What’s So Great About Concourse Village?

The perfect place to get a sense of New York’s spirit

James Garside
3 min readDec 7, 2021
Concourse Village — Wikimedia Commons

Concourse Village has grown into a destination site that attracts over 60 million visitors a year.

A residential area designated as a National Register Historic District and located in the heart of the Bronx.

Concourse Village is home to the Yankee Stadium — the home stadium for the New York Yankees.

Major League Baseball plays an important role in the neighborhood.

Concourse Village became a part of sports history in 1923 when the original Yankee Stadium opened.

It’s where the New York Yankees play their home games and many locals spend time during the summers.

The New York Yankees attract the best talent in all sports when they compete in their hometown.

The first subway station in the area was opened in 1917. This initiated a housing boom among upwardly mobile Jewish and Italian families fleeing the tenements of Manhattan.

By 1933, the population in the area had expanded so much that a second subway line and station were opened to accommodate the growth.

Concourse Village is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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James Garside

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