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'''Fordham''' is a neighborhood located in the western [[The Bronx|Bronx]], New York City. Fordham is roughly bordered by East 196th Street to the north, the Harlem River to the west, Fordham Road to the south, and Southern Boulevard to the east.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/f6ybzu/nyc_neighborhood_map/ NYC neighborhood map] Reddit</ref> The neighborhood's primary thoroughfares are [[Fordham Road]] and [[Grand Concourse (Bronx)|Grand Concourse]].

Fordham is located within [[Bronx Community Board 5]] and [[Bronx Community Board 7]], and its [[ZIP Code]]s include 10453, 10457, 10458 and 10468.<ref name="NYCPlanning5"/><ref name="NYCPlanning7" /> Its main [[New York City Subway|subway]] line is the [[IND Concourse Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Concourse}}), operating under the Grand Concourse, with the [[IRT Jerome Avenue Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Jerome}}) on its western border.  The area is patrolled by the [[New York City Police Department]]'s 46th Precinct. [[New York City Housing Authority]] (NYCHA) property in the area is patrolled by P.S.A. 7 at 737 Melrose Avenue in the [[Melrose, Bronx|Melrose]] section of the Bronx. The neighborhood is home to the original, Rose Hill campus of [[Fordham University]].

==History==

Jan Arcer, a Dutch settler (who [[Anglicisation|anglicized]] his name to John Archer),<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Fordham |volume=10 |page=643}}</ref> established a community at what is now 225th Street near the Harlem River in 1666.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Archer |work=Bronx Notables |publisher=Bronx County Historical Society |url=http://www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org/notebx.html |access-date=2012-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509163707/http://www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org/notebx.html |archive-date=2008-05-09 }}</ref> Archer owned 3900 acres of land which [[Francis Lovelace]], the [[List of colonial governors of New York|colonial governor of New York]] approved for settlement.<ref name=EB1911/> The area known as "Fordham Manor" was 6 square miles. This was called a Patent, making Archer  "Lord of the Manor". Sixteen families established farms in the area. The Manor lasted from 1671 to 1762.

Archer chose the name Fordham for his community, which may have been a reference to its location near a shallow crossing ("ford") of the [[Bronx River]], or may have been a reference to [[John Fordham (bishop)|John Fordham]], a fourteenth-century English priest.<ref>Schroth, SJ, Raymond. Fordham: A History and Memoir. Revised ed. New York: Fordham UP, 2008. Print.</ref>

===Old Fordham Village===

Old Fordham Village is a section of Fordham that dates back to the English colonial era. It is centered on the intersection of the [[Grand Concourse (Bronx)|Grand Concourse]] and [[Fordham Road]]. Fordham Village extends north to about 196th Street, south to about 187th Street, east to [[Southern Boulevard (Bronx)|Southern Boulevard]], and west to [[Jerome Avenue]].

The section's origins date back to about 1751, when Fordham Manor was built on what was called Rose Hill. Most of the estate is part of the Rose Hill Campus of [[Fordham University]]. Besides the main manor house and other side buildings on the campus, other historic buildings and noted homes still exist within Old Fordham Village. For example, American poet [[Edgar Allan Poe]] spent his final years with his wife [[Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe|Virginia]] in [[Edgar Allan Poe Cottage|a cottage]] in Fordham, which is still standing in Poe Park. The nearby Fordham University Church bell is named "old Edgar" and may have been the inspiration for his poem [[The Bells (poem)|The Bells]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Poe's Cottage, Weak and Weary No More |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/arts/edgar-allan-poes-bronx-cottage-readies-for-its-reopening.html|work=The New York Times |date=26 October 2011 |access-date=11 October 2015|last1=Cohen |first1=Patricia }}</ref>

In the 18th century, the Kings Road went through Old Fordham Village, an area of rural estates and small farms, linking [[Colonial New York]] and towns and villages north toward  [[Boston]]. It was a minor rest stop for travelers and coaches, where many springs fed The Mill Brook that crossed this road. During the [[American Revolution]], it was a critical crossing point for Gen. [[George Washington]]'s [[Continental Army]] retreating toward [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]] to safely escape from New York while being chased by the Colonial British and Hessian Forces. There were many American Patriots that lived in this area. After the revolution, the Kings Road was renamed the [[Boston Post Road]], becoming an important thoroughfare for a growing new nation.

