Living in Kingsbridge: rent, commute and grades

The Bronx · Updated October 2026

Hudson River with Marble Hill towers from the Metro-North line, Kingsbridge.
Broadway southbound at West 228th Street, Marble Hill.
Inwood Hill Park and the Henry Hudson Bridge from Marble Hill.
Circle Line sightseeing boat under the Broadway Bridge, Marble Hill.
Broadway Bridge from Marble Hill, Kingsbridge.
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This guide also covers Marble Hill (Manhattan) and Marble Hill (The Bronx), which share Kingsbridge’s official city boundaries.

Rent in Kingsbridge

$1,424 a month

Type of homeA room in a 2-bedroom, shared by two

Kingsbridge is cheaper with roommates

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BOverall

Kingsbridge graded

Grades compare NYC neighborhoods with each other. How the grades work.

Everyday life

  • A-Walkability

    The average home has 5 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 285 places to eat or shop.

    Residents: Close to everything you need, with Van Cortlandt Park a short walk away. Resident of about 17 years, Aug 2025

    City data and 3 resident threads on Reddit agree on this grade.

  • A-Food and shopping

    Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 60 places to eat, 22 kinds of cuisine, 4.3 large grocery stores and 192 open storefronts.

    Residents: Has all the everyday essentials. Resident of 20 years, Jun 2025

    City data alone would give B; what residents say in 8 Reddit threads moves it to A-.

  • A-Parks and green space

    100% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 612 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 354 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

    Residents: Plenty of playgrounds, including Ewen Park up the hill and the one at the base of Van Cortlandt Park. Parent, Mar 2025

    City data alone would give B+; what residents say in 5 Reddit threads moves it to A-.

People

  • BCommunity

    16% of households moved in since 2018, 5% are roommates sharing a home, 21% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 28 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

    Residents: Neighborhood kids sled down Ewen Park's big hill after snow, and a group of neighbors cares for the park. Resident, Mar 2025

  • B-Nightlife

    About 22 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

    Residents: Little in the way of decent nightlife, which helps keep it quiet. Resident for decades, Aug 2025

    City data alone would give B; what residents say in 4 Reddit threads moves it to B-.

Home and safety

  • CSafety

    6.4 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (153 in all).

    Residents: Car thefts, including wheels and catalytic converters, are common enough that paying for a garage felt necessary. Resident, Mar 2025

  • DQuiet

    57 noise complaints to 311 per 1,000 residents in 2025, not counting helicopter complaints, and counting each address at most 12 days a year. That measures how often people complain, not how loud it is.

    Residents: Pretty quiet, helped by the lack of nightlife. Resident for decades, Aug 2025

  • DBuilding upkeep

    41.2 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 18.6 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

Who lives there

  • Families with kids

What residents say

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Safety

Food and shopping

Nightlife

Walkability

Quiet

Parks and green space

Getting around from Kingsbridge

Map of New York City neighborhoods shaded by travel time by subway or bus from Kingsbridge
By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourKingsbridge
  • 231 St 1
  • 238 St 1
  • Marble Hill-225 St 1
  • Van Cortlandt Park-242 St 1

Residents: Midtown is 30 minutes or less on the 1 train, with express buses and Metro-North as backups. Resident for decades, Aug 2025

Residents: The 1 train is reliable, gets to Columbia quickly and connects to most other lines downtown. Resident of 20 years, Jun 2025

What to know about Kingsbridge

  • The King's Bridge, the first built link between Manhattan and the mainland, crossed Spuyten Duyvil Creek here from 1693. Frederick Philipse built it, and his family ran it as a toll bridge until the American Revolution; in two versions it stood until about 1914, when the creek was filled in. Source
  • West 230th Street follows roughly the course of the old Spuyten Duyvil Creek, and the King's Bridge stood at today's West 230th Street and Kingsbridge Avenue. Source
  • Kingsbridge's main shopping strip is the L-shaped Kingsbridge BID: Broadway from West 230th to West 236th streets, under the elevated 1 train, and West 231st Street from Corlear Avenue to the Bailey Avenue entrance of the Major Deegan Expressway. Source
  • Tibbetts Brook, buried in the sewers by 1912, is being brought back above ground for over a mile, from Hester and Piero's Mill Pond to West 230th Street, with a new stretch of the Harlem River-Putnam Greenway alongside. The city expected construction to start in fall 2026. Source
  • Marble Hill is legally part of Manhattan, but the Bronx provides its city services. The local public housing, the NYCHA-run Marble Hill Houses, is home to 3,222 residents. Source

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