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Riverdale
Riverdale

Riverdale (population approximately 45,000, according to the 2000 U.S. Census) is a middle- and upper-class residential neighborhood in the northwest portion of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. Image File history File links RiverdaleBronxNY.JPG‎ A map of the Bronx, New York with the Riverdale neighborhood highlighted in red. ... Image File history File links RiverdaleBronxNY.JPG‎ A map of the Bronx, New York with the Riverdale neighborhood highlighted in red. ... A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community located within a larger city or suburb. ... The Five Boroughs redirects here. ... Bronx redirects here. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...


Riverdale's ZIP codes are 10463 and 10471. While 10471 is entirely in Riverdale, 10463 also covers the adjacent neighborhoods of Kingsbridge and Marble Hill. Mr. ... Kingsbridge is a neighborhood in the Bronx, New York. ... Marble Hill is the northernmost section of the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York. ...

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Demographics

Riverdale has a population of around 45,000. The neighborhood is predominantly White non-Hispanic, most of whom are of Irish, Jewish, German, or Russian ancestry. Over the recent years, Riverdale has attracted many families from Manhattan. With a average median income of $60,000 it is easily one of the more upscale areas in The Bronx.[citation needed]


In 1974, a large residential compound and school was established in North Riverdale by the Permanent Mission of the USSR to the United Nations (now the Russian Mission to the UN) to house diplomats and their families. The 20-story building was constructed from the top down, with the upper floors built first.[1]


Geography

Riverdale is about three square miles in area. It is bordered on the north by the city of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York; to the east by Van Cortlandt Park and the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx; to the west by the Hudson River; and to the south by the Harlem River. Yonkers, just north of New York City in Westchester County, is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of New York, with a population of 196,086 (according to the 2000 census). ... Westchester County is a suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Van Cortlandt Park is a large urban park in the Bronx, NY. It has an area of 1,146 acres (4. ... Kingsbridge Kingsbridge is a neighborhood in the Bronx, New York. ... , The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican, the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois,[1][2][3] or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami, Muhheakantuck, Θkahnéhtati[4] in Tuscarora), is a river that runs through the eastern portion of New York State and... The Harlem River, shown in red, between the Bronx and Manhattan in New York City The Harlem River is a tidal strait in New York City, USA that flows 8 miles (13 km) between the East River and the Hudson River, separating the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. ...


The subsections of Riverdale are:

  • Spuyten Duyvil / South Riverdale (Riverdale below West 232nd Street)
  • Central Riverdale (The "downtown" of Riverdale - from Manhattan College Parkway to West 232nd Street and from the Henry Hudson Parkway to Riverdale Avenue and Waldo Avenue)
  • Fieldston (Riverdale south and east of the Henry Hudson Parkway, north of Manhattan College Parkway and west of Tibbett Avenue)
  • North Riverdale (Riverdale above West 242nd Street)

The leafy, scenic enclave of Fieldston, a private community, was designated as an historic district by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2006. Spuyten Duyvil (pronounced SPITE-uhn DYE-vuhl) is the name of a subsection of the Riverdale section of the Bronx in New York City. ... The Henry Hudson Parkway is an 11. ... Fieldston is the name of a subsection of the Riverdale section of the Bronx in New York City. ... The Henry Hudson Parkway is an 11. ... North Riverdale is the northernmost part of the Riverdale section of the Bronx, particularly above 254th Street. ... Fieldston is the name of a subsection of the Riverdale section of the Bronx in New York City. ... The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency charged with administering New Yorks Landmarks Preservation Law. ...


Cityscape

Bell Tower Park in Riverdale

Housing in Riverdale ranges from multi-story apartment buildings dating from the 1950s and 60s to large, architecturally distinguished houses built in the early 20th century, mostly in Georgian- and Tudor-revival styles. It is also home to the modernist landmark Saul Victor house, designed by Ferdinand Gottlieb in 1967.[2] Since 2005, Central Riverdale has experienced a building boom with the addition of many mid- and high-rise condominium buildings. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2288x1712, 846 KB) I took this photograph of Bell Tower Park in Riverdale on January 11, 2007. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2288x1712, 846 KB) I took this photograph of Bell Tower Park in Riverdale on January 11, 2007. ... This article is considered orphaned, since there are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...