In the 19th century, with the building of the White Plains Line (later the [[Harlem Line]] of the [[New York Central Railroad]]) and a small station, Old Fordham Village began to grow. Local farmers and dairymen were able to use the railroad to send their products to a growing [[New York City]]. Part of the Mill Brook was dammed up north of the village, and a large pond and ice house were built for shipping and cold storage. It provided fresh ice for the community and the railroad. In 1838, a wealthy New York City Irish Catholic real estate magnate named Andrew Carrigan (1804-1872) bought the 100-acre Rose Hill estate, located east of the village, for the sole purpose of selling it to his close friend [[John Joseph Hughes]] (1797-1864), who at the time was coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of New York. Hughes purchased the estate from Carrigan in 1839 for $29,750, and founded St. Joseph's Seminary (1840) and St. Joseph's College (1841) (later Fordham University) on the property. In 1846 Hughes deeded St. Joseph's College over to the Roman Catholic Jesuit Order (Society of Jesus) for $40,000, but retained title to the seminary property (about 9 acres of land). The seminary was closed in 1859. Today, a small south-west portion of the former Rose Hill estate is known as Rose Hill Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rose Hill Park - NYC Parks |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/rose-hill-park/history |access-date=11 October 2015}}</ref>  West of the village, on the other side of Fordham Hill, the Bathgate Estate was built; it was later acquired by wealthy stock speculator [[Leonard Jerome]]. He built the [[Jerome Park Racetrack]], where the first [[Belmont Stakes]] was held, on his estate. West of the station in the village area, the Fordham Hotel and Taverine would provide basic needs for visitors to the college and the racetrack.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fordham Brightened the Bronx with Early Electric Light |date=8 April 2015 |url=https://news.fordham.edu/science/fordham-brightened-the-bronx-with-early-electric-light/ |access-date=11 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Old Mansions Of The West Bronx |url=http://www.thehistorybox.com/ny_city/society/articles/nycity_architecture_homes_rich_famous_article00242.htm |access-date=11 October 2015 |archive-date=24 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024054340/http://www.thehistorybox.com/ny_city/society/articles/nycity_architecture_homes_rich_famous_article00242.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===After 1900===
{{See also|1918-20 New York City rent strikes#Last major rent strike|label 1=1918-20 New York City rent strikes}}[[File:Barnabas Hospital Pyramid Fordham jeh.jpg|thumb|left|[[Fordham Plaza, Bronx|One Fordham Plaza]]]]

For the most part, Old Fordham Village remained rural until about 1900, when New York City began to expand. Early mass transit to the suburbs changed the area of what is Fordham today. Old Fordham Village and the surrounding area would become part of the borough of [[the Bronx]] within New York City.  Many remaining farms and estates were sold to developers who built houses and sizable apartment buildings. The formerly quiet little village became a major business and transportation hub. In this area of Fordham, [[Boston Post Road]] was renamed [[Fordham Road]] and became part of [[U.S. Route 1 in New York|U.S. Route 1]] in 1926. The rebuilding of the railroad right of way at Fordham, and most of Webster Avenue, eliminated The Mill Brook and water pond, but the side streets of Old Fordham Village remain active.<ref>{{cite web |title=Birth of a Borough |url=http://www.thirteen.org/bronx/history2.html |access-date=11 October 2015}}</ref>

Fordham was a predominantly [[middle class]] [[White American|White]] (of [[Irish people|Irish]] and [[Jewish]] origins) neighborhood from the 1920s through the late 1970s, when many families moved to the suburbs or the [[Los Angeles]] area, or retired to [[Florida]].<ref>Avery Corman, ''The Old Neighborhood''., New York: Bantam Books, 1981. {{ISBN|978-0-553-14891-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish |url=https://www.nycago.org/Organs/Brx/html/StNicholasTolentine.html |publisher=The New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists}}</ref>  [[Belmont, Bronx|Belmont]] was formerly a portion of Fordham and South Fordham.

