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44-624: He was born on March 8, 1768, in Morrisania , then a town in Westchester County , which became in 1898 a neighborhood in the borough of the Bronx , New York City . He was one of ten children born to Lewis Morris (1726–1798), a signer of the Declaration of Independence , and Mary Walton (1727–1794), a member of a well-known merchant family. His uncles included Staats Long Morris , Richard Morris ,

88-605: A full-fledged town. In 1874, the area was annexed to New York City (then consisting only of Manhattan ) as part of the Twenty-Third Ward. In 1887, the Third Avenue Elevated was extended to the area to provide easy and quick access to and from Manhattan. By the time the New York City Subway was extended to the area in 1904, a large influx of European immigrants had given the neighborhood an urban character, with

132-481: A high concentration of tenement buildings replacing houses as the dominant form of dwelling. In the 1950s along with changing demographics, Robert Moses destroyed various tenements in favor of a colony of public housing. After the construction of the Cross-Bronx Expressway , the poverty that East Tremont suffered spread into Morrisania. As a result, and also due to the aggressive 1968 Program for Action ,

176-468: A high school education and 45% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 26% of Bronx residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. The percentage of Morrisania and Crotona Park East students excelling in math rose from 19% in 2000 to 41% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 28% to 32% during the same time period. Morrisania and Crotona Park East's rate of elementary school student absenteeism

220-535: A relatively average population of residents who are uninsured . In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 12%, equal to the citywide rate of 12%. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , in Morrisania and Crotona Park East is 0.0078 milligrams per cubic metre (7.8 × 10  oz/cu ft), more than the city average. Sixteen percent of Morrisania and Crotona Park East residents are smokers , which

264-423: A serious problem in the community. Morrisania has significantly higher drop-out rates and incidents of violence in its schools. Other problems in local schools include low test scores and high truancy rates. Drug addiction is also a serious problem in the community. Due to the lucrative drug trade in the area, many addicts reside in the community. Peer pressure among children who come from broken homes contributes to

308-482: A wave of arson ravaged the low-income communities of New York City throughout the 1970s, most of the residential structures in Morrisania were left seriously damaged or destroyed. The city began to rehabilitate many formally abandoned tenement-style apartment buildings and designate them low-income housing beginning in the late 1970s. Also many subsidized attached multi-unit townhouses and newly constructed apartment buildings have been or are being built on vacant lots across

352-566: A well-preserved architectural character dating back to early urban development in the Bronx consisting of Romanesque Revival forms and neo-Renaissance motifs. Prior to being developed as a residential avenue, Clay Avenue had been part of Fleetwood Park Racetrack , a horse trotting track used by the New York Driving Club. Twenty NYCHA developments are located in Morrisania: Morrisania and Crotona Park East are patrolled by

396-448: 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 acres (810 ha) estate of

440-502: Is an alphabetical list of political families in the United States whose last name begins with M . NOTE: Douglas MacArthur was also brother-in-law of U.S. Minister James H.R. Cromwell . NOTE: Mary Bono is also widow of U.S. Representative Sonny Bono . NOTE: J. Donald Cameron was also nephew by marriage of U.S. Secretary of War William Tecumseh Sherman . NOTE: Not related to Edward R. and Robert Madigan. NOTE: Thomas Madison

484-426: Is higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Morrisania and Crotona Park East, 36% of residents are obese , 22% are diabetic , and 32% have high blood pressure —compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively. In addition, 20% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Eighty-one percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which

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528-513: Is less than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 69% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", lower than the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Morrisania and Crotona Park East, there are 10 bodegas . The nearest hospitals are NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln in Melrose and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in Claremont. Morrisania is mostly covered by

572-567: Is located at 1155 Washington Avenue, while Rescue 3 is located at 1655 Washington Avenue. In addition, FDNY EMS Station 26 is located at 1264 Boston Road. As of 2018 , preterm births and births to teenage mothers are more common in Morrisania and Crotona Park East than in other places citywide. In Morrisania and Crotona Park East, there were 107 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 35.6 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Morrisania and Crotona Park East has