Riverdale is in a sense the closest northern suburb of New York City although it is not its own municipality. Administratively, Riverdale is part of Bronx Community Board 8.[3] Wave Hill, a combination botanical garden and outdoor art gallery, is located in the so-called Estate Area overlooking the Hudson River. Two weekly newspapers, the Riverdale Press [1] and the Riverdale Review, focus on news of interest to residents of the neighborhood. Bronx Community Board 8 is a local government unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhoods of Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights, Marble Hill, and Riverdale. ... Wave Hill is a 28 acre (113,000 m²) botanical garden in New York Citys Riverdale neighborhood, situated in the Bronx, USA. The original Wave Hill House was built in 1843 by William Lewis Morris in Greek Revival style, and owned from 1866-1903 by William Henry Appleton, who... The Riverdale Review is a weekly newspaper serving the Riverdale section of the Bronx in New York City. ...


Churches and Synagogues

Riverdale in literature and movies

The exteriors of many of Riverdale's mansions have been used in movies; most notably, the "Corleone House" located on Independence Avenue (across from Wave Hill) was used for the exterior shots in the film The Godfather. Dorney and Malone's Tavern on Broadway was also filmed in the 2007 romantic comedy The Accidental Husband, starring Uma Thurman. This article is about the 1972 film. ...


Education

Riverdale is home to three prominent private schools (Horace Mann, Riverdale Country, and Fieldston), and two Roman Catholic colleges, (Manhattan College and the College of Mount Saint Vincent). The Academy for Jewish Religion is one of two similarly-named transdenominational rabbinical schools, the other located in Los Angeles, California. This article is about the private school in New York City. ... The Lower Campus of Riverdale Country School Riverdale Country School is a co-educational college preparatory day school in New York City. ... The Ethical Culture Fieldston School, known as Fieldston, is a private independent school in New York City and a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League. ... The main entrance to Manhattan College Manhattan College is a Roman Catholic liberal arts college in the Lasallian tradition in New York City. ... The main entrance of the College of Mount Saint Vincent The College of Mount Saint Vincent is a Catholic liberal arts college located in the Riverdale section of The Bronx, New York. ... The two Academy for Jewish Religion seminaries are transdenominational rabbinical schools located in Riverdale, New York and Los Angeles, California. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...


The public elementary schools are the Spuyten Duyvil School (P.S. 24)[4] and the Robert J. Christen School (P.S. 81)[5]. The public middle school and high school is M.S./H.S 141, The Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy.[6] Nearby high schools that also serve the community include the Bronx High School of Science and John F. Kennedy High School. The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science, Bronx Sci, or just Science, and officially known as H.S. 445) is a specialized New York City public high school. ...


Riverdale is also home to SAR Academy, a private Jewish day school near the Riverdale train station, and SAR High School as well as the Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni and Yeshiva Ohavei Torah of Riverdale. Kinneret Day School,[7] is a private Jewish day school in Spuyten Duyvil, serving grades K through 8 in addition to pre-school. Catholic elementary schools in the area are St. Gabriel's School and St. Margaret of Cortona School. SAR Academy is a coeducational, private Modern Orthodox Jewish day school. ... A Jewish day school is a modern Jewish educational institution that is designed to provide Jewish children with both a Jewish and a secular education in one school on a full time basis, hence its name of day school meaning a school that the students attend for an entire... SAR High School is a Modern Orthodox Yeshiva in Riverdale, New York City. ... The Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni, often referred to as Riverdale is a branch of the Telshe yeshiva in Riverdale, New York. ...


