Parkchester, Bronx
Parkchester | |
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The towers-in-the-park layout of Parkchester | |
Location in New York City | |
| Coordinates: 40°50′20″N 73°51′36″W / 40.839°N 73.86°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| City | New York City |
| Borough | The Bronx |
| Community District | The Bronx 9 |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.329 sq mi (0.85 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 33,602 |
| • Density | 100,000/sq mi (39,000/km2) |
| Economics | |
| • Median income | $61,261 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Hispanic | 33.0% |
| • Black | 35.1% |
| • White | 2.7% |
| • Asian | 25.4% |
| • Others | 3.8% |
| ZIP Codes | 10462, 10460, 10461 |
| Area code | 718, 347, 929, and 917 |
| Website | www |
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Parkchester is a planned community and neighborhood originally developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and located in the east Bronx, New York City. The immediate surrounding area also takes its name from the complex. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are East Tremont Avenue to the north, Castle Hill Avenue to the east, Westchester Avenue to the south, East 177th Street/Cross Bronx Expressway to the southwest, and White Plains Road to the west. Metropolitan Avenue, Unionport Road, and White Plains Road are the primary thoroughfares through Parkchester.
The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community District 9 and is mostly located within ZIP Code 10462, with small sections in 10460 and 10461. The 6 and <6> trains of the New York City Subway operate along Westchester Avenue. The neighborhood is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 43rd Precinct. The privately owned housing complex is patrolled by the Parkchester Department of Public Safety.