On January 9, 2022, [[2022 Bronx apartment fire|a high-rise fire]] tore through an apartment building in Fordham. At least 19 people were killed, including nine children, and at least 60 other people were injured, including 32 with life-threatening injuries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Hernandez |first=Joe |date=2022-01-09 |title=A five-alarm fire in the Bronx has left 19 people dead, including 9 children |language=en |work=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/09/1071694159/bronx-fire-fdny-new-york|access-date=2022-01-09}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kvetenadze |first=Téa |title=Bronx Fire Leaves "Numerous Fatalities" Expected, More Than 60 Injured |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/teakvetenadze/2022/01/09/bronx-fire-leaves-numerous-fatalities-expected-more-than-60-injured/|access-date=2022-01-09 |website=[[Forbes]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |title=19 dead, including 9 children, in NYC apartment fire |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post|Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/dozens-injured-in-large-bronx-apartment-building-fire/2022/01/09/e03c6a26-7184-11ec-a26d-1c21c16b1c93_story.html|access-date=2022-01-09 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2022-01-09 |title=32 sustain 'life threatening' injuries in massive fire at NYC apartment building; 60+ hurt in total |url=https://abc7ny.com/bronx-fire-apartment-new-york-city-fdny/11445294/|access-date=2022-01-09 |website=[[WABC-TV|ABC7 New York]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=10 adults, 9 children dead in 5-alarm Bronx fire |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/numerous-fatalities-anticipated-5-alarm-bronx-fire-fdny-commissioner-s-rcna11524|access-date=2022-01-09 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en}}</ref> It was the third-deadliest residential fire in the U.S. since 1978.<ref name=":5">{{cite web |title=Deadliest fires in apartment buildings |url=https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Data-research-and-tools/US-Fire-Problem/Catastrophic-multiple-death-fires/Deadliest-Fires-in-Apartment-Buildings |publisher=[[National Fire Protection Association]] |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref>

==Demographics==

[[File:Fordham near NYBG and Bronx Zoo.jpg|thumb|Fordham near [[New York Botanical Garden]] and the [[Bronx Zoo]]]]
Fordham has a population of around 43,394 people. Its first growth was in the 1920s, when [[middle-class]] and [[working-class]] families from Manhattan flocked into the area, attracted by the then-modern housing and convenient [[New York City Subway|subway]] access by [[IND Concourse Line|Concourse]], [[IRT Jerome Avenue Line|Jerome Avenue]], and [[IRT Third Avenue Line|Third/Webster Avenues]] lines to business districts in [[Manhattan]] where they could work and shop. It is now predominantly [[Latino Americans|Latino American]] and [[African American]]. There is a significant historic [[Italian American|Italian]] and [[Albanian American|Albanian]] population as well.

Fordham is divided into two sections: Community District 5, south of Fordham Road, comprising Fordham South, and Community District 7, north of Fordham Road, comprising Fordham North. Most inhabitants of Community District 5 are youth and middle-aged adults: 28% are between 0–17, 29% between 25 and 44, and 23% between 45 and 64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 12% and 8% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|2}} Similarly, most inhabitants of Community District 7 are youth and middle-aged adults: 26% are between the ages of between 0–17, 31% between 25 and 44, and 23% between 45 and 64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 11% and 9% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|2}}

As of 2017, the median [[household income]] in Community District 5 was $30,166,<ref name="CB5PUMA">{{cite web|url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/79500US3603707-nyc-bronx-community-district-5-morris-heights-fordham-south-mount-hope-puma-ny/|title=NYC-Bronx Community District 5--Morris Heights, Fordham South & Mount Hope PUMA, NY|access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref> and the median household income in Community District 7 was $35,355.<ref name="CB7PUMA">{{cite news|url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/79500US3603706-nyc-bronx-community-district-7-bedford-park-fordham-north-norwood-puma-ny/|title=NYC-Bronx Community District 7--Bedford Park, Fordham North & Norwood PUMA, NY|newspaper=Census Reporter|access-date=July 17, 2018|archive-date=May 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502212812/http://censusreporter.org/profiles/79500US3603706-nyc-bronx-community-district-7-bedford-park-fordham-north-norwood-puma-ny/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018, an estimated 34% of Fordham South residents lived in poverty, compared to 25% in all of the Bronx and 20% in all of New York City. One in eight residents (13%) were unemployed, compared to 13% in the Bronx and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 65% in Fordham South, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 58% and 51% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|7}} In 2018, an estimated 26% of Fordham North residents lived in poverty, compared to 25% in all of the Bronx and 20% in all of New York City. One in seven residents (14%) were unemployed, compared to 13% in the Bronx and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 61% in Fordham North, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 58% and 51% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|7}} Based on this calculation, {{as of|2018|lc=y}}, both areas are considered low-income relative to the rest of the city and not [[gentrification|gentrifying]].<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|7}}<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|7}}

