Mott Haven & Melrose
Community district in New York City
Borough: Bronx
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About Bronx
The only borough on the mainland, north of Manhattan across the Harlem River: Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Zoo and Pelham Bay Park.
Names you’ll hear here
- Mott Haven
What stands out
- Among the most affordable rents in New York City (median $1,100/mo)
- Among the highest shares of renters in New York City (93% rent)
- Among the newest housing in the Bronx (26% built 2000 or later)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $550K · renters pay $1,100/moSurvey estimates for 2020–2024, not current prices, for the whole community district. Rent is what renting households pay, utilities included, counting rent-stabilized and subsidized homes, so it sits well below what a new lease costs. Use them to compare districts, not to budget.
- To Penn Station
- 45–60 min. About 45 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 14% drive · 67% transit · 14% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly renters. 93% rent
- Tree canopy
- 10–20%. 13% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 2% · Attached 3% · 2–19 units 27% · 20+ units 68%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 19% · 1940–79 43% · 1980–99 12% · 2000 or later 26%
- Ages
- Under 15 24% · 15–24 13% · 25–44 28% · 45–64 21% · 65+ 13%
- Language at home
- Spanish 57% · English only 36%English only, or the language besides English that each person 5 or older speaks at home. For tracts the Census groups some languages: Bengali, Hindi and Urdu are among “other Indo-European”.
- Recent immigrants
- 7% born abroad, came to the US 2010 or laterShare of residents, from the 2020–2024 survey.
American Community Survey 2020–2024 and MTA schedules, Mott Haven & Melrose. Tiers compare the 59 community districts.