What Bronx neighborhood is this? (White Plains, Pelham: crimes, houses, neighborhoods)

[MikefromCT]

I was visiting friends in the city over the weekend. On Sunday morning, a friend and I went to the Bronx Zoo. We took the No. 2 subway and got off at the Bronx Park stop on the eastern side. We ended up walking what must have been about a half mile before we got into the zoo entrance. I forget what street we walked but on the side were cars parked on the curb. Almost every single one of them had a smashed window. Not the best area but we didn't didn't feel threatened, even though were the only two people walking the street toward the zoo. Does anyone know this area at all? I had never been here before and I'm curious what neighborhood this is.

Is there a map anywhere online or elsewhere that outlines the Bronx neighborhoods?

[DAS]

The NYC Dept of City Planning has neighborhood maps for all 5 boros.

[DoubleXAs]

If I had to say, I'd say Belmont.

[analyticalkeys]

I thought the zoo was in Fordham/Tremont?

[bmwguydc]

Did you exit the station and walk up to Fordham Road with the parkland to your left? If so, that was the Bronxdale area, where it meets Morris Park by Mercy College. White Plains Road lies to the east, and

All along that stretch, the roads dead end, or are bordered on one side by the train tracks and/or parks, with the Bronx River Parkway cutting through to the east of the Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Some are removed from houses, and hence, there is a tendency for more property crimes in such areas.

[DoubleXAs]

Originally Posted by analyticalkeys

I thought the zoo was in Fordham/Tremont?

Nope. East Tremont is up to 183rd. And Fordham is more to the west. Tremont (Mt Hope) is under Fordham.

[Minus]

Where's West Farms? I thought the zoo was in West Farms for some reason, but I don't know the Bronx that well.

[el luchador]

Wouldn't be Belmont. Belmont is on the West of the Zoo. To the east would be allerton/pelham parkway/boston rd area.

[rlrl]

The Bronxdale/Van Nest area, definitely declined but certainly not the worst area either

[sobrodude]

I don't believe for 1 second that this poster walked for half a mile and "just about every car had its window smashed." Clearly this person is seriously exaggerating and asserting something that is blatantly untrue. Please provide me with where exactly you walked and I will go there personally looking for the rows and rows of smashed windows...it ain't there bub. Regarding the neighborhood you walked through, if you get off on Bronx Park exit off the Bronx Zoo it leaved you right on the zoo. It sounds like you walked half a mile because you had no idea where you were going. The nieghborhood itself is Bronx Park, although it is basically a border neighborhood of Van Nest and Pelham Parkway West.