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Heading north brings us into the hood known as Marble Hill. It is everthing between The Bronx line and the Harlem River. This hood is mostly residential. Originally, it was given by a land grant was Tobias Teunissen, a a wool washer from Leyden, Holland, in 1636, and lived there until he died in a raid with Native Americans in 1655 having leaving to his family until the Dyckmans and Nagles bought it in 1677. Governor Kieft agreed to another land grant to Mattius Jansen van Keulan and Huyck Aertsen in 1646. In 1693, the Kings Br was built to connect it to The Bronx, but recquired a toll to cross it. In 1759, the Dyckman Free Br was built so that people wouldn't have to pay a toll to cross the existing bridge. In 1776, George Washington, who lead the Continental Army, had retreated from Manahttan trhough both bridges after loosing their fort in the Battle of Ft Washington, which got renamed Ft Prince Charles after the prince of Brunswick who was also the brother-in-law to King George III, but managed to win it back a year later. In 1817, the area was purchased by John/Curtis Bolton to have a mill there. In 1891, the place was named Marble Hill by Daruis C Crosby for the deposits of dolemite marble that were common here. In 1895, it was made into an island when Spuyten Duyvil Creek was being changed to to help with navigation with the Broadway Br to connect it back to Manhattan. In 1917, it was decided that the part facing The Bronx would be filled in making Marble Hill the only Manhattan neighborhood on the mainland. In 1939, Jame J Lyons, the Bronx borough president, demanded that Marble Hill to be part of The Bronx since it was physically on it, but his attempt, along with other residents from his borugh, had failed and it stayed as part of Manhattan as its own residents didn't want it to change. In 1960, a new version of the Broadway Br was built to allow for both subway/vehicular access. More recently, Marble Hill was told to have a 718 area code with the rest of the boroughs despite still being Manhattan, which kept the 212 area code. Marble Hill is a number of characteristics that almost don't make it part of Manhattan such as single family houses and leafy side streets. Despite being part of Manhattan, it is oftenly associated with community boards with The Bronx. There is actually a plaque at the Marble Hill Houses where the Kings/Dyckman Brs once stood before being connected. On a sidenote, this is the last of the Manhattan hoods, and stay tuned for Brooklyn comming up in the near future. You can get here by taking the subway to 225th-Marble Hill or by taking the Hudson Line Branch of Metro-North RR to the Marble Hill Station. Here is what you will find in Marble Hill.

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