I grew up on DeKalb Avenue, near Mosholu Parkway, graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School and then NYU. For me and for all my Diaspora classmates across the U.S. who really want to know, please tell me what in the world does Norwood stand for? No such geographic reference was known into the 1970s. Where did the word come from? Who coined it? It can’t be north of Woodlawn because that would be Yonkers. We referred to our neighborhood as East Riverdale. Inquiring minds want to know. Thanks.
David Hubler
Falls Church, VA
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Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.