Inwood

Largely residential district in New York City, comprising the northernmost part of Manhattan Island. Inwood lies east of the Hudson River and south and west of the Harlem River. For a long time it was an Irish neighbourhood, but is now in transition, with a growing Dominican population.

The Inwood Valley was the site of American Indian settlements, and in the 1680s was noted for its agriculture. The Dyckman House here (built 1783) is Manhattan's only remaining 18th-century farmhouse. Much of Inwood is parkland. Inwood Hill Park is situated on high ground along the Hudson; a bridge on the Henry Hudson Parkway passes overhead to Spuyten Duyvil, in the Bronx. Columbia University's Baker Field is to the northeast. Fort Tryon Park is to the southwest, between Inwood and Washington Heights.