Schuylerville (nicknamed "Skyville") is a middle-class neighborhood located in the

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area of New York City. Housing is mostly single-family and two-family houses. It is located next to other middle-to-upper-class residential neighborhoods of

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and Pelham Bay. Schuylerville is a small enclave situated between the

Bruckner Expressway The Bruckner Expressway is a freeway in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It carries Interstate 278 (I-278) and I-95 (and formerly I-878) from the Triborough Bridge to the south end of the New England Thruway at the Pelham Parkw ...

and the

Hutchinson River Parkway The Hutchinson River Parkway (known colloquially as The Hutch) is a north–south parkway in southern New York in the United States. It extends for from the massive Bruckner Interchange in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx to the New York ...

, with suburban style. It is a predominantly

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neighborhood, with small Hispanic and black populations. Saint Raymond's Cemetery is in the southwestern part. Since the rise of the housing market the neighborhood has seen various luxury developments, including condos and newly built two-family houses. Officially, it is considered part of the

Throggs Neck Throggs Neck (also known as Throgs Neck) is a neighborhood and peninsula in the south-eastern portion of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by the East River and Long Island Sound to the south and east, Westchester Creek on ...

section of the East Bronx. However, it is closer to and associated with the Pelham Bay and

sections of the Bronx. One of the largest public parks in New York City,

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, is located nearby, as well as Orchard Beach.

Demographics

Schuylerville has a population of around 10,121 people, and according to 2012 figures it had a median household income of $68,943 compared to $32,893 for the whole Bronx borough. The population is around 45% white and 45% Hispanic, the rest being a mix of blacks and Asians.

Transportation

The following

MTA Regional Bus Operations MTA Regional Bus Operations (RBO) is the surface transit division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). It was created in 2008 to consolidate all bus operations in New York City operated by the MTA. , MTA Regional Bus Operations ru ...

bus routes serve Schuylerville: * Bx5: to

Co-op City Co-op City (short for Cooperative City) is a cooperative housing development located in the northeast section of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by Interstate 95 to the southwest, west, and north and the Hutchinson River ...

and

Bay Plaza Shopping Center Bay Plaza Shopping Center is a shopping center on the south side of Co-op City, Bronx, New York City. In addition to various department stores and shops, such as Macy's, JCPenney, Staples, and Old Navy, it has a multiplex movie theater, several ...

or Simpson Street () (via Story Avenue) * Bx8: to 225th Street () or Locust Point (via Williamsbridge Road) * Bx40/42: to Morris Heights or

(via Tremont-Burnside Avenues) * Q50: to Flushing, Queens or

The

IRT Pelham Line The IRT Pelham Line is a rapid transit line on the New York City Subway, operated as part of the A Division and served by the 6 and <6> trains. It was built as part of the Dual Contracts expansion and opened between 1918 and 1920. It is ...

of the New York City Subway () serves Schuylerville via the

, Buhre Avenue, and Middletown Road stations.

References

Neighborhoods in the Bronx Italian-American culture in the Bronx {{Bronx-geo-stub