20th century Timeline of the Bronx

1 20th century

1.1 1900s-1910s
1.2 1920s-1940s
1.3 1950s-1990s

20th century
1900s-1910s

1901 - first city island bridge opens.
1904 - irt subway begins operating.
1905

new york public library mott haven branch opens.
bronx society of arts , sciences founded.[1]
145th street bridge opens.


1906

jerome park reservoir built.
the 52nd police precinct station house , stable completed.


1907 - bronx home news begins publication.
1908 - pelham bridge opens.
1909

grand concourse begins operating.
john f. murray becomes borough president.


1910 - cyrus c. miller becomes borough president.
1911 - bronx hospital established.
1912

bronx county created (effected in 1914).
design of bronx flag adopted.


1913

montefiore medical center moves current location in norwood neighborhood of bronx.
bronx opera house opens.


1914

bronx board of trade established.
october 28: birth of jonas salk.
kingsbridge armory built.
douglas mathewson becomes borough president.
francis w. martin takes office first bronx county district attorney.


1916 - radio 2xg begins broadcasting.
1917 - bronx terminal market built.

portions of irt jerome avenue line opened.


1918

bronx rotary club formed.
henry bruckner becomes borough president.
irt jerome avenue line opened.
portions of irt pelham line opened.
the bronx international exposition of science, arts , industries takes place in exposition park (starlight park)



1920s-1940s

1920

population: 732,016.
final part of irt pelham line opened.


1921 - may: bronx board of trade honors james l. wells father of bronx .
1922 - manhattan college moves riverdale section of bronx.
1923 - yankee stadium opens.
1924 - andrew freedman home opens.
1925 - bronx river parkway built.
1927 - amalgamated dwellings housing project built.
1928 - alexander s department store in business.
1929

loew s paradise theatre in business.
june 26: birth of jules feiffer.


1930

loehmann s shop in business.
population: 1,265,258.


1931

hunter college bronx campus opens.
stella d oro bakery in business.


monroe college established in west farms section of bronx.
1933 - ind concourse line opens.
1934

james j. lyons becomes borough president (in office until 1962).
bronx county courthouse built.


1935 - construction of mosholu parkway begins.
1936 - triboro bridge , henry hudson bridge open.
1937

united states post office–bronx central annex built.
bronx county jail built.
mosholu parkway completed.
williamsbridge oval park opened.


1938

bronx high school of science established.
suny maritime college moves present throggs neck campus in fort schuyler.


1939 - bronx-whitestone bridge opens.
1940

bronx press-review newspaper begins publication.
april 25: birth of al pacino.


1941

irt dyre avenue line opens.
casa amadeo music store opens.


1948 - remaining streetcars of third avenue railway replaced buses.
1949 - kingsbridge historical society formed.

1950s-1990s

1950

patterson houses built.
riverdale press newspaper founded.


1951 - bronx river houses built.
1953

liebman s deli in business.
albert einstein college of medicine established.


1955

deegan expressway , cross bronx expressway begin operating.
bronx county historical society established.


1956 - third avenue railway purchased new york city omnibus corporation.
1957 - bronx community college established.
1959 - original products botánica active.
1960

loeser s deli in business.
first coronary artery bypass surgery performed @ albert einstein college of medicine-bronx municipal hospital center.


1961 - throgs neck bridge opens.
1962

bronx-lebanon hospital center established.
joseph f. periconi becomes borough president.
bus operator new york city omnibus corporation goes bankrupt , operations taken on manhattan , bronx surface transit operating authority.
the bronx council on arts established.


1965 - november 9: northeast blackout of 1965.
1966 - herman badillo becomes borough president.
1967

city university of new york s lehman college established.
hunts point terminal market opens.


1968

museum of bronx history opens.
savage 7 street gang formed.
hostos community college established.


1969 - graffitist taki 183 active.

** bronx borough hall demolished.


1970

co-op city housing complex built.
robert abrams becomes boro president.
population: 1,471,701.


1971 - bronx museum of arts established.
1972 - bronxworks human service organization founded.
1973 - hip hop disc jockey kool herc active; universal zulu nation founded.
1974

northwest bronx community , clergy coalition formed.
hip hop disc jockeys afrika bambaataa, grandmaster caz, , grandmaster flash active.


1975 - bronx news newspaper founded.
1976 - city island nautical museum opens.
1977

july 13–14: new york city blackout of 1977.
october: u.s. president visits south bronx.
rock steady crew musical group formed.


1978

disco fever dance club active.
royal caribbean bakery in business.
robert garcía becomes u.s. representative new york s 21st congressional district.
fashion moda art space active.


1979

stanley simon becomes borough president.
cold crush brothers musical group active.


1981 - bronx times-reporter newspaper founded.
1982

bathgate industrial park opened
hostos center arts & culture, performing arts , visual arts center in hostos community college opens.


1983 - baen books, science fiction , fantasy publishing house formed.
1984 - shooting of eleanor bumpurs police.
1987

inner city press founded.
fernando ferrer becomes borough president.


1988

norwood news begins publication.
conviction of wedtech scandal participants.


1989 - offices of riverdale press firebombed
1990 - josé e. serrano becomes u.s. representative new york s 18th congressional district.
1991 - concourse plaza multiplex cinema in business.
1992 - mothers on move group formed.[2]
1993 - riverdale review newspaper begins publication.
1994 - death of anthony baez
1995 - per scholas, educational nonprofit organization established.
1996 - la division 21 botánica active.
1999 - february 5: shooting of amadou diallo.
2000

bronx preparatory charter school established.
ghetto film school active.[3]






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