Mott Haven Historic District

St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church anchors the Mott Haven Historic District

Founded as a village by inventor and industrialist Jordan L. Mott, whose iron works stood nearby on the bank of the Harlem River from 1828 until 1906, Mott Haven developed into a urban community in the later part of the 19th Century.

The four-block stretch of Alexander Avenue between East 137th and East 141st Streets is home to the earliest row houses and public buildings that were build in the Bronx, when the borough was originally part of Manhattan.

The Bronx became a separate borough within the Greater City of New York in 1914.

Two well known churches along Alexander Avenue, St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church and Tereca Iglesia Bautista, and the Mott Haven Branch of the New York Public Library were all constructed within seven years of each other at the turn of the 20th Century.

These three historical buildings were later joined by the New York City Police Department's 40th Precinct police station, which was completed in 1924.

Directions: 

Subway: 6 train (Green Line on subway map) to Third Avenue-138 Street. Use Alexander Avenue entrance to exit station.

Bus: Bx 33 to Alexander Avenue and 138th Street.