSAIR - The Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale
  • Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
    Hebrew Institute of Riverdale

    Hebrew Institute of Riverdale is an orthodox synagogue in the Riverdale, Bronx neighborhood of New York City. Rabbi Avi Weiss has led the congregation since 1973....
  • Congregation Tehillah
  • Riverdale Jewish Center
  • Young Israel of Riverdale (Fieldston
    Fieldston, Bronx

    Fieldston is a section of the Riverdale, The Bronx section of the Bronx, New York City. It is bounded by Manhattan College Parkway to the south, Henry Hudson Parkway to the north and west, and Broadway to the east....
    )
  • Young Israel Ohab Tzedek (North Riverdale)
  • Riverdale Temple
  • Riverdale Presbyterian Church
  • St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church
  • Christ Church Riverdale
    Christ Church Riverdale

    Christ Church Riverdale is an Episcopal Church parish church in the Riverdale, Bronx section of The Bronx, New York. The church was founded in 1866 and its building, made from brick and local stone with a simple pierced-wall belfry, was designed by architect Richard Upjohn....
     (Episcopal)
  • Saint Margaret of Cortona


Community Organizations

  • Bronx Community Board 8
A group of community members working under the mandate of the City Charter to monitor the delivery of city services, establish budget priorities, and influence land-use decisions.
  • Riverdale Hatzalah Volunteer Ambulance Corp.
A local Volunteer EMS Corp., supported by community donations, that offers fast, reliable medical treatment and transport free of charge.
  • Riverdale YM-YWHA
A community center for youth, adult and senior activities.

Riverdale in literature and movies

The exteriors of many of Riverdale's mansions have been used in movies; most notably, the "Corleone House" located on Independence Avenue (across from Wave Hill) was used for the exterior shots in the film The Godfather
The Godfather

The Godfather is an Cinema of the United States crime film film based on the The Godfather by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola, and Robert Towne, who was not credited....
. Dorney and Malone's Tavern on Broadway was also filmed in the 2007 romantic comedy The Accidental Husband, starring Uma Thurman. In one scene in Mean Streets, two teenagers from Riverdale are swindled when they attempt to purchase illegal firecrackers.

Archie Andrews
Archie Andrews

Archie Andrews can refer to one of two fictional characters:*Archie Andrews , U.S. comic book character*Archie Andrews , British ventriloquist's puppet...
 and his friends live in Riverdale. Its exact geographical location is not mentioned, although it is a coastal city and receives snowfall in the winter.

Education

Riverdale is home to three prominent private schools (Horace Mann
Horace Mann School

The Horace Mann School is an independent school college preparatory school in New York City. Founded in 1887, Horace Mann spans from nursery school to the twelfth grade and is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League....
, Riverdale Country
Riverdale Country School

Riverdale Country School is a co-educational, independent, college-preparatory day school in New York City. One of the most competitive private schools in the nation , it is located on two campuses covering more than in the Riverdale, The Bronx section of The Bronx, New York....
, and Fieldston
Ethical Culture Fieldston School

The Ethical Culture Fieldston School, known as Fieldston, is a private independent school in New York City and a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League....
), and two Roman Catholic colleges, (Manhattan College
Manhattan College

Manhattan College is a Catholic school Liberal arts colleges in the United States in the Lasallian tradition in New York City. Despite the college's name, it is no longer located in Manhattan but in the Riverdale, Bronx section of the Bronx, and roughly 10 miles north of Midtown Manhattan....
 and the College of Mount Saint Vincent
College of Mount Saint Vincent

The College of Mount Saint Vincent is a Roman Catholic Church liberal arts college located in the Riverdale, Bronx section of The Bronx, New York....
). The Academy for Jewish Religion
Academy for Jewish Religion

The two Academy for Jewish Religion seminaries are transdenominational rabbinical schools located in Riverdale, New York and Los Angeles, California....
 is one of two similarly-named transdenominational rabbinical schools, the other located in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
.

The public elementary schools are the Spuyten Duyvil School (P.S. 24) and the Robert J. Christen School (P.S. 81). The public middle school and high school is M.S./H.S 141, the Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy
Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy

The David A Stein Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy is a small public school in Riverdale, Bronx. It has approximately 1,200 students, as it is a middle school and high school. The current Principal is Lori O'Mara....
. Nearby high schools that also serve the community include the Bronx High School of Science
Bronx High School of Science

The Bronx High School of Science is a Specialized High Schools of New York City New York City public high school. Founded in 1938, it is currently located in the Bedford Park, Bronx, New York section of the Bronx....
 and John F. Kennedy High School.

