Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village

Neighborhood · Bronx

Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village lies in the northwest Bronx along the western and northern sides of the Jerome Park Reservoir, from Kingsbridge Road up to Van Cortlandt Park, with the Major Deegan Expressway to the west.

  • 0.39 square miles
  • 35,777 residents, 2020 Census
  • 85 street corners
  • 8 bus routes

Its name comes from the King's Bridge, built across Spuyten Duyvil Creek in the late 1600s by manor lord Frederick Philipse, and Patriot troops fortified the Kingsbridge area in 1776 before British forces seized it. Van Cortlandt Village, the northern section, is home to the Amalgamated Housing Cooperative, founded in 1927 and the oldest limited-equity housing cooperative in the United States.

Sources: Kingsbridge Heights, Bronx (Wikipedia); Kingsbridge Heights (Bronx Community Board 7); Kingsbridge, Bronx (Wikipedia); Amalgamated Housing Cooperative.

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Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village borders five areas, and Bailey Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 15 of 85.

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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Getting around

Buses on eight routes stop in or at the edge of Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village.

  • 7 local bus routes
  • 1 express bus route

Local bus routes

  • Bx1
  • Bx2
  • Bx3
  • Bx9
  • Bx10
  • Bx22
  • Bx32

Express bus route

  • BxM3

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Bronx corner.

  • 694 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 8.2 a corner, on average
  • 8.0 the average Bronx corner
  • 8 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 24 of its corners

Accessible pedestrian signals
16
Leading pedestrian intervals
11
Turn calming
5
Enhanced crossings
5
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
4
Safety Improvement Projects
3

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 0 red-light camera tickets
  • 5,555 school-zone speed camera tickets at six corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most speed tickets
University Avenue & Reservoir Avenue, 3,971

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 35,777 residents in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, about 91,700 per square mile.

  • 13,638 homes, 2020 Census
  • 998 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 912 residential lots hold buildings from 1928 or earlier, and 72% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
9.7 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Washington's Walk (4.8 acres), Bailey Playground (3.2 acres) and Cooney Grauer Field (1.3 acres)
Designated landmark
40th Police Precinct Station House

Streets and trees

Trees
1,721 in NYC Parks' records, most often pin oak, thornless honeylocust and American basswood
Street with the most corners
Bailey Avenue, with 15 of the area's 85
Height above sea level
From 18 feet at Bailey Avenue & West 229th Street to 169 feet at Claflin Avenue & West 197th Street
Honorary street names
7 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists nine schools and two libraries in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village.

Public schools
7
Charter and private schools
2
Libraries
Jerome Park Library; and Van Cortlandt Library, Arline Schwarzman Building

Bike share

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 11 bike-share stations stand in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village.

  • 11 bike-share stations

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 338 major felonies at places in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village

  • 379 major felonies in 2024
  • 1,113 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, the NYPD recorded another 122 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 12.9 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village.

Police precinct
50th
Major felonies recorded at places in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 177 major felonies at places in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, against 190 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.