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Kingsbridge, Bronx
Kingsbridge is a residential neighborhood in the northwest portion of the Bronx, New York City. Kingsbridge's boundaries are Manhattan College Parkway to the north, the Major Deegan Expressway or Bailey Avenue to the east, West 230th Street to the south, and Irwin Avenue to the west.
The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 8, and its ZIP Code is 10463. Kingsbridge is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 50th Precinct.
Kingsbridge has detached, semi detached, and attached homes, and apartment buildings. Streets connecting Riverdale and Kingsbridge include "step streets", with stairways of as many as 160 steps climbing the slope. The neighborhood is also part of a business improvement district that is home to 200 merchants, and is one of the largest retail shopping districts in the Bronx. River Plaza Shopping Center is located nearby (in the Marble Hill neighborhood of Manhattan), but it is not part of the business improvement district. During the past several years there have been significant improvements in the infrastructure of the community. For example, the parks have been improved significantly and there are new elementary schools on 230th Street.[citation needed]
On 233rd Street and Bailey Avenue, there is a baseball field that is run by Kingsbridge Little League. The field has lights, dugouts, stands, and a small food court.[citation needed]
The neighborhood is named for the King's Bridge, likely erected by enslaved Africans in 1693 and owned by Frederick Philipse, lord of Philipsburg Manor, which encompassed parts of present-day Bronx and much of Westchester County. The bridge spanned a now-filled-in section of Spuyten Duyvil Creek, roughly parallel to today's 230th Street. The King's Bridge was part of Boston Post Road, connecting southern Westchester County (which later became the Bronx) with Marble Hill, once part of Manhattan Island and still part of the borough of Manhattan. The bridge is said to still be in place, having been buried when the creek bed was filled in. The creek's water flow was redirected to the new and deeper shipping canal, south of Marble Hill.
For most of the American Revolutionary War, the area was under British control. Initially fortified by American Patriots in 1776, it quickly fell to British forces, who held the area for three years and built forts there to defend northern Manhattan and control the approach from Westchester. A stone wall in Fort Independence Park/Playground (on Sedgwick Avenue and Giles Place) is believed to be the only extant physical trace of Fort Independence built by the Continental Army in 1776 and later destroyed by British forces. On January 18–28, 1777, an American force led by General William Heath unsuccessfully attempted to recapture Fort Independence. The nearby Old Fort Four Park/Playground (at 2890 Sedgwick Ave.) is named for Fort Number Four, which was the largest in a series of eight outer defenses built by the Continental Army in 1777.
Until the later part of the 19th century Riverdale, Kingsbridge, and other areas now in the northwest Bronx were part of the Town of Yonkers. The areas that are within modern-day New York City's modern borders broke off to form the Town of Kingsbridge. In 1874, the City of New York annexed three towns that later became the western half of the Bronx, including the Town of Kingsbridge. As the trains to Manhattan were built in the 20th century, a stop in the northwest Bronx along the Hudson River called Riverdale-on-Hudson, now Riverdale, was created. This gave rise to the Riverdale neighborhood. The remainder of the old Town of Kingsbridge developed into the modern-day Kingsbridge neighborhood.
Historical documents reveal that the Black population of Kingsbridge was proportionally much higher in the distant past than it is today, due to the number of Africans enslaved by local landowners from the late 1600s to mid 1800s. In more recent history, it became a neighborhood of predominately Irish immigrants. From the late 1970s the Irish population has decreased significantly, being replaced by large numbers of African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Albanians, and Greeks. According to an account by The New York Times, the largest Hispanic group in Kingsbridge today are Dominicans, replacing the earlier Puerto Ricans and Cubans, who were the first Hispanics to settle in the neighborhood in the 1970s. There still is a strong Irish population centered on Bailey Avenue and Tibbett Avenue. The Dominicans predominantly live along Broadway and adjacent side streets, with a predominantly mixed ethnic area east and west of Broadway.[unreliable source?]
