Morrisania

Morrisania ( MORR-ih-SAY-nee-ə) is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern Bronx, New York City, New York. Its boundaries are the Cross Bronx Expressway to the north, Crotona-Prospect Avenue to the east, East 163rd Street to the south, and Webster Avenue to the west. Third Avenue is the primary thoroughfare through Morrisania. The name derives from the Manor of Morrisania, the 2,000-acre (810 ha) estate of the powerful and aristocratic Morris family, who at one time owned most of the Bron...