Also in the area are several pre-schools including the Riverdale Temple Nursery School, Spuyten Duyvil Preschool,[8], Kinneret Day School,[9], Riverdale Nursery School and Family Center, and the Riverdale Presbyterian Church Nursery School.[10]


Transportation

The Riverdale train station on the Metro-North Railroad
The Riverdale train station on the Metro-North Railroad

The northern terminal station of the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway is located at the intersection of 242nd Street and Broadway. The tracks and stations are elevated along Broadway throughout the Riverdale area. Metro-North commuter railroad service is available at the Spuyten Duyvil station, located underneath the Henry Hudson Parkway and alongside the shore of the Harlem River at Edsall Avenue. Metro-North service is also available at the Riverdale station, located between West 254th Street and West 255th Street. The 242nd Street elevated subway station is served by the 1, while the Spuyten Duyvil and Riverdale railroad stations are served by the Hudson Line. Metro-North commuting time from the Spuyten Duyvil station to Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan is around 22 minutes. Image File history File linksMetadata Riverdale_train_station_800. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Riverdale_train_station_800. ... Terminal Station was also the name of a railway station in Chattanooga, Tennessee; see Chattanooga Choo Choo. ... Services that use the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line through midtown and downtown have been colored red since 1979. ... Times Square–42nd Street station entrance The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority , an affiliate of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit. ... Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street is the northern terminal station on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. ... A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City. ... The Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, or MTA Metro-North Railroad, or, more commonly, Metro-North, is a suburban commuter rail service that is run and managed by an authority of New York State, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or, more simply, the MTA. Metro-North runs service between New York... The Spuyten Duyvil station, July 2005 The Spuyten Duyvil Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood of the Bronx, New York via the Hudson Line. ... The Henry Hudson Parkway is an 11. ... The Riverdale Metro-North station The Riverdale Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York via the Hudson Line. ... The 1 Broadway–Seventh Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Metro-North Railroads Hudson Line is a commuter rail line running north from New York City along the east shore of the Hudson River. ... The main concourse Grand Central Terminal (GCT, often unofficially called Grand Central Station) is a terminal rail station at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue (42nd Street and Park Avenue) in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. ... Midtown Manhattan viewed from the World Trade Center. ...


Manhattan can also be reached by MTA Bus Company's (formerly Liberty Lines) express routes. By car, Riverdale is commonly reached by the Henry Hudson Parkway (Route 9A), which bisects much of the neighborhood. This major thoroughfare connects it to Manhattan over the Henry Hudson Bridge to the south. This article is about the borough of New York City. ... MTA Bus Company[1]) is brand of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority providing service on routes formerly controlled by the New York City Department of Transportation. ... Liberty Lines logo Liberty Lines Transit, Inc. ... An express bus is a bus service that is intended to run faster than normal bus lines. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... The Henry Hudson Bridge is a steel arch toll bridge in New York City across the Spuyten Duyvil Creek, a tidal strait. ...


