A) Community District 12 B) Community District 7 C) Community District 1 D) Community District 8
A) Brooklyn B) Staten Island C) Manhattan D) Queens
A) The Bronx River B) The Hudson River C) The Harlem River D) The East River
A) The Empire State Building B) The Brooklyn Bridge C) Central Park D) Yankee Stadium
A) Fordham Road B) Grand Concourse C) East 149th Street D) Gun Hill Road
A) Belmont B) Port Morris C) The Hub D) Mott Haven
A) The Hutchinson River Parkway B) The Cross Bronx Expressway C) The Major Deegan Expressway D) The Bruckner Expressway
A) Community District 12 B) Community District 7 C) Community District 6 D) Community District 8
A) Highbridge B) University Heights C) The Hub D) Crotona Park East
A) The Bronx Children’s Museum B) The American Museum of Natural History C) The Metropolitan Museum of Art D) The Guggenheim
A) Bedford Park B) Longwood C) Mott Haven D) Hunts Point
A) Eastern Bronx B) Central Bronx C) South Bronx D) Northwestern Bronx
A) Lincoln Hospital B) Montefiore Medical Center C) Bellevue Hospital D) Mount Sinai
A) West Farms B) Belmont C) Riverdale D) Woodlawn Heights
A) East River B) Harlem River C) Hudson River D) Bronx River
A) Queens County B) Westchester County C) Bergen County D) Nassau County
A) Bergen County, New Jersey B) Nassau County C) Westchester County D) New York County
A) 1880 B) 1895 C) 1874 D) 1900
A) 1874 B) 1895 C) 1885 D) 1905
A) Pelham Parkway B) Bronx River Parkway C) Fordham Road D) Jerome Avenue
A) Pelham Parkway B) Eastchester Road C) Fordham Road D) Jerome Avenue
A) South B) West C) North D) East
A) The eastern border B) The southern border C) The northern border D) A longitudinal halfway point
A) Three B) One C) Two D) Four
A) 42 square miles B) 57 square miles C) 15 square miles D) 75 square miles
A) 42% B) 15% C) 57% D) 27%
A) Hart Island B) Marble Hill C) City Island D) Rikers Island
A) 280 feet B) 150 feet C) 85 feet D) 400 feet
A) John Bronx B) Anne Hutchinson C) Peter Stuyvesant D) William Pelham
A) Long Island Sound B) Harlem River C) Hudson River D) East River
A) Hart Island B) City Island C) Marble Hill D) Throggs Neck
A) Schist B) Gneiss C) Feldspar D) Marble
A) 15 square miles B) 42 square miles C) 75 square miles D) 57 square miles
A) 500,000 B) 100,000 C) 1.3 million D) 200,000
A) 592,185 B) 200,000 C) 1 million D) 1.3 million
A) 1950–1985 B) 1980–2000 C) 1900–1929 D) 1930–1945
A) The Gold Rush B) The Tech Bubble C) The Great Depression D) The Industrial Revolution
A) From low-income to high-income B) Remained stable C) From rural to urban elite D) From moderate-income to lower-income
A) Late 1980s B) Early 1920s C) Late 1990s D) Early 1950s
A) Heavy industrial factories B) Small farms C) Large apartment complexes D) Military bases
A) Horse-drawn carriages B) Buses C) Ferries D) The subway system
A) Textile production B) Automobile production C) Steel forging D) Piano manufacturing
A) 5,000 B) 20 C) 100 D) 63
A) 10,000 B) More than 5,000 C) Less than 1,000 D) Exactly 500
A) 1904 B) 1918 C) 1950 D) 1930
A) Jewish Americans B) Polish Americans C) Irish Americans D) German Americans
A) 592,185 B) 54,000 C) 1.3 million D) 200,000
A) Expanded into museums B) Abandoned entirely C) Converted to other uses D) Destroyed by fire
A) Siwanoy B) Iroquois C) Munsee D) Mohawk
A) 1759 B) 1693 C) 1639 D) 1846
A) Jacobus Dyckman B) Frederick Philipse C) Pierre Lorillard D) Benjamin Palmer
A) 1693 B) 1874 C) 1895 D) 1759
A) 1873 B) 1855 C) 1896 D) 1846
