Bronx

The borough with the worst rap. When you enter the Bronx, you are greeted by a sign saying "Don't dump on the Bronx." This is meant figuratively.

Ten Good Things About the Bronx:

1). The New York Yankees.

2). The largest amount of parklands of any borough.

3). Affordable housing

4). [The Bronx Zoo]?.

5). [The New York Botanical Gardens]?.

6). [The Bronx River]? - the only river that runs through an entire borough.

7). Very good neighborhoods - Riverdale?, [Country Club Estates]?.

8). Proximity to Westchester?.

9). Bronx County District Attorney - Robert Johnson.

10).One of the last strongholds of illegal street gambling - Numbers?.

The Bronx is the only borough of New York City that is not on an island. It is named after an early settler, Jacob Bronck.