Notable residents

Sean Altman in one of many costumes on Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Sean Altman (born May 9, 1961) is a founder and former lead singer of the singing group Rockapella and a pioneer of the modern a cappella movement. ... Rockapella is an American a cappella musical group best known for their series of Folgers Coffee commercials and the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? theme song. ... William Henry Appleton (1814-99) was an American publisher, a son of Daniel Appleton. ... Wave Hill (28 acres) is a botanical garden in the Riverdale, The Bronx, New York City, New York. ... Bartok redirects here. ... Sir Rudolph Bing Sir Rudolph Bing (January 9, 1902 – September 2, 1997) was an Austrian-born operatic impresario. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the lead section of this article may need to be expanded. ... Ronald Mark Blomberg (born August 23, 1948 in Atlanta, Georgia), nicknamed Boomer, is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder who played with the New York Yankees (1969, 1971-76) and Chicago White Sox (1978). ... Chris Chambliss (born Carroll Christopher Chambliss on December 26, 1948 in Dayton, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball player from 1971-1988 for the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Joey Donovan is the radio name for Joey Reynolds (birth name Edward Joseph Reynolds, II). ... Fernando Ferrer Fernando James Freddy Ferrer (born April 30, 1950 in the Bronx, New York) was the Borough President of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001, and was a candidate for Mayor of New York in 2001 and the Democratic Party nominee for Mayor in 2005. ... Borough President is an elective office in New York City. ... Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella and the First Lady of Song, is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century. ... This article is about the Major League Baseball Player. ... Fred W. Friendly Fred W. Friendly (October 30, 1915 – March 3, 1998) was the former president of CBS News and the creator, with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program See It Now. ... CBS News logo, used from Sept. ... Henry Louis Lou Gehrig (June 19, 1903 â€“ June 2, 1941), born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig[2], was an American baseball player in the 1920s and 1930s, who set several Major League records and was popularly called the The Iron Horse[2] for his durability. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as... Jordan Gelber is an American actor. ... Note on spelling: While most Americans use er (as per American spelling conventions), the majority of venues, performers and trade groups for live theatre use re. ... Avenue Q is a Tony award-winning musical that was conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics. ... Desmond Harrington (born October 19, 1976 in Savannah, Georgia) is an American actor, who gained fame through movies like The Hole, Wrong Turn and Ghost Ship. ... Nat Holman (b. ... City College of The City University of New York The City College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as the City College of New York or simply City College) is a senior college of the City University of New York, in New York City. ... Charles Evans Hughes, III (1915 – 1985) was an American architect. ... H. Stuart Hughes (May 16, 1916 New York City – October 21, 1999 La Jolla, California) was an American historian, professor, and activist. ... Richard M. Joel (born 1950) is the fourth president of Yeshiva University, a Modern Orthodox Judaism Jewish university with a network of schools, colleges, and universities in New York City. ... Yeshiva University is a private Jewish university in New York City whose first component was founded in 1886. ... Eric Richard Kandel (born November 7, 1929) is a neuroscientist who won a Nobel Prize in the year 2000 for his research on the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons. ... Joan Bennett Kennedy was born September 9, 1936 in Riverdale, New York as Virginia Joan Bennett. ... For other persons named Ted Kennedy, see Ted Kennedy (disambiguation). ... John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ... Wave Hill is a 28 acre (113,000 m²) botanical garden in New York Citys Riverdale neighborhood, situated in the Bronx, USA. The original Wave Hill House was built in 1843 by William Lewis Morris in Greek Revival style, and owned from 1866-1903 by William Henry Appleton, who... Bernard Bailey Bernie Kerik, CBE, (born September 4, 1955 in Newark, New Jersey) was an American law-enforcement officer. ... The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department, appointed by the Mayor of New York City. ... G. Oliver Koppell (born 1940) is a member of the New York City Council from District 11 in the Borough of The Bronx, covering the neighborhoods of Riverdale, Norwood, and Bedford Park. ... 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The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team that played from 1890-1957. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as... Willie Howard Mays, Jr. ... Tracy Morgan (born November 10, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor perhaps best known as a member of the cast of Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003. ... SNL redirects here. ... This article is about the TV series. ... Elie Nadelman (February 20, 1882, Warsaw - December 28, 1946) was a Poland-born US sculptor. ... George W. Perkins George Walbridge Perkins, Sr. ... The Palisades Interstate Park Commission was formed in 1900 by governors Theodore Roosevelt of New York and Foster Voorhees of New Jersey in response to the destruction of the Palisades by quarry operators in the late 19th century. ... Jennifer J. Raab is the 13th and current president of Hunter College of the City University of New York holding this position since June 2001. ... See also: Hunter College High School Hunter College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as simply Hunter College) is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY), located on Manhattans Upper East Side. ... Edward Gene Ed Rendell (born January 5, 1944) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. ... List of Pennsylvania Governors The office of Pennsylvania governor was created by the states Constitution of 1790. ... Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr. ... Photo of Theodore Roosevelt Sr. ... This page refers to David Shapiro, the poet. ... 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Modern Orthodox Judaism is a philosophy that attempts to adapt Orthodox Judaism and interaction with the surrounding non-Jewish, modern world. ... Rabbi Mordechai Willig Rabbi Mordechai I. Willig (born April 25, 1947 in New York) is a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University in Washington Heights, Manhattan, NY. His formal title is the . ... Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (born on July 19, 1921) is an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her development of the radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique. ...

