Ripe For Gentrification Part II

There are more Bronx communities that have attributes that make it ripe for gentrification.

One of them is Longwood. It is located between Prospect Avenue and the Bruckner Expressway from East 149th to East 163rd Streets. There are brownstones along Dawson, Kelly, and Beck Streets as well as Hewitt Place. They form part of the Longwood Historic District. There is also new housing being put up in scattered parts of Longwood. The neighborhood is served by the 2/5 lines at Prospect Avenue while the 6 line serves Longwood on Longwood Avenue. A new Rite Aid was just added near the Prospect Avenue station. However, drug addicts still hang around the station on a frequent basis. In addition, teenagers are rowdy near Prospect Avenue station during lunch hours and dismissal time.

Next up is University Heights. The neighborhood is dominated by 5-story tenement buildings. Most of them were built when the current Bronx Community College campus was part of New York University's University Heights campus. In addition, the Fordham Road shopping strip is nearby. Transportation is excellent with the 4 and D lines nearby. The Bx12 bus takes you to Upper Manhattan and the East Bronx. The Bx40/42 buses take you to Throg's Neck. However, since NYU left the campus to BCC in 1973, the neighborhood declined as well. It is known for many violence and crime during the night (especially around 183rd Street (4) station).