616-485: Is lower than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 29% are between the ages of between 0–17, 29% between 25–44, and 21% between 45–64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 12% and 9% respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community Districts 3 and 6, including Tremont and Belmont ,

660-406: Is more than the rest of New York City. In Morrisania and Crotona Park East, 34% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year , higher than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 63% of high school students in Morrisania and Crotona Park East graduate on time, lower than the citywide average of 75%. Public schools include: The New York Public Library operates

704-677: The Mediterranean . From July 1, 1813 until June 30, 1814, Morris was a Federalist member of the New York State Assembly (Westchester Co.), serving in the 37th New York State Legislature . On January 24, 1797, Morris was married to Anne Walton (1773–1858). Together, they were the parents of: Morris died in May 1815 in New York City . Morrisania Morrisania ( / ˌ m ɒr ɪ ˈ s eɪ n i ə / MORR -i- SAY -nee-ə )

748-459: The Third Avenue El closed in 1973. During this time period, a wave of arson destroyed or damaged many of the residential, commercial, and industrial structures in the area. Many social problems associated with poverty, from crime to drug addiction, have plagued the area for some time. Despite crime declines versus their peaks during the crack and heroin epidemics, violent crime continues to be

792-561: The ZIP Codes 10456, although the southern edge of the neighborhood is part of 10451 and the northernmost several blocks are part of 10457. The United States Postal Service operates two post offices in Morrisania: Morrisania and Crotona Park East generally have a lower rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018 . While 19% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 36% have less than

836-464: The 42nd Precinct of the NYPD , located at 830 Washington Avenue. The 42nd Precinct ranked 45th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. As of 2018 , with a non-fatal assault rate of 161 per 100,000 people, Morrisania and Crotona Park East's rate of violent crimes per capita is greater than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 1,243 per 100,000 people is higher than that of

880-652: The Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court , and Gouverneur Morris , a United States Senator from New York . His grand-uncle was Robert Hunter Morris , a Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court , and his great-grandfather was Colonial Governor Lewis Morris . His aunt, Helena Magdalena Morris (1762–1840), was married to John Rutherfurd (1760–1840), a United States Senator from New Jersey who served from 1791 to 1798. On June 7, 1798, he

924-648: The Morrisania branch at 610 East 169th Street. The branch, a Carnegie library , opened in 1908 and was designed by Babb, Cook & Willard . Another branch, the Grand Concourse branch, is located at 155 East 173rd Street. The branch is a two-story structure that opened in 1959. There are no New York City Subway stations in Morrisania, though several bus routes connect with subway stations. The following MTA Regional Bus Operations bus routes serve Morrisania: List of United States political families (M)#The Morris of Morrisania and New Jersey The following

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968-425: The U.S. House of Representatives Nicholas Longworth . NOTE: Robert M. Morgenthau is also grandnephew of U.S. Senator Herbert H. Lehman and cousin of U.S. Ambassador John Langeloth Loeb . NOTE: Gouverneur Morris was also a relative of U.S. Ambassador Wymberley DeRenne Coerr. John Rutherfurd was also of some relation to Northwest Territory Governor Arthur St. Clair . NOTE: Dwight Morrow's daughter, Anne ,

1012-518: The U.S. Navy and dismissed him from the service. Morris had brought his wife and young son on board with him and was accused of taking actions "more reflective of a concerned husband and father than a military commander in the midst of a war." In 1804, he published A Defence of the Conduct of Commodore Morris During His Command in the Mediterranean , as a defense to the actions he took while in command of

1056-544: The better part of 1803. Morris was relieved of duty and command of the squadron would turn over to Edward Preble in Constitution . Recalled to the United States, Morris faced a court of inquiry which decided that he had not "discovered due diligence and activity in annoying the enemy". On May 16, 1804, Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith , with the agreement of President Thomas Jefferson , revoked his captaincy in

1100-415: The boroughwide and citywide rates of 58% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018 , Morrisania and Crotona Park East are gentrifying . Morrisania is dominated by public housing complexes of various types, vacant lots, and tenement buildings. Most of the original housing stock which consisted of older multi-unit homes and tenements was structurally damaged by arson and eventually razed by

