Residents Get Small Town Feel in Bronx Neighborhood

Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times

Life in Kingsbridge Neighborhood

By Sam Dolnick

The elevated train rattles overhead, drowning out the sidewalk’s Irish brogues, Spanglish exclamations, and Vietnamese and Albanian chatter. New blood has changed the Kingsbridge neighborhood, in the northwest Bronx, which sits in a valley between Riverdale and the Major Deegan Expressway.

But its small-town character remains strong — waiters know how customers like their meat cooked, and barbers pick up conversations with customers where they left off. Stroll down Broadway to check out the new life in the area and pay respect to the old.

1 P.M Take the No. 1 train to West 231st Street and walk four blocks west to the restored Tibbett Diner, 3033 Tibbett Avenue, (718) 549-8893. The neighborhood institution was gutted by a fire last year, but....MORE