Layers.City

Kingsbridge Heights & Bedford Park

Community district in New York City

Borough: Bronx

Open Kingsbridge Heights & Bedford Park on the map

The map shows every boundary here, from council and legislative districts to school boards, with what’s nearby. Tap any address in it for its own card.

About Bronx

The only borough on the mainland, north of Manhattan across the Harlem River: Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Zoo and Pelham Bay Park.

What stands out

  • Among the most affordable homes in New York City (median $250K)
  • Among the highest shares of renters in New York City (93% rent)
  • Oldest housing in the Bronx (57% built 1939 or earlier)

Living here

Housing
Lower housing cost. Median home $250K · renters pay $1,590/moSurvey estimates for 2020–2024, not current prices, for the whole community district. Rent is what renting households pay, utilities included, counting rent-stabilized and subsidized homes, so it sits well below what a new lease costs. Use them to compare districts, not to budget.
To Penn Station
45–60 min. About 50 min by transit, weekday morning
Getting to work
Mostly transit, walk or bike. 21% drive · 67% transit · 10% walk or bike
Households
Mostly renters. 93% rent
Tree canopy
10–20%. 16% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
Home types
Detached 2% · Attached 1% · 2–19 units 17% · 20+ units 79%
Built
1939 or earlier 57% · 1940–79 29% · 1980–99 5% · 2000 or later 9%
Ages
Under 15 20% · 15–24 13% · 25–44 30% · 45–64 25% · 65+ 12%
Language at home
Spanish 65% · English only 25% · Other Indo-European (e.g. Hindi, Urdu) 5%English only, or the language besides English that each person 5 or older speaks at home. For tracts the Census groups some languages: Bengali, Hindi and Urdu are among “other Indo-European”.
Recent immigrants
18% born abroad, came to the US 2010 or laterShare of residents, from the 2020–2024 survey.

American Community Survey 2020–2024 and MTA schedules, Kingsbridge Heights & Bedford Park. Tiers compare the 59 community districts.

Next door