1144-442: The city as a whole. The 42nd Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories have decreased by 63.3% between 1990 and 2022. The precinct reported 7 murders, 44 rapes, 437 robberies, 672 felony assaults, 314 burglaries, 515 grand larcenies, and 293 grand larcenies auto in 2022. Morrisania contains two New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations. Engine Co. 50/Ladder Co. 19/Battalion 26

1188-491: The city. The total land area is over a square mile. The terrain is somewhat hilly. The landmark Morris High School Historic District is north of the Forest Houses. The two square blocks between Boston Road, Forest Avenue, and East 166th Street have Morris High School and adjacent brownstones. The Clay Avenue Historic District consists of two blockfronts on Clay Avenue between 165th and 166th Streets. The district retains

1232-529: The high rate of usage. Many households in the area are headed by single mothers, which contributes to the high poverty rate. Single parent homes often have a harder time providing at the same level as two-parent homes. Many of the families living in Morrisania have been in poverty for generations. The incarceration rate in the area is also very high. Morrisania is home to a significant number of inmates currently held in New York state prison and jail facilities. After

1276-449: The neighborhood of Morrisania, which is only a small corner of the original Morrisania. Morrisania is part of Bronx Community Board 3 , and its ZIP Codes include 10456 and 10459. The area is patrolled by the NYPD's 42nd Precinct. NYCHA property in the area is patrolled by P.S.A. 7 at 737 Melrose Avenue in the Melrose section of the Bronx. From 1644 to the early 20th century, the land of

1320-516: The neighborhood was 1.4% (523) White , 38.4% (14,531) African American , 0.2% (94) Native American , 0.5% (205) Asian , 0% (11) Pacific Islander , 0.3% (127) from other races , and 0.9% (339) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 58.2% (22,035) of the population. The entirety of Community District 3, which comprises Morrisania and Crotona Park East, had 91,601 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 76.2 years. This

1364-454: The neighborhood was the estate of the Morris family in Westchester County . In 1790, Lewis Morris , owner of the estate and signer of the Declaration of Independence , proposed the land as the site of the federal capital. The area was sparsely populated until 1840, when Gouverneur Morris Jr. , son of the famous congressional delegate and nephew of Lewis , allowed a railroad to be built across

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1408-520: The neighborhood. Morrisania is a low-income neighborhood that predominantly consists of Latin Americans and African Americans . Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Morrisania was 37,865, a change of 8,068 (21.3%) from the 29,797 counted in 2000 . Covering an area of 387.46 acres (156.80 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 97.7 inhabitants per acre (62,500/sq mi; 24,100/km ). The racial makeup of

1452-565: The powerful and aristocratic Morris family , who at one time owned most of the Bronx as well as much of New Jersey . The family includes Lewis Morris , 4th Lord of the Manor and signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence , and Gouverneur Morris , the penman of the United States Constitution . Both are buried in the crypt at St. Ann's Church of Morrisania . Today the name is most commonly associated with

1496-702: The property. In 1848, he sold the land next to the line for the development of a new settlement called the Village of Morrisania. In 1855, additional settlements along the rail line became the Town of Morrisania (with its own police force ), with its political center in the original 1840 village (which was eventually incorporated in 1864 ). At first, the village was an early forerunner of today's bedroom communities, populated by people who worked in Manhattan , but it quickly developed its own local industries and craftsmen as it developed into

1540-465: Was $ 25,972. In 2018, an estimated 31% of Morrisania and Crotona Park East residents lived in poverty, compared to 25% in all of the Bronx and 20% in all of New York City. One in six residents (16%) were unemployed, compared to 13% in the Bronx and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 60% in Morrisania and Crotona Park East, compared to

1584-733: Was also brother-in-law of U.S. Representative Ethelbert Barksdale . NOTE: Armistead T. Mason and John T. Mason were also brothers-in-law of U.S. Representative Benjamin Howard and U.S. Postmaster General William T. Barry . NOTE: Thomas Stanley Matthews was also father-in-law of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Horace Gray . Henry Watterson was also son of U.S. Representative Harvey Magee Watterson . Claire (Clarence) Milton McCaskill, b. 1889, served as Mayor of Houston, Missouri. Father of William Y. McCaskill. William Jackson McCaskill, b. 1864, d. 1934, served as Sheriff of Texas County Missouri in 1916. Father of Claire Milton McCaskill NOTE: William McClung

