Wakefield, Bronx

Wakefield
Neighborhood of The Bronx
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Coordinates: 40°53′52″N 73°51′08″W / 40.897877°N 73.852357°W / 40.897877; -73.852357Coordinates: 40°53′52″N 73°51′08″W / 40.897877°N 73.852357°W / 40.897877; -73.852357
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Bronx
Area
• Total	2.57 km2 (0.991 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	29,158
• Density	11,000/km2 (29,000/sq mi)
Economics
• Median income	$56,446
ZIP codes	10466, 10470
Area code	718, 347, 646

Wakefield is a working-class and middle-class section of the northern borough of the Bronx in New York City, bounded by the New York city line with Westchester County or 243rd street to the north, 222nd Street to the south, and the Bronx River, Bronx River Parkway and Metro-North Railroad tracks to the west. Wakefield is the northernmost neighborhood in New York City (although the city's northernmost point is actually in Riverdale, at the College of Mount Saint Vincent). The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 12. The neighborhood's primary ZIP Code is 10466, with certain areas around East 241st Street and White Plains Road listed as 10470.

Wakefield, like the rest of the Bronx, was once mainly forested and later became farmland. With the expansion of railroad transportation via the arrival of the New York and Harlem Railroad circa 1840, the area experienced moderate development before the borough was merged with New York County as a result of the state legislature's decision to amalgamate the four original boroughs to form New York City. Prior to this merger, Wakefield and the Bronx were politically part of Westchester County (the Bronx later attained independent county status on April 19, 1912, which makes it the 62nd and youngest county in the state). The current Wakefield station of the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line was on the site of a village called Washingtonville, which was incorporated into Wakefield when it became a village on August 8, 1889.

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