Hip hop started here. In 1973, at a back-to-school party on Sedgwick Avenue, DJ Kool Herc stretched out the breakbeats and a whole culture grew from it. The Bronx wears that history openly.
It's the only borough attached to the mainland, and the only one with a ballpark that still means something to its neighborhood. Yankee Stadium fills up all summer.
The green space surprises people. Pelham Bay Park is more than three times the size of Central Park. The Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Garden sit side by side, both among the best in the country.
For food, skip Manhattan's Little Italy and head to Arthur Avenue in Belmont. The pasta shops, butchers, and cheesemongers there are the real thing. City Island, out on the water, feels more like a Maine fishing village than New York City.
Around 16% of Bronx households heated with oil as of 2015, based on NYSERDA figures. If that's you, it's worth comparing local quotes before you reorder.