Two important institutions of higher education are located in Riverdale. Manhattan College a co-educational Catholic College with education in the Lasalian tradition and the College of Mount Saint Vincent's in North Riverdale.

Riverdale is also home to SAR Academy
SAR Academy

SAR Academy is a coeducational, private Modern Orthodox Judaism Jewish day school. The school is located in the Riverdale, Bronx section of the New York City borough of the Bronx....
, a private Jewish day school
Jewish day school

A Jewish day school is a modern Jewish educational institution that is designed to provide Jewish children with both a Jewish and a secular education in one school on a full time basis, hence its name of "day school" meaning a school that the students attend for an entire day and not on a part time basis....
 near the Riverdale train station, and SAR High School
Sar High School

SAR High School is a Modern Orthodox Yeshiva day school in Riverdale, Bronx, New York City. It was founded in 2003. The school is affiliated with SAR Academy, which is also in Riverdale, and a little over fifty percent of the over 300 students attending SAR High School come from the Academy....
 as well as the Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni
Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni

The Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni, often referred to as "Riverdale" is a branch of the Telshe yeshiva located in Riverdale, Bronx: a neighborhood of The Bronx in New York City....
 and Yeshiva Ohavei Torah of Riverdale. Kinneret Day School, is a private Jewish day school in Spuyten Duyvil, serving grades K through 8 in addition to pre-school. Catholic elementary schools in the area are St. Gabriel's School and St. Margaret of Cortona School
St. Margaret of Cortona School

St. Margaret of Cortona School, also known as SMS, is a Middle States Educational accreditation Catholic Elementary School located in Riverdale, Bronx, in the Bronx, New York.St....
.

Also in the area are several pre-schools including the Riverdale Temple Nursery School, Spuyten Duyvil Preschool,, Kinneret Day School,, SAR Academy (Early Learning Center), Riverdale Nursery School and Family Center, and the Riverdale Presbyterian Church Nursery School.

Transportation

Riverdale Train Station 800
The northern terminal station
Terminal Station

Terminal Station is a 1953 in film English language film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman....
 of the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway
New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit....
 is located at the intersection of 242nd Street and Broadway
Broadway (New York City)

Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City. While New York has several other Broadways, in the context of the city it usually refers to the Manhattan street....
. The tracks and stations are elevated along Broadway in Kingsbridge. Riverdale is accessible from Kingsbridge and from Inwood by city bus lines that run throughout the Riverdale area. Metro-North
Metro-North Railroad

The Metro-North Commuter Railroad , trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, or, more commonly, Metro-North, is a suburban Regional rail service that is run and managed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority , an New York State public benefit corporations of New York State....
 commuter railroad service is available at the Spuyten Duyvil
Spuyten Duyvil (Metro-North station)

The Spuyten Duyvil Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Spuyten Duyvil, New York neighborhood of the Bronx, New York via the Hudson Line ....
 station, located underneath the Henry Hudson Parkway
Henry Hudson Parkway

The Henry Hudson Parkway is an long parkway in New York City. The southern terminus is at 72nd Street in Manhattan, where the parkway continues south as the West Side Highway....
 and alongside the shore of the Harlem River at Edsall Avenue. Metro-North service is also available at the Riverdale
Riverdale (Metro-North station)

The Riverdale Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Riverdale, New York neighborhood of the Bronx, New York via the Hudson Line ....
 station, located between West 254th Street and West 255th Street. The 242nd Street elevated subway station is served by the , while the Spuyten Duyvil and Riverdale railroad stations are served by the Hudson Line
Hudson Line (Metro-North)

Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line is a commuter rail line running north from New York City along the east shore of the Hudson River. Metro-North service ends at Poughkeepsie , with Amtrak's Empire Corridor trains continuing north to and beyond Albany ....
. Metro-North commuting time from the Spuyten Duyvil station to Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal ? often popularly called Grand Central Station or simply Grand Central ? is a Train station#Terminus at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City....
 in Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan, or simply Midtown, is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial zones such as Rockefeller Center, Broadway, and Times Square....
 is around 22 minutes.

Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
 can also be reached by MTA Bus Company
MTA Bus Company

MTA Bus Company is a service of MTA Regional Bus Operations used on routes previously controlled by the New York City Department of Transportation , and operated by private operators that provided service under contract to the NYCDOT....
's (formerly Liberty Lines) express routes
Express bus

File:TheBus TMC RTS .jpgAn express bus service is a bus service that is intended to run faster than normal bus services between the same two commuter points....
. By car, Riverdale is commonly reached by the Henry Hudson Parkway (Route 9A), which bisects much of the neighborhood. This major thoroughfare connects it to Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
 over the Henry Hudson Bridge
Henry Hudson Bridge

The Henry Hudson Bridge is a steel arch bridge toll bridge in New York City across the Spuyten Duyvil Creek, a tidal strait. It connects the Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx section of The Bronx with the northern end of Manhattan to the south....
 to the south. One can also drive between Manhattan and Riverdale via the Broadway Bridge, which is on Broadway, by the Harlem River.

Historical Significance

The rich history of portions of Riverdale has led to the creation, by unanimous vote, of the Riverdale Historic District. The exact area is bound roughly by 252nd and 254th Streets and Palisade and Independence Avenues. Leland Weintraub, the commissioner who moved for the district's creation, noted that "most of the features commonly associated with the American romantic suburb of the mid-19th century," including "a picturesque site, landscaping and architecture; connection to the city by accessible transportation and a layout adapted to the topography" are present in the area.

Notable residents

  • Sean Altman (born 1961), musician, songwriter and founder of Rockapella
    Rockapella

    Rockapella is an United States a cappella musical group. They were best known for their series of Folgers commercials and their participation on the long-running PBS Kids geography game show, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? , as well with the show's Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? ....
    .
  • William Henry Appleton
    William Henry Appleton

    William Henry Appleton was an United States publisher, eldest son and successor of Daniel Appleton. He was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts; he married the former Mary Moody Worthen in 1844....
     (1814-1899), publisher, lived at Wave Hill
    Wave Hill (New York)

    Wave Hill is a 28 acre estate, consisting of public gardens and a cultural center, in New York City, USA. It is situated on the slopes overlooking the Hudson River and the New Jersey Pallisades, within New York City's wealthy Riverdale, The Bronx neighborhood, which is part of the Bronx....
    .
  • Béla Bartók
    Béla Bartók

    B?la Viktor J?nos Bart?k was a Hungarian people composer and pianist, considered to be one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of ethnomusicology....
     (1881-1945), composer and pianist, lived at 3242 Cambridge Avenue.
  • Justin Fornal
    Baron ambrosia

    Baron Ambrosia is the alter-ego of Bronx based underground filmmaker Justin Fornal. The character is a self-proclaimed 'quaffer of culinary consciousness' and travels around the world documenting lesser known cultures and cuisines....
    , film director.
  • Rudolf Bing (1902-1997), former General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera
    Metropolitan Opera

    The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880, is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Peter Gelb is the company's general manager and James Levine is music director....
    . lived at the Hebrew Home for the Aged from 1989 until his death.
  • Jonathan Brewster Bingham
    Jonathan Brewster Bingham

    Jonathan Brewster Bingham was an United States politician and diplomat. He was the US delegate to the United Nations General Assemblies and was elected to Congress....
     (1914-1986), member of the House of Representatives for Riverdale and other sections of the Bronx from 1965 to 1983, for whom a segment of Independence Avenue north of 5000 Independence Avenue, his home with June Rossbach Bingham (later June Bingham Birge,) has been named.
  • June Bingham Birge (1919-2007), author and playwright.
  • Ron Blomberg
    Ron Blomberg

    Ronald Mark Blomberg , nicknamed Boomer, is a former Major League Baseball designated hitter, first baseman, and right fielder. Along with being the first designated hitter in Major League Baseball history, he played for the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox , and he was the manager of the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox in the Israel Baseba...
     (born 1948), first DH in baseball history, former NY Yankee, lived at the Whitehall (3333 Henry Hudson Parkway).
  • Ted Brown
    Ted Brown (radio)

    Ted Brown , was a charismatic radio personality who worked at several stations in New York City including WEPN, WNEW and WNBC during the 1950s and 1960s, the golden age of AM radio....
     (1924-2005), charismatic radio personality, worked at several stations in New York City including WMGM, WNEW and WNBC.
  • Chris Chambliss
    Chris Chambliss

