The northernmost of New York City's five boroughs, and the only one attached to the United States mainland, the Bronx is named after Jonas Bronck, a Scandinavian settler who farmed the area in the 1600s. Coextensive with Bronx County, it is home to roughly 1.4 million people across neighbourhoods that range from dense apartment blocks to the waterfront enclaves of the east and the leafy estates of Riverdale in the northwest. Its best-known attractions sit close together in the central Bronx: th.....

The largest metropolitan zoo in the United States, the Bronx Zoo opened in November 1899 on 265 acres of hardwood forest in Bronx Park, starting with 843 animals and an explicit mission to promote wildlife conservation. It is the flagship of the Wildlife Conservation Society, formerly the New York Zoological Society, and its first director, William Temple Hornaday, ran it for three decades and helped lead early efforts to save the American bison from extinction. From the start the zoo pushed to.....

Carrot Top at 5025 Broadway is a bakery specialising in fresh cakes, muffins and cookies made from a signature recipe. Custom cakes are available for all occasions.

Guadalupe Restaurant at 597 W 207th Street serves Mexican cuisine in the Inwood neighbourhood of upper Manhattan.

Mamajuana cafe and Wine Bar located in Washington Heights, New York City has made a name for itself by tastefully combining Taino Indian Customs with Old World Spanish elegance. The motif of the cafe was inspired by Mamajuana, a fermented-herbal liquor created by the Taino Indians, indigenous to the Dominican Republic. The decor is a blend of Spanish architecture and Taino culture which include elegantly displayed artifacts and a spacious sidewalk cafe perfect for people watching. An inventive f.....

A vast green oasis in the Bronx, the New York Botanical Garden spreads across roughly 250 acres of gardens, woodland and waterways, one of the largest and most important botanical gardens in the country. Established in 1891, it combines display gardens and a renowned research institution on a single sprawling site, complete with a tract of old-growth forest that predates the city around it. The garden was founded by botanists inspired by the great Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in London, and it .....