North Riverdale, Bronx

40°54′32.07″N 73°54′13.47″W / 40.9089083°N 73.9037417°W / 40.9089083; -73.9037417

North Riverdale is the northernmost part of the Riverdale neighborhood of the borough of the Bronx in New York City, particularly above 254th Street.[1] It is a residential sub-neighborhood, and shares its northern border with Yonkers, New York in Westchester County.

The northernmost point in New York City is at the Hudson River on the campus of the College of Mount Saint Vincent.[2]

  1. ^ Kurutz, Steven. "Real Estate Observes a Law Even Higher", The New York Times, December 11, 2005. Accessed March 9, 2008. "Lately, the boundary of the area considered suitable for Orthodox Jews has shifted to include North Riverdale, the area above 254th Street."
  2. ^ Schneider, Daniel B. "F.Y.I.", 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."