    Carroll Christopher Chambliss is a retired Major League Baseball player who played from to for the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves....
     (born 1948), former Yankee first baseman and hitting coach.
  • Yvonne De Carlo
    Yvonne De Carlo

    Yvonne De Carlo was a Canada-born United States film and television actor, dancer and singer. In her six decades of television, Her most prolific appearances in film came in the 1940s and 1950s, and included her best known film roles, such as Salome Where She Danced and The Ten Commandments , opposite Charlton Heston....
     (1922-2007), movie and television actress, lived at the Whitehall.
  • Joey Donovan, (1967-, birth name Joey Reynolds), founder and president of Ad Astra Radio; nationally broadcast radio talk show host, lived at 2800-2810 Bailey Avenue from 1967-75.
  • Seth Farber
    Seth Farber

    Seth Farber is a Modern Orthodox rabbi and historian in Israel, best known for his work helping Jews navigate the Israeli religious bureaucracy....
    , rabbi and historian.
  • Fernando Ferrer
    Fernando Ferrer

    Fernando James "Freddy" Ferrer was the Borough President of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001, and was a candidate for Mayor of New York in 2001 and the Democratic Party nominee for Mayor in 2005....
     (born 1950), former Bronx Borough President
    Borough president

    Borough President is an elective office in each of the five borough of New York City....
    .
  • Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Fitzgerald

    Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as "Jazz royalty" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century....
     (1917-1996), jazz singer, lived at the Colored Orphan Asylum in Riverdale.
  • Julio Franco
    Julio Franco

    Julio C?sar Robles Franco is a retired Major League Baseball infielder. In , Franco was the oldest active player in the major leagues at the age of 49....
     (born 1958), former New York Mets first basemen, lived in the Century.
  • Sidney Frey (1920-1968), Audio Fidelity Records
    Audio Fidelity Records

    The small record company Audio Fidelity Records released the first commercial stereophonic disc in November 1957. Sidney Frey , founder and president, had Westrex cut a disk for release before any of the major record labels....
    , producer of the first stereo record, lived at Highpoint.
  • Fred W. Friendly
    Fred W. Friendly

    Fred W. Friendly was the former president of CBS and the creator, with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program See It Now....
     (1915-1998), former president of CBS News
    CBS News

    CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports....
    , lived at 4614 Fieldston Road.
  • Lou Gehrig
    Lou Gehrig

    Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig , born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig, was an United States Major League Baseball player in the 1920s and 1930s, chiefly remembered for his prowess as a hitter and the longevity of his consecutive games played record, and the pathos of his tearful farewell from baseball at age 36, when he was stricken with a fatal...
     (1903-1941), New York Yankees
    New York Yankees

    The New York Yankees are a professional baseball based in the Borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York and are a member of the American League East of Major League Baseball's American League....
     baseball star, lived at 5204 Delafield Avenue.
  • Jordan Gelber
    Jordan Gelber

    Jordan Gelber is an American actor....
    , actor who inaugurated the role of "Brian" in the Broadway production of Avenue Q
    Avenue Q

    Avenue Q is a Musical theatre conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics, and directed by Jason Moore . The book is by Jeff Whitty....
    .
  • Desmond Harrington
    Desmond Harrington

    Desmond Harrington is an United States actor, who gained fame through movies like The Hole , Wrong Turn and Ghost Ship . He joined the cast of the Showtime series Dexter in its third season, which started September 2008....
     (born 1976), actor.
  • Nat Holman
    Nat Holman

    Nat Holman was one of the early pro basketball players and one of the game's most important innovators.Known for his exceptional ball-handling and his accurate shooting, Holman was a star player at New York University and an important part of the Original Celtics ....
     (1896-1995), innovative basketball player and CCNY coach; lived at the Hebrew Home for the Aged.
  • Charles Evans Hughes, III
    Charles Evans Hughes, III

    Charles Evans Hughes, III was an United States architect.Hughes was the grandson of Chief Justice and 1916 Republican Party President of the United States nominee Charles Evans Hughes and the son of Charles Evans Hughes, Jr., who served as United States Solicitor General, 1929-30 under President Herbert Hoover....
     (1915-1985), architect.
  • H. Stuart Hughes
    H. Stuart Hughes

    Henry Stuart Hughes was an United States historian, professor, and activism....
     (1916-1999), professor and activist.
  • Richard Joel (born 1950), President of Yeshiva University
    Yeshiva University

    Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a leading research institution, ranked 50th in the United States among national universities in 2008.....
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  • Laura Kam (born 1958), Israel advocate, Senior Adviser at the Israel Project
    Israel Project

    The Israel Project is a US-based 501 non-profit, non-government organization with offices in the USA and Israel, which states that is "devoted to educating the press and the public about Israel while promoting security, freedom and peace"....
    .
  • Eric Kandel (born 1929), Columbia University neuroscientist, winner of the Nobel Prize for his work on learning and memory.
  • Joan Bennett Kennedy
    Joan Bennett Kennedy

    Joan Bennett Kennedy is a former United States Model and the former wife of Massachusetts Ted Kennedy. After her divorce from Kennedy, she became a classical pianist and author....
     (born 1936), spouse of Senator Ted Kennedy
    Ted Kennedy

    Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy is the Senior Senator United States Senate from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party . In office since November 1962, Kennedy is the list of current United States Senators by seniority member of the Senate, after President pro tempore of the United States Senate Robert Byrd of West Virginia....
    .
  • John F. Kennedy
    John F. Kennedy

    John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F....
     (1917-1963), U.S. President, lived at 5040 Independence Avenue, across the street from Wave Hill
    Wave Hill (New York)

    Wave Hill is a 28 acre estate, consisting of public gardens and a cultural center, in New York City, USA. It is situated on the slopes overlooking the Hudson River and the New Jersey Pallisades, within New York City's wealthy Riverdale, The Bronx neighborhood, which is part of the Bronx....
    .
  • Bernard Kerik
    Bernard Kerik

    Bernard Bailey "Bernie" Kerik is a former American law-enforcement officer. Kerik was Police Commissioner of the City of New York from 2000 to 2001, under Mayor Rudy Giuliani....
     (born 1955), former New York City Police Commissioner
    New York City Police Commissioner

    The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department, appointed by the Mayor of New York City. Governor Theodore Roosevelt, in one of his final acts before becoming Vice President of the United States in March 1901, signed legislation replacing the Police Board and office of police chief with a single polic...
    .
  • Theodore Kheel, labor lawyer.
  • G. Oliver Koppell
    G. Oliver Koppell

    G. Oliver Koppell is a member of the New York City Council from District 11 in the Borough of The Bronx, covering the neighborhoods of Riverdale, Bronx, New York, Kingsbridge, Bronx, Woodlawn, Bronx, Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx, Norwood, Bronx, New York, and Bedford Park, Bronx, New York....
     (born 1940), member of the New York City Council
    New York City Council

    The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of the New York City. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs. The Council serves as balance of power against the List of mayors of New York City in a "strong" mayor-council government model....
    .
  • Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882-1947), Mayor of New York City during the 1930s and 1940s. He lived at 5020 Goodridge Avenue.
  • John L. Lahey
    John L. Lahey

    John L. Lahey is the president of Quinnipiac University.The son of Herbert and Caroline Lahey, he was raised in the Riverdale, Bronx section of the Bronx in New York City, where he attended and graduated from Fordham Preparatory School in 1964....
     (born 1946), president of Quinnipiac University
    Quinnipiac University

    Quinnipiac University is a private university, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in Hamden, Connecticut, Connecticut, at the foot of Sleeping Giant ....
    .
  • Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
    Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

    'Christopher Lehmann-Haupt' is an American journalist, critic and novelist who has worked in the field of books all of his professional career. He began as an editor for various New York City publishing houses, among them Holt, Rinehart and Winston and The Dial Press, from where he moved in 1965 to become an editor on The New York Times Boo...
     (born 1934), journalist, critic and novelist.
  • Timothy "Speed" Levitch (born 1970), tour guide and voice actor.
  • Jacob "Jack" J. Lew
    Jacob Lew

    Jacob "Jack" J. Lew is the United States Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources. Lew was previously the Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget from 1998 to 2001....
    , (born 1955) former Director of the U.S.
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
     OMB
    United States Office of Management and Budget

    The Office of Management and Budget is a United States Cabinet-level office, and is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States ....
    , and now [designate for] U.S.
    Federal government of the United States

    The Federal Government of the United States is the central current reigning United States governmental body, established by the United States Constitution....
     Deputy Secretary of State
  • Sal Maglie
    Sal Maglie

    Salvatore Anthony Maglie was a Major League Baseball player for the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, and St....
     (1917-1992), pitcher who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers
    Brooklyn Dodgers

