Hidden New York
ENES

The Bronx

12 lesser-known places in The Bronx, with history, curiosities, a map and tours nearby.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

12 places

Bartow-Pell Mansion, the Greek Revival manor house in Pelham Bay Park, the Bronx
Historic house

Bartow-Pell Mansion

Bartow-Pell Mansion · a Greek Revival manor hidden in the Bronx woods

Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, the small wooden house in the Bronx where the poet lived
Historic house

Edgar Allan Poe Cottage

Poe Cottage · where Poe wrote “Annabel Lee” in the Bronx

South gate of Fort Schuyler on Throggs Neck in the Bronx
Island, fort & lighthouse

Fort Schuyler

Fort Schuyler · a brick coastal fort that became a college

The open-air colonnade of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on the Bronx Community College campus
Tunnel, bridge & industry

Hall of Fame for Great Americans

Hall of Fame for Great Americans · a colonnade of bronze busts

Hart Island in the Bronx seen across the water of Long Island Sound
Island, fort & lighthouse

Hart Island

Hart Island · New York City’s public cemetery off the Bronx

Old printed illustration of the Heine monument from a Jewish encyclopedia
Tunnel, bridge & industry

Lorelei Fountain

Lorelei Fountain · the marble monument no German city wanted

The Lorillard Snuff Mill, a stone building beside the Bronx River
Tunnel, bridge & industry

Lorillard Snuff Mill

Lorillard Snuff Mill · oldest tobacco factory building in the U.S.

Snowy egret with breeding plumes, one of the wading birds of the East River islands
Island, fort & lighthouseFilmed here

North Brother Island

North Brother Island · abandoned quarantine hospital in the East River

Baroque terracotta facade of the Loew’s Paradise Theater on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx
Tunnel, bridge & industry

Paradise Theater

Paradise Theater · a Baroque 1929 movie palace in the Bronx

Snowy egret showing its white plumage, one of the wading birds that nest on South Brother Island
Island, fort & lighthouse

South Brother Island

South Brother Island · a closed East River island for herons

Stone facade of the Van Cortlandt House in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx
Historic house

Van Cortlandt House Museum

Van Cortlandt House Museum · 1749 Georgian house in a Bronx park

The north gate of Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx
Cemetery & worshipFilmed here

Woodlawn Cemetery

Woodlawn Cemetery · 400 acres of mausoleums and famous graves