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==Geography==
Kingsbridge actually comprises three distinct neighborhoods: Kingsbridge proper, [[Kingsbridge Heights]], and [[Van Cortlandt Village]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pastor|first1=Kate|title=What makes Riverdale Riverdale? How a community divided remains standing|url=http://riverdalepress.com/stories/What-makes-Riverdale-Riverdale-How-a-community-divided-remains-standing,36584?page=3&|accessdate=July 2, 2014|work=The Riverdale Press|date=June 6, 2010}}</ref> Kingsbridge is sometimes considered a sub-section of [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]].{{citation Now,needed|date=January realtors are calling it Lower or South Riverdale, even though it is in a different ZIP code from Riverdale (which is 10471).2020}} Kingsbridge proper is bounded by Manhattan College Parkway to the north, either the [[Major Deegan Expressway]] or Bailey Avenue to the east, West 230th Street to the south, and Irwin Avenue to the west.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pastor|first1=Kate|title=Kingsbridge still a way station for immigrants|url=http://riverdalepress.com/stories/Kingsbridge-still-a-way-station-for-immigrants,36731?page=3&|accessdate=July 2, 2014|work=The Riverdale Press|date=June 20, 2010}}</ref>
==Land use and terrain==
Kingsbridge has detached, semi detached, and attached homes, and apartment buildings. Streets connecting [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] and Kingsbridge include "step streets", with stairways of as many as 160 steps climbing the slope. Some jokingly refer to Riverdale as the "rich uncle" of Kingsbridge which has its origins during the Irish period.<ref>{{cite news|last1=ChamerlainChamebrlain|first1=Lisa|title=Getting Along in Riverdale's Shadow|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/realestate/07livi.html?_r=1&n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes&|accessdate=July 2, 2014|publisher=The New York Times|date=August 7, 2005}}</ref> The neighborhood is also part of a [[business improvement district]] that is home to 200 merchants, which is one of the largest retail shopping districts in the Bronx. River Plaza Shopping Center is located nearby (in [[Marble Hill, Manhattan|Marble Hill]], 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.
==History==
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