    The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American baseball team based in Brooklyn, New York City, playing in the National League from 1890 until 1957. The team was first known as the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and later the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers before being shortened to the Brooklyn Dodgers....
    , New York Giants
    New York Giants

    The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The team plays its home games at Giants Stadium, which also serves as its headquarters, and trains at an adjacent practice facility within the Meadowlands Sports Complex....
    , and New York Yankees
    New York Yankees

    The New York Yankees are a professional baseball based in the Borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York and are a member of the American League East of Major League Baseball's American League....
     during his career.
  • Willie Mays (born 1931), baseball star, lives at The Whitehall.
  • Tim Morehouse
    Tim Morehouse

    Tim Morehouse is an United States fencing who won a Silver Medal competing in the men's sabre as a member of the Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing....
    , Olympic fencer.
  • Tracy Morgan
    Tracy Morgan

    Tracy Morgan is an American actor and comedian, best known on the television programs Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock....
     (born 1968), starred on Saturday Night Live
    Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live is a weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975....
     and appears in 30 Rock
    30 Rock

    30 Rock is an United States television comedy series created by Tina Fey that currently airs on NBC. The series takes place behind the scenes of a fictional Live television sketch comedy series depicted as airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the GE Building where NBC Studios is located and which has the address "30 Rockefeller Pla...
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  • Elie Nadelman
    Elie Nadelman

    Elie Nadelman was an American sculpture, drawing and collector of Polish birth....
     (1882-1946), Polish/American sculptor lived at the Alderbrook Estate on Independence Avenue near Wave Hill.
  • Philip Nadelman
    Philip Nadelman

    Philip Nadelman is an artist and musician. His artwork focuses on figure, landscape, mythology and daily life and has been exhibited in New York City art galleries and at the 7th Annual Boston International Fine Art Show, 2003 at the Boston Center for the Arts....
     (born 1955), accomplished songwriter and artist lives on Johnson Avenue, he is the grandson of Elie Nadelman the artist.
  • George Walbridge Perkins (1862–1920), first president of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission
    Palisades Interstate Park Commission

    Palisades Interstate Park and its creator, the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, was formed in 1900 by governors Theodore Roosevelt of New York and Foster M....
    .
  • Jennifer Raab
    Jennifer Raab

    Jennifer J. Raab is the 13th and current president of Hunter College of the City University of New York holding this position since June 2001. She is responsible for overseeing the functions of CUNY's largest college and its various affiliates such as the Hunter College High School for gifted students....
    , president of Hunter College
    Hunter College

    Hunter College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , located on Manhattan's Upper East Side....
    .
  • Ed Rendell
    Ed Rendell

    Edward Gene "Ed" Rendell is an Politics of the United States and Governor of Pennsylvania. Rendell, a member of the Democratic Party , was elected List of Governors of Pennsylvania of Pennsylvania in 2002, and his term of office began January 21, 2003....
     (born 1944), Governor of Pennsylvania.
  • Sugar Ray Robinson
    Sugar Ray Robinson

    Sugar Ray Robinson was a professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances at the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight....
     (1921-1989), said to be "pound for pound the best" boxer in history.
  • Theodore Roosevelt, Sr.
    Theodore Roosevelt, Sr.

    Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. was the father of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and the paternal grandfather of American first lady Eleanor Roosevelt....
     (1831-1878), banker and father of the U.S. President.
  • David Shapiro
    David Shapiro (poet)

    David Shapiro is an United States poet, literary critic, and art historian. Shapiro has written some twenty volumes of poetry, literary, and art criticism....
     (born 1947), poet and literary critic.
  • Carly Simon
    Carly Simon

    Carly Elisabeth Simon is an United States singer-songwriter, actress, writer of children's books and musician. Simon has risen to fame with Hit single that have nominated or won many Grammy Awards for her over a period of several decades....
     (born 1945), singer/songwriter, lived in Fieldston.
  • Joanna Simon (born 1940), Mezzo-soprano.
  • Lucy Simon
    Lucy Simon

    Lucy Simon is the older sister of musician Carly Simon. She began her professional career at the age of sixteen as a duo with sister Carly. Lucy Simon made her Broadway theatre debut as the composer of The Secret Garden , for which she was nominated for a 1991 Tony Award for Best Original Score and a 1991 Drama Desk Award for Outstandin...
     (born 1943), composer.
  • Richard L. Simon
    Richard L. Simon

