West 246 Street Riverdale

Home to the northernmost point in NYC, Riverdale is a Bronx neighborhood that rests next to the Hudson River. Home to many schools and parks, this residential neighborhood is sought after by families for feeling like a suburb within New York City.

Riverdale began life as a place for wealthy Manhattanites to place estates and is likely home to the first recorded shark attack in the New World. While it was largely a place to vacation for NYC residents, the later half of the 1800's would bring railroads to the neighborhood, tempting people to live there year round.

The early 1900's saw Riverdale transform from large estates into more of a residential area with row houses and apartments, though they were few and far between. By the 1990's these apartments and row houses were much more prominent. Through it all, Riverdale never stopped catering to NYC's elite.

While some high and mid rise apartment complexes exist now, shorter…

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