Merims, Belden. Newcomer's Handbook for Moving to New York City, p. 63. First Books, 2001. ISBN9780912301488. Accessed November 5, 2020. "Spuyten Duyvil (pronounced SPY-ten DIE-vul) has a southward pitch, so it seems to look back at Manhattan, but if you live here you're sure to look west to the spectacular sunsets, which blaze and bleed over the river."
Gold, David L. and Rentenaar, Rob "Appendix 1: On the Etymology of the New York City Place Names Gramercy Park, Hell Gate, and Spuyten Duyvil , the New Jersey Place Name Barnegat, and Regional American English Fly ~ Vlei ~ Vley ~ Vlaie ~ Vly" in Gold, David L. (2009) Studies in Etymology and Etiology: With Emphasis on Germanic, Jewish, Romance and Slavic Languages. Universidad de Alicante. pp.145-146ISBN978-8-47-90851-79
Perl, Jed. Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years: 1898-1940, p. 153. Accessed November 24, 2020. "In order to spare Stirling the long commute from Croton-on-Hudson, the family moved closer to the city, to Spuyten Duyvil; Sandy was delighted in his Autobiography to comment that the Dutch name meant 'in spite of the devil' or 'spitting devil.'"
Sypher, Frank J. "Dispute Springs Eternal Over 'Spuyten Duyvil'" (letter to the editor)The New York Times, November 14, 1993. Accessed November 24, 2020. "Reginald Pelham Bolton, in his authoritative history, Washington Heights (1924), argues persuasively that the Dutch name actually means 'sprouting meadow,' referring to the beautiful spring that to this day rises at the foot of Inwood Hill, near what remains of the original course of the Spuyten Duyvil Creek.... Correction: Nov. 21, 1993... It should have read 'spouting meadow,' not 'sprouting meadow.'"