Timeline of the Bronx

Prior to 20th century

1866 - St Barnabas Hospital founded.[1]

1884 - Montefiore Medical Center founded.

1891 - New York Botanical Garden established.

1894 - Bronx Chamber of Commerce founded.

1895 - Van Cortlandt Park public golf course opens.

1897

Morris High School opens.

Jahn's ice cream parlor in business.

1898

January 1: The Bronx established as a borough in the City of Greater New York.

Louis M. Haffen becomes boro president.

Lincoln School for Nurses founded.

1899 - Bronx Zoo opens.

1900s-1940s

1904 - IRT subway begins operating.

1905

New York Public Library Mott Haven branch opens.

Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences founded.[2]

1906 - Jerome Park Reservoir built.

1907 - The Bronx Home News begins publication.

1909

Grand Concourse begins operating.

John F. Murray becomes boro president.

1910 - Cyrus C. Miller becomes boro president.

1911 - Bronx Hospital established.

1912

Bronx County created (effected in 1914).

Design of Bronx flag adopted.

1913 - Bronx Opera House opens.

1914

Bronx Board of Trade established.

October 28: Birth of Jonas Salk.

Kingsbridge Armory built.

Douglas Mathewson becomes boro president.

1916 - Radio 2XG begins broadcasting.

1917 - Bronx Terminal Market built.

1918

Bronx Rotary Club formed.

Henry Bruckner becomes boro president.

1920 - Population: 732,016.

1923 - Yankee Stadium opens.

1925 - Bronx River Parkway built.

1927 - Amalgamated Dwellings housing project built.

1928 - Alexander's department store in business.

1929

Loew's Paradise Theatre in business.

June 26: Birth of Jules Feiffer.

1930

Loehmann's shop in business.

Population: 1,265,258.

1931

Hunter College Bronx campus opens.

Stella D'oro bakery in business.

1934

James J. Lyons becomes boro president (in office until 1962).

Bronx County Courthouse built.

1936 - Triboro Bridge and Henry Hudson Bridge open.

1937

United States Post Office–Bronx Central Annex built.

Bronx County Jail built.

1938 - Bronx High School of Science established.

1939 - Bronx-Whitestone Bridge opens.

1940

Bronx Press-Review newspaper begins publication.

April 25: Birth of Al Pacino.

1949 - Kingsbridge Historical Society formed.

1950s-1990s

1950 - Patterson Houses built.

1951 - Bronx River Houses built.

1953 - Liebman's deli in business.

1955

Deegan Expressway and Cross Bronx Expressway begin operating.

Bronx County Historical Society established.

1957 - Bronx Community College established.

1959 - Original Products botánica active.

1960

Loeser's deli in business.

First coronary artery bypass surgery performed at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Bronx Municipal Hospital Center.

1961 - Throgs Neck Bridge opens.

1962

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center established.

Joseph F. Periconi becomes boro president.

1966 - Herman Badillo becomes boro president.

1967

City University of New York's Lehman College established.

Hunts Point Terminal Market opens.

1968

Museum of Bronx History opens.

Savage Seven street gang formed.

1969 - Graffitist Taki 183 active.

1970

Co-op City housing complex built.

Robert Abrams becomes boro president.

Population: 1,471,701.

1971 - Bronx Museum of the Arts established.

1973 - Hip hop disc jockey Kool Herc active; Universal Zulu Nation founded.

1974

Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition formed.

Hip hop disc jockeys Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Caz, and Grandmaster Flash active.

1977

July 13–14: New York City blackout of 1977.

October: U.S. president visits South Bronx.

Rock Steady Crew musical group formed.

1978

Disco Fever dance club active.

Royal Caribbean Bakery in business.

Robert García becomes U.S. representative for New York's 21st congressional district.

Fashion Moda art space active.

1979

Stanley Simon becomes boro president.

Cold Crush Brothers musical group active.

1982

Bathgate Industrial Park opened

1987

Inner City Press founded.

Fernando Ferrer becomes boro president.

1988

Norwood News begins publication.

Conviction of Wedtech scandal participants.

1990 - José E. Serrano becomes U.S. representative for New York's 18th congressional district.

1991 - Concourse Plaza Multiplex cinema in business.

1992 - Mothers on the Move group formed.[3]

1993 - Riverdale Review newspaper begins publication.

1996 - La Division 21 botánica active.

1999 - February 5: Shooting of Amadou Diallo.

21st century

2000

Bronx Preparatory Charter School established.

Ghetto Film School active.[4]

2002 - Adolfo Carrión, Jr. becomes boro president.

2005

Fulton Fish Market moves to Hunts Point.

East Bronx History Forum established.

2006 - Bronx County Hall of Justice built.

2009

Yankee Stadium rebuilt.

Hutchinson Metro Center office complex built.

Rubén Díaz, Jr. becomes boro president.

Bronx Terminal Market (shopping mall) in business.

2010 - Population: 1,385,108 in the Bronx.