King's Bridge Redoubt 5251 U.S. 9, The Bronx, NY 10463

"The plaque is for the bridge, not the redoubt. So google's marker should only refer to that. The plaque was originally attached to some other building in the area, but had to be removed. Dr William A Tieck of the Kingsbridge Historical Society found it and eventually was able to have it placed at Marble Hill Houses (close enough, but the distances from landmarks mentioned on the sign will be a little off). He wrote a book published in 1968 called Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Spuyten Duyvil: New York City: an Historical Epitome of the Northwest Bronx, where he talks about this. Likely out of print, but surely some libraries have it. He mentioned there was another plaque for the "Free Bridge" (alternate to Kings, a toll bridge) still up then, but Tieck wrote the book decades before Target came. I assume the plaque was taken down with that shopping center. I wonder where that plaque went. Free Bridge was right about where Target is, 225th near Exterior St. That book must mention the redoubt, but it's been a while since I read it. Addendum: not attached to a rest room or playground. It's on the side of one the apartment buildings in the MH Projects. Visible from the sidewalk on the westside of Broadway just south of 230th St."

"I'm confused. The red map marker is entitled King's Bridge Redoubt. A redoubt is a simple fortification. If the marker accurately shows where that fortification was once, fine. But the placard in that photo is located on the outside of a public bathroom inside the Marble Hill Playground near its northern-most corner. Though it's been a couple of years since I've read that placard, I believe it only refers to the original and subsequent King's Bridges and not the redoubt itself. The other discrepancy I would like to point out is that the Google map is wrong: Kingsbridge Avenue continues further south below West 230 Street. The map shows the roadway name ending at West 230 Street. If you read the road signs at the W 228 Street and West 230 Street intersections, you'll notice something odd. The roadway changes it's name somewhere between the two intersections. That's because Spuyten Duyvil Creek used flow between them. In 1913, the creek was filled in and the last King's Bridge is buried below the roadway. Except for the interesting placard and the strange road signage, there's nothing really to see as far as I know. My guess is that almost no one living in the area knows where King's Bridge is actually located. As for King's Bridge Redoubt, I assume it once existed. Was it the little fort that used to crown Marble Hill? Although nowhere to be seen, I gave "King's Bridge Redoubt" 3 stars because Marble Hill has an interesting history. (Easy to forget that it used to be part of the wilderness around New Amsterdam.) But, again, there's not much to see unless you're armed with some knowledge of local history."

"“Northwest of this tablet within a distance of 100 feet stood the original Kings Bridge and its successors from 1693 until 1913 when Spuyten Duyvil Creek was filled up. “Over it marched the troops of both armies during the American Revolution and its possession controlled the land approach to New York City. “General George Washington rested at Kings Bridge the night of June 26, 1776 while en route from Philadelphia to Cambridge to assume command of the Continental Army. “This tablet was erected by the Empire State Society Sons of the American Revolution, June 27, 1914.” Frederick Philipse built the first Kings Bridge, a tolled span over Spuyten Duyvil Creek,(since filled in) in 1693. Benjamin Palmer and Jacob Dyckman built a second bridge in 1759 to avoid paying the high tolls charged by Philipse. During his retreat from the Battle of Harlem Heights in 1776, General George Washington used both the King’s Bridge and Palmer and Dyckman’s free bridge to escape to White Plains. The original Kings Bridge has inspired a network of roads in Manhattan and the Bronx, some surviving, some not, named for it."