Talk:Kingsbridge Heights, Bronx

message: Somebody out there has added the words "especially White and Hispanic" to the sentence which describes Northern Kingsbridge Heights as an area of "varied ethnicities". Either that person is unaware of the large numbers of residents who are not white or Hispanic, or he/she has some other personal agenda for denying the wide diversity of the area's population.
The vast majority of neighborhood residents who have seen this person's comments strongly disagree with them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manchego1944 (talk • contribs) 18:43, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The northern part of Kingsbridge Height remains majority White, so no need to call it a predominately Dominican neighborhood. Also, where are your sources that "30% of the neighborhood" lives in poverty?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by PassTheYouth (talk • contribs) 17:53, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

text: But most of this is based on assumption. Please post links and sources to support your claims. I live in Van Cortlandt Village, and I'd say this side of the neighborhood has gone from 1/3 White five years ago to 2/3 White now. A lot of Yuppies have been moving in, as well as young couples who are priced out of Manhattan. This in addition to the many elderly Jews and Irish families in the neighborhood.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by PassTheYouth (talk • contribs) 03:24, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

text: No way is it the most Dominican neighborhood. What about University Heights? Bedford Park? They have much more Dominicans. That block you posted shows that a White majority still exists in parts of the neighborhood.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by PassTheYouth (talk • contribs) 06:22, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

text: You have to mention the demographics of Van Cortlandt Village then as more than a "Small, aging Jewish community." It's more like a decent sized community. And they're not the only Whites in VCV. Yuppies have grown in recent years, and a considerable amount of Irish live there. In comparison to all of Kingsbridge Heights, they may not make up a lot of the population, but the majority of Van Cortlandt Village is White and that needs recognizion. Thank you.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by EnterPuppets (talk • contribs) 22:09, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

text: There is no doubt that the hispanic population has grown significantly over the last thirty years.  It began when the Western part of Fordham Road (University Avenue to Fordham Hill - Bailey & Sedwick Avenues) changed from a predominantly Irish to a predominantly hispanic community in the late 1970's.  Since then, hispanics have moved north settling Kingsbridge Road.  From Kingsbridge Road they have thoroughly settled Kingsbridge Heights and today clearly make up the majority of the population.  After securing the Fordham Section & the lower part of Kingsbridge & the Heights, the Hispanics began to settle the valley region (i.e. 231st to 238th streets along Broadway) beginning in the late 1980's.  By 1988 they were clearly becoming a significant portion of the valley's population especially near Bailey & Heath Avenues.  There is no doubt today that the majority of the population throughout the entire Kingsbridge section of the Bronx (Kingsbridge Road, Kingsbridge Heights & the valley) is Hispanic.  The earlier residents, such as the Irish, Germans, Jews, and Italians have moved to the suburbs or have relocated elsewhere in the country.  In time as economic climates improve the current residents (Hispanics) will do the same  and new groups will come to the area.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrkennedy259 (talk • contribs) 05:37, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Demographics