Locust Point, Bronx

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Locust Point

| settlement_type = Neighborhood of the Bronx

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| map_caption = Location in New York City

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|New York}}

| subdivision_type2 = City

| subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of New York City.svg}} New York City

| subdivision_type3 = Borough

| subdivision_name3 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Bronx County, New York.svg}} The Bronx

| subdivision_type4 = Community District

| subdivision_name4 = The Bronx 10{{cite web|title=NYC Planning {{!}} Community Profiles|url=https://communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov/bronx/10|website=communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov|publisher=New York City Department of City Planning|accessdate=15 March 2018}}

| area_total_sq_mi = 0.416

| area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Locust Point neighborhood in New York|url=http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Locust-Point-Bronx-NY.html|accessdate=22 October 2015}}

| population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Locust Point neighborhood in New York|url=http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Locust-Point-Bronx-NY.html|accessdate=22 October 2015}}

| population_total = 1,479

| population_as_of = 2011

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| population_density_sq_mi= auto

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| demographics_type1 = Economics

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| demographics1_title1 = Median income

| demographics1_info1 = $85,072

| postal_code_type = ZIP Codes

| postal_code = 10465

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 718, 347, 929, and 917

| website = {{URL|www.locustpoint.nyc}}

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Locust Point (also Pirate Cove) is a small, peninsular neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It is bounded by Harding Avenue on the north, the Throgs Neck Bridge to the east, and Eastchester Bay. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community District 10.{{cite web|title=Bronx Community District 10 |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/bx10profile.pdf |access-date=22 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215233/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/bx10profile.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 }} The area contains single-family houses, populated ethnically by Irish, German, and Italian families.{{cite web|title=IF YOU'RE THINKING OF LIVING IN THROGS NECK |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/03/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-throgs-neck.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=22 October 2015}} A famous former resident of Locust Point is Michael Kay, the Yankees TV broadcaster on the YES Network and radio talk show host on 1050 ESPN radio. The Locust Point Yacht club occupies the outermost block before the bay.{{cite web |title=Locust Point Yacht Club - Description |url=https://www.theswimguide.org/beach/3148 |access-date=22 October 2015}}

Locust Point used to be an island called Locust Island, however, the waterway that separated it from mainland Bronx was filled in and built upon. After it was no longer an island, its name was changed. Part of the landfill was for the bridge's northern ramp and toll plaza. Before it was Locust Island, it was called Wrights Island because it was owned by Captain J. T. Wright.{{Cite web |title=8 Long Lost Islands That Used to Be Part of New York City |url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/12/03/8_long_lost_islands_that_used_to_be_part_of_new_york_city.php |access-date=22 October 2015}}