About Manhattan College

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Manhattan College is a private, Catholic, liberal arts moot in the Bronx in New York City. After originally being normal in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers) as an academy for morning students, Manhattan College was officially incorporated as an institution of superior education through a charter arranged by the New York State Board of Regents. In 1922, the College moved from Manhattan to the Riverdale section of the Bronx, roughly 6.4 miles (10.3 km) north of its original location on 131st Street in the Manhattanville section of Manhattan.

Manhattan College offers undergraduate programs in the arts, business, education, health, engineering, and science.

Graduate programs are offered for education, business, and engineering.

Riverdale is a residential neighborhood in the northwest ration of the New York City borough of the Bronx. Riverdale, which has a population of 47,850 as of the 2000 United States Census, contains the northernmost narrowing in New York City. Riverdale’s boundaries are disputed, but it is commonly unconditionally to be bordered by Yonkers to the north, Van Cortlandt Park and Broadway to the east, the Kingsbridge neighborhood to the southeast, either the Harlem River or the Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood to the south, and the Hudson River to the west. Riverdale Avenue is the primary north–south thoroughfare through Riverdale.

The neighborhood is allowance of Bronx Community District 8, and its ZIP Codes include 10463 and 10471. The area is patrolled by the 50th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.