The Bronx

The Bronx is New York City's northernmost borough. It is the only one of the city's five boroughs situated on the United States mainland rather than on an island. It was named for Jonas Bronck, a sea captain and resident of the mid-1600s.

Sourced

• Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning.
  • Jonathan Mahler, title of book

• My name is Benny Blanco from the Bronx. - You know me?
  • Film Carlito's Way (1993)

Unsourced

• Apparently the Bronx at one time was a very substantial neighborhood. They used to have the Yankee Stadium and the other one was called the The Polo Grounds.
  • Sean Connery

• I'm just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.
  • Ace Frehley

• My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.
  • Tony Curtis

• Ne cede malis
  • Translation: Do not give way to evil.
  • Official Bronx motto

• The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx.
  • Jose Serrano

• When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get fed up too easily.
  • Daniel Libeskind