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Albany Crescent is a C-shaped road that runs from Kingsbridge Terrace southwest, west and finally northeast to Bailey Avenue and West 233rd Street, in fact curving right over the Major Deegan Expressway — when engineers laid out the Deegan, the crescent was left intact. The curving route is a remnant of the colonial-era Albany [...]
Categorized in: One Shots Tagged with: Bronx Kingsbridge Heights
I became so enamoured of the Van Cortlandt Village/Kingsbridge Heights area while doing ForgottenTour 37 around the (temporarily dry) Jerome Park Reservoir that I resolved to return and explore these two obscure Bronx enclaves a little more in-depth, and that’s exactly what I did on September 20, 2009. There’s no clear boundary between the two [...]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Tagged with: Bronx Kingsbridge Heights Van Cortlandt Village
According to the late, legendary Bronx historian John McNamara, writing in History in Asphalt, West 230th Street in KIngsbridge Heights and Riverdale has had an active history. It once led to an island: Hummock Island (Native American name Paparinimen) was part of the estate of Alexander Macomb, scion of a milling family who operated a dam bridge [...]
Categorized in: Cobblestones Forgotten Slices Tagged with: Bronx Kingsbridge Heights
The Bronx is not to be outdone when it comes to obscure alleys and lanes. Some are in leaf-filled enclaves like Riverdale and others are to be found in teeming districts like Fordham. Wherever in the Bronx they are, each has its own story to tell. Shrady Place Doctor George Shrady, editor of the New [...]
Categorized in: Alleys Tagged with: Baychester Bronx City Island Eastchester Fordham Kingsbridge Heights Morris Park Morrisania Norwood Riverdale Wakefield Westchester Square
