River Plaza Shopping Center is located nearby (in Marble Hill, Manhattan) but it is not part of the business improvement district.

The neighborhood is named for the King's Bridge, likely erected by enslaved Africans[6] in 1693 and owned by Frederick Philipse, a local lord loyal to the British monarch.

The bridge spanned a now-filled-in section of Spuyten Duyvil Creek, roughly parallel to today's 230th Street.

The creek's water flow was redirected to the new and deeper shipping canal, south of Marble Hill.

The areas that are inside the modern-day New York city line broke off to form the Town of Kingsbridge.

As the trains to Manhattan were built in the 20th century, a stop in the northwest Bronx along the Hudson River called Riverdale-on-Hudson, now Riverdale, was created.

[7] Historical documents reveal that the Black population of Kingsbridge was proportionally much higher in the distant past than it is today, due to the number of Africans enslaved by local landowners from the late 1600s to mid 1800s.

From the late 1970s the Irish population has decreased significantly, being replaced by large numbers of African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Albanians, and Greeks.

In northern Kingsbridge the Visitation Roman Catholic Church and School is located on West 239th street.

[10][11] Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Kingsbridge and Spuyten Duyvil was 30,161, a change of 289 (1%) from the 29,872 counted in 2000.

[17] In 2018, an estimated 15% of Kingsbridge and Riverdale residents lived in poverty, compared to 25% in all of the Bronx and 20% in all of New York City.

Based on this calculation, as of 2018[update], Kingsbridge and Riverdale are considered high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying.

[14]: 14 The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, in Kingsbridge and Riverdale is 0.0075 milligrams per cubic metre (7.5×10−9 oz/cu ft), more than the city average.

[23] The United States Postal Service operates the Kingsbridge Station post office at 5517 Broadway.

[24] Kingsbridge and Riverdale generally have a similar rate of college-educated residents to the rest of the city as of 2018[update].

[14]: 6  The percentage of Kingsbridge and Riverdale students excelling in math rose from 21% in 2000 to 48% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 28% to 33% during the same time period.

[15]: 24 (PDF p. 55) [14]: 6  Additionally, 78% of high school students in Kingsbridge and Riverdale graduate on time, higher than the citywide average of 75%.