Wakefield, Bronx
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Wakefield is a residential and middle-class section of the north Bronx in New York City, bounded by the New York city line with Westchester County to the north, 233rd Street to the south, and the Bronx River, Bronx River Parkway, Metro-North Railroad tracks to the west. Wakefield is the northernmost neighborhood in New York City (although the city's northernmost point is actually in Riverdale, at the College of Mount Saint Vincent.) Formerly home to large Irish and Italian communities, the community has been mostly black since the late 1970's, with West Indian immigrants increasingly outnumbering African-Americans. Due to its former residents, the neighborhood is home to many prominent Catholic secondary schools including Mount Saint Michael Academy (all-male school).
The Wakefield Metro-North train station is located at 241st Street. The neighborhood is served by the city's numbers 2 and 5 subway lines.
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