    Richard Leo Simon was an American businessman, the co-founder of the publishing house Simon & Schuster.Born in New York City, his brother was music critic and author George T....
     (1899-1960), co-founder of Simon & Schuster
    Simon & Schuster

    Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster....
    .
  • Eliot Spitzer
    Eliot Spitzer

    Eliot Laurence Spitzer is an United States lawyer and former politician of the Democratic Party . He served as Governor of New York from January 2007 until his resignation on March 17, 2008 in the wake of his involvement in a high-priced prostitution ring....
     (born 1959), Former Governor of New York, was born in Riverdale.
  • Ed Sullivan
    Ed Sullivan

    Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan was an United States entertainment writer and television host, best known as the presenter of a popular TV variety show called The Ed Sullivan Show that was at its height of popularity in the 1950s and 1960s....
     (1901-1974), television personality, lived at the Whitehall.
  • U Thant
    U Thant

    U Thant was a Burma diplomat and the third United Nations Secretary General of the United Nations, from 1961 to 1971. He was chosen for the post when his predecessor Dag Hammarskj?ld was killed in an aviation accidents and incidents in September 1961....
     (1909-1974), former United Nations Secretary-General
    United Nations Secretary-General

    The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. The Secretary-General also acts as the de facto spokesperson and leader of the United Nations....
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  • Kool Keith
    Kool Keith

    Keith Matthew Thornton, better known by his stage name Kool Keith, is an United States rapping. A founding member of Ultramagnetic MCs, Kool Keith has also recorded extensively both as a solo artist and under multiple aliases....
     Thornton (born 1964), prolific hip-hop artist and founding member of the Ultramagnetic MCs
    Ultramagnetic MCs

    The Ultramagnetic MC's is a Hip hop music group made up of Kool Keith, Ced Gee, TR Love, and Moe Love. Tim Dog became an unofficial member in 1989....
    .
  • Richard Tofel
    Richard Tofel

    Richard Tofel is the president and chief operating officer of the International Freedom Center. Mr. Tofel took over that position in October 2004....
    , president and CEO of the International Freedom Center
    International Freedom Center

    The International Freedom Center was a proposed museum to be located adjacent to the site of Ground Zero at the former World Trade Center in New York City, United States....
    .
  • Arturo Toscanini
    Arturo Toscanini

    Arturo Toscanini was an Italian people conductor. One of the most acclaimed musicians of the late 19th and 20th Centuries, he was renowned for his brilliant intensity, his restless perfectionism, his phenomenal ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his photographic memory....
     (1867-1957), Conductor, lived at Wave Hill.
  • Mark Twain
    Mark Twain

    Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an United Statesmerican author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer....
     (1835-1910), author, lived at Wave Hill from 1901 to 1903.
  • Steven Tyler
    Steven Tyler

    Steven Victor Tallarico , better known as Steven Tyler, is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known for his work as the lead singer and primary lyricist of Boston, Massachusetts-based rock band Aerosmith....
     (born 1948), American musician and songwriter (Aerosmith
    Aerosmith

    Aerosmith is an United States hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston, Massachusetts" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band"....
    ), lived in Netherland Gardens.
  • Abe Vigoda
    Abe Vigoda

    Abraham Charles "Abe" Vigoda is an United States movie and television actor. He's best known for his portrayal of Salvatore Tessio in the 1972 film The Godfather, and for his role as Detective Sgt....
     (born 1921), movie and television actor.
  • Alexander S. Webb
    Alexander S. Webb

    Alexander Stewart Webb was a career United States Army officer and a Union Army general in the American Civil War who won the Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg....
     (1835-1911), Union Army
    Union Army

    The Union Army was the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S....
     general who was awarded the Medal of Honor
    Medal of Honor

    The Medal of Honor is the highest Awards and decorations of the United States military awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed on a member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action...
    .
  • Avi Weiss
    Avi Weiss

    Rabbi Avraham Weiss is an United States Modern Orthodox Judaism rabbi who heads the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in The Bronx, New York. He is an author, teacher, lecturer, and activist....
     (born 1944), activist Modern Orthodox Rabbi.
  • Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
    Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

    Rosalyn Sussman Yalow is an United States medicine physics, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her development of the radioimmunoassay technique....
     (born 1921), Nobel Laureate.


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