5places
10businesses
1923oldest
4still open
6gone
2with photos
Bronx on When It Was is 5 addresses and the 10 businesses that have occupied them, the oldest from 1923. 4 are still open today; 6 are gone, and 3 of the buildings themselves have been demolished. Every entry below opens a page with the full history of that address, and the map lets you slide the year and watch the city change.
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Bronx River Community Center
161 East 161st Street · 1976–present · 4 businesses here
Whitestone Bridge Drive-In
2505 Bruckner Boulevard · 1949–1982
1520 Sedgwick Avenue - Birthplace of Hip Hop
1520 Sedgwick Avenue · 1973–present · 2 businesses here
Disco Fever
1590 Jerome Avenue · 1976–1986 · 2 businesses here
Happy Land Social Club
1959 Southern Boulevard · 1988–1990
Bronx, decade by decade
- 1920s
- 1940s
- 1970s6 opened — Bronx River Community Center, Bronx River Houses Community Center, Disco Fever, Executive Playhouse, and 2 moreSee the map in 1975 →
- 1980s
Still here, and gone
Still open (4)
- 1520 Sedgwick Avenue - Birthplace of Hip Hop 1973–present
- 1520 Sedgwick Avenue Recreation Room 1973–present
- Bronx River Houses Community Center 1974–present
- Bronx River Community Center 1976–present
Gone (6)
- Yankee Stadium (Original) 1923–2008
- Yankee Stadium (The House That Ruth Built) 1923–2008
- Happy Land Social Club 1988–1990
- Disco Fever 1976–1986
- Whitestone Bridge Drive-In 1949–1982
- Executive Playhouse 1975–1980
By kind of place
Community Center (4)
Bronx River Community Center · Bronx River Houses Community Center · 1520 Sedgwick Avenue - Birthplace of Hip Hop · 1520 Sedgwick Avenue Recreation Room
Stadium (2)
Yankee Stadium (Original) · Yankee Stadium (The House That Ruth Built)
Nightclub (2)
Disco Fever · Executive Playhouse
Social Club (1)
Theater (1)
Every place in Bronx (5)
- 1520 Sedgwick Avenue - Birthplace of Hip Hop 1520 Sedgwick Avenue · 1973–present · 2 businesses
- Bronx River Community Center 161 East 161st Street · 1976–present · 4 businesses
- Disco Fever 1590 Jerome Avenue · 1976–1986 · 2 businesses
- Happy Land Social Club 1959 Southern Boulevard · 1988–1990
- Whitestone Bridge Drive-In 2505 Bruckner Boulevard · 1949–1982
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