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Kingsbridge, Bronx
Kingsbridge is a residential neighborhood in the northwest portion of the Bronx, New York City. Kingsbridge's boundaries are Manhattan College Parkway to the north, the Major Deegan Expressway or Bailey Avenue to the east, West 230th Street to the south, and Irwin Avenue to the west.
The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 8, and its ZIP Code is 10463. Kingsbridge is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 50th Precinct.
Kingsbridge has detached, semi detached, and attached homes, and apartment buildings. Streets connecting Riverdale and Kingsbridge include "step streets", with stairways of as many as 160 steps climbing the slope. The neighborhood is also part of a business improvement district that is home to 200 merchants, and is one of the largest retail shopping districts in the Bronx. River Plaza Shopping Center is located nearby (in the Marble Hill neighborhood of Manhattan), but it is not part of the business improvement district. During the past several years there have been significant improvements in the infrastructure of the community. For example, the parks have been improved significantly and there are new elementary schools on 230th Street.[citation needed]
On 233rd Street and Bailey Avenue, there is a baseball field that is run by Kingsbridge Little League. The field has lights, dugouts, stands, and a small food court.[citation needed]
The neighborhood is named for the King's Bridge, likely erected by enslaved Africans in 1693 and owned by Frederick Philipse, lord of Philipsburg Manor, which encompassed parts of present-day Bronx and much of Westchester County. The bridge spanned a now-filled-in section of Spuyten Duyvil Creek, roughly parallel to today's 230th Street. The King's Bridge was part of Boston Post Road, connecting southern Westchester County (which later became the Bronx) with Marble Hill, once part of Manhattan Island and still part of the borough of Manhattan. The bridge is said to still be in place, having been buried when the creek bed was filled in. The creek's water flow was redirected to the new and deeper shipping canal, south of Marble Hill.
For most of the American Revolutionary War, the area was under British control. Initially fortified by American Patriots in 1776, it quickly fell to British forces, who held the area for three years and built forts there to defend northern Manhattan and control the approach from Westchester. A stone wall in Fort Independence Park/Playground (on Sedgwick Avenue and Giles Place) is believed to be the only extant physical trace of Fort Independence built by the Continental Army in 1776 and later destroyed by British forces. On January 18–28, 1777, an American force led by General William Heath unsuccessfully attempted to recapture Fort Independence. The nearby Old Fort Four Park/Playground (at 2890 Sedgwick Ave.) is named for Fort Number Four, which was the largest in a series of eight outer defenses built by the Continental Army in 1777.
Until the later part of the 19th century Riverdale, Kingsbridge, and other areas now in the northwest Bronx were part of the Town of Yonkers. The areas that are within modern-day New York City's modern borders broke off to form the Town of Kingsbridge. In 1874, the City of New York annexed three towns that later became the western half of the Bronx, including the Town of Kingsbridge. As the trains to Manhattan were built in the 20th century, a stop in the northwest Bronx along the Hudson River called Riverdale-on-Hudson, now Riverdale, was created. This gave rise to the Riverdale neighborhood. The remainder of the old Town of Kingsbridge developed into the modern-day Kingsbridge neighborhood.
Historical documents reveal that the Black population of Kingsbridge was proportionally much higher in the distant past than it is today, due to the number of Africans enslaved by local landowners from the late 1600s to mid 1800s. In more recent history, it became a neighborhood of predominately Irish immigrants. From the late 1970s the Irish population has decreased significantly, being replaced by large numbers of African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Albanians, and Greeks. According to an account by The New York Times, the largest Hispanic group in Kingsbridge today are Dominicans, replacing the earlier Puerto Ricans and Cubans, who were the first Hispanics to settle in the neighborhood in the 1970s. There still is a strong Irish population centered on Bailey Avenue and Tibbett Avenue. The Dominicans predominantly live along Broadway and adjacent side streets, with a predominantly mixed ethnic area east and west of Broadway.[unreliable source?]
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