Riverdale, Bronx

Riverdale
Riverdale
Neighborhood of the Bronx
	Bell Tower Park in Riverdale
	Location in New York City. The indicated area on the map includes the Spuyten Duyvil Neighborhood.
	Coordinates: 40°53′38″N 73°54′47″W / 40.894°N 73.913°W
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	The Bronx
Community District	Bronx 8
Founded	1852
Named for	The numerous brooks, streams and meadows in the hilly region.
Area
• Total	7.03 km2 (2.714 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	47,850
• Density	6,800/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Economics Includes Fieldston
• Median income (2019)	$64,360
ZIP Codes	10463, 10471
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917

Riverdale is a residential neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of the Bronx. Riverdale, which had a population of 47,850 as of the 2000 United States Census, contains the city's northernmost point at the College of Mount Saint Vincent.^[3] Riverdale's boundaries are disputed, but it is commonly agreed 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.^[4]^[5]

The neighborhood is part 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.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
^ "Riverdale/Fieldston Neighborhood Profile". NYU Furman Center. December 31, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
^ Schneider, Daniel B. "F.Y.I." Archived October 8, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, July 1, 2001. Accessed April 20, 2021. "Getting Your Bearings Q. Where are the city's northern, southern, eastern and westernmost points, and what is the greatest distance between one point and another? A.... According to A Natural History of New York City by John Kieran (Houghton Mifflin, 1959), the easternmost point is in Glen Oaks, Queens, at about 73 degrees 42 minutes west longitude, and the extreme northern point is the bank of the Hudson in the Mount St. Vincent area of the Bronx, at about 40 degrees 55 minutes north latitude."
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