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NYC Urban Ecosystem Toolbox: Bronx River

NYPL books, atlases, maps, and online content.

Useful Catalog Subject Headings

Bronx River (N.Y.)

Bronx River (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions

Bronx River (N.Y.) -- History

Collection Highlights: Books and Atlases

The Bronx River : an environmental & social history by Maarten de Kadt
Publication Date: 2011
The Bronx River in history & folklore by Stephen Paul DeVillo
Publication Date: 2015
Bronx River Restoration
Publication Date: 1980
Mapping the historical ecology and reconstructing the historical flora of the lower Bronx River by Eric W. Sanderson and Danielle LaBruna
Publication Date: 2005

Collection Highlights: Maps and Charts

Bronx River by George Colbert
Publication Date: [1999?]
Bronx River, New York : a separate place for nature within the ever changing urban landscape. by Bronx River Alliance
Publication Date: 2007
The Bronx River Greenway, walking guide by George Colbert
Publication Date: 2006

Online Resources

Bronx River Wetlands Restoration Project -- NYC Parks Dept.

Bronx River Alliance

Controlling Depth Reports and Surveys -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Bronx River, 1900

Bronx River in 1900

Bronx River, Bronx Park, N.Y. (1900)