The High Bridge

Awesome bridge connecting two boroughs. The renovation is beautiful. I love taking walks and jogs across it.

Oldest Bridge in NYC, newly restored. Combine with a trip to the Morris-Jumel Mansion for a nice uptown excursion. Enter on the Manhattan side at 165th street to avoid the very steep staircase in Highbridge Park.

It indeed was and is NYC’s original High Line—with better views.

Once reopened, residents began congregating on either side of the bridge in the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights and Highbridge in The Bronx.

The bridge reopened after being closed and left to decay for 45 years.

Bee Bee Jay, a resident of Highbridge for over 30 years said, “I couldn’t be happier, this is something I’ve been waiting for so long.”

It was the sentiment echoed by many residents.

At one point, Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr mentioned how The High Bridge would not only connect communities and neighborhoods but also families.

The opening of this landmark, the oldest standing bridge in New York City, older than the Brooklyn Bridge, the bridge that brought life into Manhattan and helped New York City with its explosive growth that eventually led to The Bronx being absorbed into its fold along with the other boroughs, is really a historic moment for all.

It is a victory on how community can band together and demand better and get it.

Many of us look forward to taking long walks along the promenade and enjoying the beautiful breezes almost 100 feet above the river but most of all we see this as a catalyst for expanding our greenways in The Bronx.