A) Pierre Lorillard B) Benjamin Palmer C) Jacobus Dyckman D) Jordan L. Mott
A) St. Raymond's Cemetery B) Calvary Cemetery C) Ferncliff Cemetery D) Woodlawn Cemetery
A) 1894 B) 1896 C) 1895 D) 1898
A) 1912 B) 1898 C) 1914 D) 1895
A) 1914 B) 1874 C) 1898 D) 1912
A) The Bronx Borough President B) The New York City Council C) United States Postal Service D) The Bronx County Historical Society
A) A naming contest held in 1898 B) A description of the local landscape C) Visiting the settler's family D) A reference to a local bridge
A) At the beginning of a sentence B) Whenever the word is spoken C) Never, under any circumstances D) Only in mailing addresses
A) Not capitalizing the 'i' in 'Island of Manhattan' B) Not capitalizing the 's' in 'Staten Island' C) Not capitalizing the 'b' in 'Brooklyn Bridge' D) Not capitalizing the 'e' in 'East River'
A) It is omitted B) It is placed at the end C) It is lowercase D) It is always capitalized
A) John Bronx B) The Mayor of New York C) Lloyd Ultan D) The Postmaster General
A) Keskeskeck B) New Netherland C) Aquahung D) Rananchqua
A) William Bronk B) Jonas Bronck C) Pieter Bronck D) Brian G. Andersson
A) New Haarlem B) Keskeskeck C) Rananchqua D) Emmaus
A) 500 acres B) 1000 acres C) 200 acres D) 50 acres
A) William Bronk B) Brian G. Andersson C) Jonas Bronck D) Siwanoy
A) William Bronk B) Pieter Bronck C) Brian G. Andersson D) Jonas Bronck
A) Netherlands B) Sweden C) Germany D) England
A) No relation B) Nephew or cousin C) Father and son D) Brother
A) 35 B) 60 C) 42 D) 50
A) Mohawk B) Iroquois C) Lenape D) Cherokee
A) About a quarter B) About ten percent C) About half D) About a third
A) Fifth B) First C) Second D) Third
A) 1940-1950 B) 1930-1960 C) 1920-1933 D) 1910-1920
A) Moderate and upper income non-Hispanic Whites B) Middle-class Hispanic families C) Low-income immigrant laborers D) Affluent retirees
A) Marble Hill Apartments B) The Cross Bronx Expressway C) The Bronx Courthouse D) Co-op City
A) Central and western sections B) The South Bronx C) Eastern and northwestern sections D) Southwestern and southern sections
A) Robert Moses B) Peter J. McQuillan C) Robert Caro D) Richard Enright
A) Redlining B) Urban renewal C) Planned shrinkage D) Gentrification
A) 20% B) 40% C) 60% D) 80%
A) Ten-Year Housing Plan B) South Bronx Recovery Program C) Five-Year Infrastructure Plan D) Urban Renewal Act
A) Bronx Renewal Group B) Nos Quedamos C) South Bronx Housing Alliance D) City Neighborhood Project
A) Construction cranes B) Window decals C) Potted plants D) Drawn curtains
A) Kingsbridge Armory B) Grand Concourse Armory C) Bronx County Armory D) South Bronx Armory
A) John Mullaly B) Robert Moses C) George W. Perkins D) Frederick Law Olmsted
A) 1863 B) 1888 C) 1904 D) 1865
A) Hemlock forest B) Chestnut forest C) Pine forest D) Oak forest
A) A zoological garden B) A botanical garden C) A racetrack D) A cemetery
A) 1888 B) 1904 C) 2006 D) 1863
A) 300 B) 70 C) 7,000 D) 28
A) Dutch Elm Disease B) Emerald Ash Borer C) Hemlock Woolly Adelgid D) Chestnut Blight
A) Under Mosholu Golf Course B) Under the Bronx Zoo C) Under Orchard Beach D) Under Wave Hill
A) 68 B) 69 C) 49 D) 61
A) The New York Times B) Mayor's Community Assistance Unit C) Department of City Planning D) Hagstrom
A) Hagstrom B) Manny Fernandez C) Pelham Bay D) Adolfo Carrión Jr.
A) 10 B) 9 C) 11 D) 12
A) Large public housing complexes B) High-rise apartments C) Seafood restaurants D) Industrial factories |