Marble Hill is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Although once part of Manhattan Island, a large modern shipping canal was dug to its south over a small earlier canal in the late 19th century. The neighborhood was then connected to the mainland United States in the early 20th century.

2011年10月29日 · The name of Marble Hill was conceived by Darius C. Crosby in 1891 from the local deposits of dolomite marble, which is a relatively soft rock that overlay the Inwood and Marble Hill communities. The marble was quarried for the Federal buildings in lower Manhattan when New York was the Capital of the United States in the 1780s.

Marble Hill is a unique neighborhood in New York City. Although it is part of the borough of Manhattan, it is not located on the island of Manhattan. Instead, Marble Hill is on the mainland, surrounded by neighborhoods of The Bronx. It is flanked by Spuyten Duyvil to the west and Kingsbridge Heights to the east.

2015年2月18日 · It cut through Manhattan's northernmost neighborhood, Marble Hill, immediately turning the latter into an island, cut off from Manhattan on one side by the new canal, and from the Bronx on the ...

2013年10月10日 · Here are five things to do in Marble Hill. 1. Stroll across the Broadway Bridge Located across the Harlem River from Manhattan, Marble Hill is bordered by Johnson/Irwin Avenue to the west, 230th Street to the north, Exterior …

2019年8月25日 · In a little-known quirk of geography, a small piece of the borough of Manhattan, known as Marble Hill, is on the mainland. It is surrounded on three sides by the Bronx and on the south by the Harlem River.

Is Marble Hill part of the Bronx or Manhattan? Read the fascinating history behind one of New York's most important infrastructure projects, and how it caused a dispute that's lasted over 100 years.

Marble Hill is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Although once part of Manhattan Island, a large modern shipping canal was dug to its south over a small earlier canal in the late 19th century.

2012年11月16日 · When the construction of the Harlem River Ship Canal separated Marble Hill from the rest of Manhattan in 1895, the little neighborhood, perched on a high mound of Inwood marble, was suddenly...

Marble Hill is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in New York, New York. This is a coastal neighborhood (i.e., is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet). Marble Hill real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and small ...