1628-405: Was also brother-in-law of U.S. Secretary of State John Marshall . NOTE: Edward M. McCook was also brother-in-law of U.S. Minister Charles Adams . See McCormick family NOTE: Wade Hampton III was also grandson of U.S. Representative Wade Hampton I , son-in-law of U.S. Representative Francis Preston , and brother-in-law of U.S. Senator William Campbell Preston . NOTE: William McKinley

1672-599: Was also brother-in-law of Virginia Governor Patrick Henry . James Madison was also second cousin of U.S. President Zachary Taylor , second cousin thrice removed of Missouri Governor Elliot Woolfolk Major and Missouri legislator Edgar Bailey Woolfolk, and brother-in-law of U.S. Representative John G. Jackson and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thomas Todd . NOTE: James Shannon was also brother of Kentucky State Representative George Shannon and U.S. Representatives Thomas Shannon and Wilson Shannon and granduncle of U.S. Representative Isaac C. Parker . Charles Stewart Todd

1716-787: Was also cousin by marriage of U.S. President Franklin Pierce . NOTE: Helen Stevenson Meyner was also distant cousin of Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II . See Middleton-Rutledge-Pinckney Family NOTE: Seth Low was also son-in-law of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin R. Curtis . Jay Pierrepont Moffat was also son-in-law of U.S. Ambassador Joseph Grew . Moffat and Abbot Low Moffat were also brother-in-law of U.S. Ambassador John Campbell White. Theodore D. Robinson and Corinne Robinson Alsop were also niece and nephew of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt , first cousins of Puerto Rico Governor Theodore Roosevelt Jr. , and first cousins by marriage of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Speaker of

1760-497: Was also cousin of U.S. Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher . NOTE: James D. Walker was also grandson of U.S. Representative David Walker , grandnephew of U.S. Senator George Walker , and cousin of U.S. Senator Wilkinson Call . John McLean's son-in-law Joseph Pannell Taylor was the brother of President Zachary Taylor . See Mellon family . NOTE: David K.E. Bruce was also son of U.S. Senator William Cabell Bruce and brother of U.S. Ambassador James Bruce. NOTE: David Meriwether

1804-743: Was also daughter-in-law of U.S. Representative Charles August Lindbergh . NOTE: The Mortons were not related to Vice President Levi P. Morton . NOTE: Oliver P. Morton was also brother-in-law of Dakota Territory Governor John A. Burbank . Burbank's son-in-law was Joseph Henry Kibbey , Territorial Governor of Arizona , whose father was John F. Kibbey , Indiana Attorney General in the administration of Governor Morton and also Morton's law partner in Richmond, Indiana . Guamanian office-holders descended from Scotty Moylan (1916-2010), an Illinois-born businessman that lived in Guam : NOTE: Henry Augustus Muhlenberg

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1848-498: Was also second cousin of Virginia State Senator William Marshall Ambler. Edward Colston was also son-in-law of Virginia House Delegate William Brockenbrough and brother-in-law of U.S. Senator Benjamin Watkins Leigh . Humphrey Marshall was also nephew of Kentucky and Alabama Legislator James G. Birney . Note: Patricia Martinez, Anthony Martinez and Edmund Gil are maternal cousins of Richard A. Walker. NOTE: James B. Owens

1892-413: Was also son of Supreme Court Justice Thomas Todd . NOTE: Robert Morris was also father of U.S. Representative Thomas Morris . John Marshall was also third cousin once removed of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson , brother-in-law of U.S. Court of Appeals Judges William McClung, George Keith Taylor, and U.S. Attorney Joseph Hamilton Daveiss ; and cousin of U.S. Senator John Randolph . Thomas Marshall

1936-726: Was appointed as Captain in command of Adams , during the Quasi-War with France and made several successful captures of French vessels. At the reduction of the US Navy after the war with France, Morris was retained as fifth in rank and recalled to command the Mediterranean Squadron in 1802 during the First Barbary War . In command of Chesapeake , Morris led an unsuccessful blockade of Tripoli , mostly remaining in Gibraltar for

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