Norwood is a working class residential neighborhood in the northwest
Bronx,
New York City. As of the
census of 2000, the seven
census tracts that make up the neighborhood have a population of 40,748. The area is dominated topographically by what was once known as Valentine's Hill, the highest point being near the intersection of 210th Street and Bainbridge Ave., where Gun Hill Road intersects, and around the
Montefiore Medical Center, the largest landowner and employer of the neighborhood. It borders
Van Cortlandt Park and
Woodlawn Cemetery to the north, the
Bronx River to the east, and
Mosholu Parkway to the south and west. Norwood's main commercial arteries are Gun Hill Road, Jerome Avenue, Webster Avenue, and Bainbridge Avenue.