Belmont, Bronx
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| Neighborhood of the Bronx | |
Arthur Avenue streetscape
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| Coordinates: 40°51′19″N 73°53′11″W / 40.8552778°N 73.8863889°WCoordinates: 40°51′19″N 73°53′11″W / 40.8552778°N 73.8863889°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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 New York
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| City | New York City |
| Borough | Bronx |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.23 km2 (0.476 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 27,378 |
| • Density | 22,000/km2 (58,000/sq mi) |
| Economics | |
| • Median income | $26,790 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Hispanic | 58.2% |
| • Black | 18.5% |
| • White | 19.7% |
| • Asian | 2.3% |
| • Others |
1.4% The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 19.7% (5,381) White, 18.5% (5,059) African American, 0.1% (38) Native American, 2.3% (620) Asian, 0.1% (18) Pacific Islander, 0.3% (84) from other races, and 0.9% (249) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 58.2% (15,929) of the population. |
| ZIP codes | 10457, 10458, 10460 |
| Area code | 718, 347, 646 |
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Belmont is a primarily residential neighborhood geographically located in the northwestern corner of the southern Bronx in New York City. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are Fordham Road to the north, Bronx Park to the east, East 183rd Street to the south, and Third Avenue to the west. These boundaries give the neighborhood a crescent-like shape. The neighborhood is noted for its "close-knit community" and "small town feel," and as a result of its cultural history and wide array of Italian businesses, is widely known as the "Little Italy of the Bronx."
Arthur Avenue, a street noted for its prominent local restaurants and markets, is the primary thoroughfare through Belmont. Zip codes include 10457, 10458 and 10460. The area is patrolled by the New York City Police Department 48th Precinct located at 450 Cross-Bronx Expressway in East Tremont. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 6.
The Belmont section of the Bronx, during colonial times, was covered in farmland much like the rest of the western Bronx, and was the province of the Lorillard family, for whom a street is named. After moving its tobacco operations to the Central Bronx from Lower Manhattan in the late 18th century, the family greatly expanded its property in the area, with its land known as the Belmont estate. But after the Lorillards decamped for New Jersey in 1870, the city acquired part of their land for Bronx Park; another section was divided into the streets that form Belmont today.
In the mid-1880s, a large influx Irish and German immigrants began moving into the neighborhood. The neighborhood became very dense after the construction of the Third Avenue El.
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