Parkchester, Bronx
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| Neighborhood of The Bronx | |
The towers in the park layout of Parkchester
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| Coordinates: 40°50′20″N 73°51′37″W / 40.8390°N 73.8604°WCoordinates: 40°50′20″N 73°51′37″W / 40.8390°N 73.8604°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New York
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| City |
 New York City
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| Borough |
 Bronx
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| Area | |
| • Total | 0.96 km2 (0.370 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 29,821 |
| • Density | 31,000/km2 (81,000/sq mi) |
| Economics | |
| • Median income | $41,075 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Hispanic | 38.1% |
| • Black | 42.8% |
| • White | 3.7% |
| • Asian | 12.5% |
| • Others | 2.9% |
| ZIP codes | 10462 |
| Area code | 718, 347, 646 |
Parkchester is a planned community originally developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and located in the southeast Bronx, New York City. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 9. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are East Tremont Avenue to the north, Castle Hill Avenue to the east, the Cross-Bronx Expressway-Westchester Avenue to the south (Westchester Avenue is the southern border east of Metropolitan Avenue), and White Plains Road to the west. Metropolitan Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Parkchester. The 6 <6> trains of the New York City Subway operate along Westchester Avenue. The local ZIP code is 10462. The area is patrolled by the NYPD's 43rd Precinct located at 900 Fteley Avenue in Soundview. New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) property in the area is patrolled by PSA 8 at 2794 Randall Avenue in Throggs Neck.
The housing development has the same origins as Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village, and Riverton Houses in Manhattan, which were also originally developed and owned by MetLife. The name was later unofficially applied to the entire neighborhood surrounding the apartment complex. The name "Parkchester" itself was derived from the two neighborhoods on each side of the site of the housing development — Park Versailles and Westchester Heights.
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