Throggs Neck (New York City, New York)

Throggs Neck (also known as Throgs Neck) is a narrow spit of land in the southeastern portion of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It demarcates the passage between the East River (an estuary), and Long Island Sound. "Throggs Neck" is also the name of the neighborhood of the peninsula, bounded on the north by Waterbury and Layton Avenues, on the west by Westchester Creek, and on the east by the shores of Eastchester Bay, and to the south by the East River and the Long Island Sound respectively.

Within the greater boundaries of the Throgg's Neck neighborhood are the sub-neighborhoods of ; Edgewater Park, Locust Point, Silver Beach & Schuylerville. Throggs Neck was largely exempt from the severe urban decay that affected much of the Bronx in the 1970s.Throggs Neck is at the northern approach to the Throgs Neck Bridge, which connects the Bronx with the neighborhood of Bay Terrace in the borough of Queens on Long Island. The Throgs Neck Lighthouse formerly stood at its southern tip.

Historically, the correct spelling is with two "g's," and while NYC Parks Commissioner and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Chairman Robert Moses officially shortened it to one "g" after deciding that two would not fit on many of the street signs, residents continue to recognize (and prefer) the traditional spelling.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throgs_Neck
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Coordinates:  40°49'20"N 73°48'58"W

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  • Lived here throughout my elementary school years. I lived in the projects off of Schley Ave. P.S. 72 is still there. Some of my family still live in the area. I've had some good memories here, like riding my sled in the snow, taking the alternate path when walking to school; walking through St. Raymond's Cemetary while it was very foggy outside (and scary!). I remember going by the bridge to catch crabs. I don't think Throgs Neck is the way it used to be.
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