Port Morris, Bronx

Port Morris
Neighborhood of the Bronx
The Clock Tower, former factory now serving residential and commercial tenants
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°48′07″N 73°54′36″W / 40.802°N 73.91°W / 40.802; -73.91
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	The Bronx
Community District	Bronx 1[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1.92 km2 (0.742 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	3,523
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
Economics
• Median income	$38,834
Ethnicity[3]
• Hispanic and Latino Americans	72.3%
• African-American	24.7%
• White	1.7%
• Asian	0.4%
• Others	1%
ZIP Codes	10451, 10454
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917
Website	www.portmorris.com

Port Morris is a mixed use, primarily industrial neighborhood geographically located in the southwest Bronx, New York City.^[4] The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 1.^[5] Its boundaries are the Major Deegan Expressway and Bruckner Expressway to the north, East 149th Street to the east, the East River to the southeast, the Bronx Kill to the south, and the Harlem River (Park Avenue stub) to the west. Its ZIP Codes are 10451 and 10454. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 40th Precinct.^[6]

Oak Point, the southern tip of the West Bronx, is in Port Morris; it contains the Oak Point Yard. The area is also traversed by the Bruckner Expressway, a major freeway. Most of the neighborhood is within walking distance from several stations of IRT Pelham Line (6 train).