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How walkable is Marble Hill?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Marble Hill has a walkability score of 93 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in The Bronx, which scores 90 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,291 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Marble Hill. The nearest grocery is CTown Supermarkets, about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and schools.
- Taveras Food Center3 min
- Aldi7 min
- Riverdale Indian Grill2 min
- Marea Fish Market3 min
- Flowers By Zenda3 min
- Marble Hill Pharmacy3 min
- Marble Hill Cafe4 min
- Starbucks6 min
- TD Bank6 min
- Ponce Bank8 min
- Ewen Park8 min
- Riverbend Playground9 min
- Atmosphere Academy2 min
- Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy3 min
- Jerome Park Library18 min
- Spuyten Duyvil Library19 min
- Riverdale Children's Theatre14 min
- Metropolitan Opera House15 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Marble Hill at 40.8763, -73.9104. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 79 street intersections per km², and blocks average 94 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Marble Hill
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Marble Hill. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in The Bronx
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Heights | 4.7 km | 94 |
| Hamilton Heights | 6.7 km | 96 |
| Morningside Heights | 8.6 km | 97 |
| East Harlem | 9.5 km | 95 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the The Bronx page.
Questions about walking in Marble Hill
Is Marble Hill walkable?
Yes. Marble Hill in The Bronx has a walkability score of 93 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Marble Hill more walkable than the rest of The Bronx?
Marble Hill is more walkable than The Bronx as a whole: it scores 93, against 90 for the 5 km around The Bronx's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 The Bronx neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in The Bronx?
Of the 5 The Bronx neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Morningside Heights (97), Hamilton Heights (96) and East Harlem (95).
How is the walkability score of Marble Hill calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Marble Hill it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 400 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.