Parkchester can save you green while surrounding you with greenery

Lush walkways lined with London plane trees, playgrounds around almost every corner, small fields of grass surrounded by benches — life in Parkchester, as the name implies, is like living in a park.

But Parkchester is as much about the people as the landscape. The 171-building complex in north-central Bronx is one of the city’s most successful neighborhoods. A bastion of housing for hardworking New Yorkers, where one-bedroom rents start at about $950 and two-bedrooms at $1,300, the complex mirrors New York City in diversity. African-Americans, Hispanics, South Asians, Caucasians and Africans live side-by-side, following various religions and raising families.

What separates the neighborhood, reachable by the 6 train, are well-kept grounds, polite neighbors, green fi elds separating buildings, superior retail (including the second Macy’s ever to open) and a central fountain called the Oval that draws people night and day. Kids are everywhere. Fashionable students mix with seniors who have lived at the complex for over 40 years...

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