It IS The Bronx!
I’m not too familiar with The Bronx. Now you know why you see so many Brooklyn posts. I have to admit, until recently, I wasn’t sure if Riverdale was part of The Bronx or Westchester. Apparently, I’m not the only one.
Soooo, I asked a friend who lived in Riverdale for years. Here’s what she had to say:
Riverdale still feels like NYC’s best kept secret. It’s still pretty much undiscovered. The prices are much lower than parts of other boroughs.
It’s green, clean and safe.
There is a diverse community with a fine selection of ethnic restaurants to show for it.
Great location for getting into or out of the city. The 1 or 9 line runs to 242nd Street. You can walk “up the hill” from Kingsbridge or take a city bus. Alternatively, there is an express bus or Metro North.
It’s probably not the best area for young hipsters, as there isn’t too much night life. Many young families are moving/living there.
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[...] Riverdale is a Northern Bronx neighborhood which looks suspiciously like a Westchester suburb (minus the outrageous property taxes). Wooded and green with winding streets, Riverdale’s many apartment buildings line the Henry Hudson Parkway, which, surprisingly, feels more like a Central Park cross-street near the off-ramp areas than a major thoroughfare. There are single-family homes in Riverdale, but they are mostly out of our price range (above 750k) and those in our grasp appear to need some serious fixin’. Since we are pretty desperate to move into our own place at this point and can’t safely renovate for the next couple of years, we need a place in good shape. So, for this trip, we stuck to looking at apartments. [...]
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