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  34. ^ Collins, Glenn. " BASEBALL: SUBWAY SERIES; 1956 vs. 2000? It's Deja Vu All Over Again, Except for When It's Not", The New York Times, October 21, 2000. Accessed May 3, 2008. "In 1956, the Dodger legend Pee Wee Reese occupied a modest brick duplex on Barwell Terrace in Bay Ridge, pitcher Sal Maglie lived in Riverdale and many Yankees occupied an apartment hotel on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx."
  35. ^ Hartocollis, Anemona. "Apartment Complex Official Accused of Taking $1 Million", The New York Times, March 20, 2008. "The Century, built in 1976, is home to Tracy Morgan, the actor and comedian."
  36. ^ Glueck, Grace. "ART: PERU'S 'NAZCA LINES' AS SEEN FROM AIR", The New York Times, February 5, 1982. Accessed May 3, 2008. "Feb. 20 marks the 100th birthday of the sculptor Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), who spent the last 26 years of his life living and working in the Riverdale section of the Bronx."
  37. ^ Boxing Legends - Ray Robinson
  38. ^ Parhizkar, Maryam. "David Shapiro ’68: Four Decades of Poems", Columbia College Today, May/June 2007. Accessed May 4, 2008.
  39. ^ Maslin, Janet. "Heroines in the Footlights, From All Sides Now", The New York Times, April 17, 2008. Accessed May 3, 2008. "And Ms. Weller segues neatly from the fictional melodramas watched by the young Ms. Mitchell (then Roberta Joan Anderson) on Canadian movie screens to the real-life ones unfolding in Ms. Simon’s privileged, sexually overcharged household in Riverdale in New York."
  40. ^ Lowenstein, Roger. "As Governor, What Would His Battles Be?", The New York Times, July 16, 2006. Accessed April 13, 2008. "Eliot and his two siblings grew up in the prosperous Riverdale enclave of the Bronx, fed on progressive politics and duly enrolled in private schools."
  41. ^ Dunlap, David W. "Bronx Residents Fighting Plans Of a Developer", The New York Times, November 16, 1987. Accessed May 4, 2008. "A battle has broken out in the Bronx over the future of the peaceful acreage where U Thant lived when he headed the United Nations. A group of neighbors from Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil has demanded that the city acquire as a public park the 4.75-acre parcel known as the Douglas-U Thant estate, north of 232d Street, between Palisade and Douglas Avenues."
  42. ^ Biography: Richard J. Tofel, International Freedom Center. Accessed May 4, 2008.
  43. ^ Frank, Mortimer H. "A Toscanini Odyssey", The Juilliard Journal Online, April 2002. Accessed February 26, 2008. "That archive was housed at Wave Hill, Toscanini's Riverdale residence during World War II."
  44. ^ "FEAR THAT GEN. WEBB WILL NOT RECOVER; Artillery Commander in the "Bloody Angle" at Gettysburg on His Deathbed.", The New York Times, February 12, 1911. Accessed May 4, 2008.
  45. ^ Stern, Eliyahu. "Leaping to respectability", The Jerusalem Post, May 24, 2002. Accessed May 4, 2008. "Based in the affluent Jewish enclave of Riverdale, in the New York City borough of the Bronx, Weiss has never really been accepted in the upper echelons of the US Jewish establishment."
  46. ^ Rosalyn Yalow Autobiography, Nobel Prize. Accessed February 24, 2008. "During that period Aaron and I had two children, Benjamin and Elanna. We bought a house in Riverdale, less than a mile from the VA."

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