“In the days of our earlier outings about Inwood there stood by the roadway two of the ancient milestones these were the 12th and the 13th indicating the distance from “N York.” The 13th milestone which stood on the west side of the Kingsbridge Road near the extreme north end of the island has disappeared, but the 12th milestone still remains- built into the retaining wall at the Isham Park entrance. The 12 mile marker with original notations (myinwood) It’s not a door - it’s the 12-mile marker of the Post Road to Boston (and Albany - the roads split in the Bronx), which, at one time, was the only road in these parts. There is a door-like object in brownstone right next to the entrance.
You will see a retaining wall made of boulders where the southern entrance to the park leads west. From there, walk a short way up Broadway to the entrance of Isham Park, one of three large parks in upper Manhattan along the Hudson River.
If you exit the 207th Street station, the end of the line of the A train, at the northern end, you’ll be on Broadway a bit north of Isham Street.
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