Highbridge
Highbridge is a residential neighborhood geographically located in the central-west section of the Bronx, New York City. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, Macombs Dam Bridge to the south, and the Harlem River to the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 37,700 residents
- Description: neighborhood of The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Also known as: “High Bridge”, “Highbridge Houses”, “Highbridge, Bronx”, “Highbridge, New York City”, and “Highbridge, the Bronx”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Joker Stairs and Yankee Stadium.
Joker Stairs
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The West 167th Street Stairs, colloquially known as the Joker Stairs, are a step street connecting Shakespeare and Anderson avenues at West 167th Street in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City.
Yankee Stadium
Stadium
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Yankee Stadium is a baseball stadium located in the Bronx in New York City, United States. It is the home field of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees and New York City FC of Major League Soccer.
High Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The High Bridge is a steel arch bridge connecting the New York City boroughs of the Bronx and Manhattan. Rising 140 ft over the Harlem River, it is the city's oldest bridge, having opened as part of the Croton Aqueduct in 1848.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Washington Heights and Morris Heights.
Washington Heights
Quarter
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Washington Heights is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest natural point on Manhattan by Continental Army troops to defend the area from the British forces during the American Revolutionary War.
Morris Heights
Neighborhood
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Morris Heights is a residential neighborhood located in the West Bronx. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: West Burnside Avenue to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the south, and the Harlem River to the west.
South Bronx
Quarter
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The South Bronx is an area of the New York City borough of the Bronx. The area comprises neighborhoods in the southern part of the Bronx, such as Concourse, Mott Haven, Melrose, and Port Morris.
Highbridge
- Category: locality
- Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.83677° or 40° 50′ 12″ northLongitude
-73.9268° or 73° 55′ 37″ westPopulation
37,700Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)Open location code
87G8R3PF+P7OpenStreetMap ID
node 158877715OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
6332685Wikidata ID
Q5757835
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Highbridge” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Highbridge”
- Chinese: “海布里奇”
- Chinese: “高橋”
- Dutch: “Highbridge”
- French: “Highbridge”
- Hebrew: “הייברידג‘”
- Hebrew: “הייברידג’”
- Japanese: “ハイ・ブリッジ (ブロンクス)”
- Japanese: “ハイブリッジ (ブロンクス)”
- Spanish: “Highbridge (El Bronx)”
- Spanish: “Highbridge”
- Swedish: “Highbridge”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Highbridge”. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.