==Land use and terrain==
Fordham is dominated by 5- and 6-story apartment buildings, often set flush to the sidewalk. Many of the apartments on the Grand Concourse are taller.

The [[New York Botanical Garden]] and the [[Wildlife Conservation Society]]'s [[Bronx Zoo]], both inside [[Bronx Park]], collectively occupy dozens of acres of land within the neighborhood.

[[Fordham University]] maintains its historic original campus on much of the former Rose Hill Manor in the center of the neighborhood.  It is one of the largest "green" campuses in New York City, and its traditional collegiate gothic architecture often serves as a backdrop for television and film productions.

The [[Fordham Road]] [[Business Improvement District]] operates on the northern border of the neighborhood. This retail district is the longest in the Bronx.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fordham Road BID|url=http://www.fordhamroadbid.org/|access-date=11 October 2015}}</ref>
Fordham is split into two community districts: Community District 5 south of Fordham Road and Community District 7 north of Fordham Road. Community District 5, which comprises southern Fordham South, had 136,151 inhabitants as of [[New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene|NYC Health]]'s 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 79.9 years.<ref name="CHP2018-5">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-bx5.pdf|title=Fordham and University Heights (Including Morris Heights, Mount Hope, South Fordham and University Heights)|date=2018|website=nyc.gov|publisher=NYC Health|access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>{{Rp|2, 20}} Community District 7, which comprises Fordham South and Bedford Park, had 148,163 inhabitants as of [[New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene|NYC Health]]'s 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 79.4 years.<ref name="CHP2018-7">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-bx7.pdf|title=Kingsbridge Heights and Bedford (Including Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge Heights, Norwood and University Heights)|date=2018|website=nyc.gov|publisher=NYC Health|access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref>{{Rp|2, 20}} Both figures are lower than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods.<ref name=":21">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/tcny/community-health-assessment-plan.pdf|title=2016-2018 Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan: Take Care New York 2020|date=2016|website=[[government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene]]|access-date=September 8, 2017}}</ref>{{Rp|53 (PDF p. 84)}}<ref>{{cite web | title=New Yorkers are living longer, happier and healthier lives | website=New York Post | date=June 4, 2017 | url=https://nypost.com/2017/06/04/new-yorkers-are-living-longer-happier-and-healthier-lives/ | access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref>

==Police and crime==
[[File:Bx 46 Pct jeh.JPG|thumb|right|46th Police Precinct]]
Fordham is patrolled by two precincts of the [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Find Your Precinct and Sector - NYPD | website=www.nyc.gov | url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/find-your-precinct.page | access-date=March 3, 2019}}</ref> Fordham South is served by the 46th Precinct of the [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]], located at 2120 Ryer Avenue.<ref name="NYPD 46th Precinct">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/46th-precinct.page|title=NYPD – 46th Precinct|website=www.nyc.gov|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> Fordham North is patrolled by the 52nd Precinct of the [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]], located at 3016 Webster Avenue.<ref name="NYPD 52nd Precinct">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/52nd-precinct.page|title=NYPD – 52nd Precinct|website=www.nyc.gov|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref>

The 46th Precinct ranked 27th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/bronx/morris-heights/|title=Morris Heights, Mount Hope, Fordham, Rose Hill – DNAinfo.com Crime and Safety Report|website=www.dnainfo.com|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415062040/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/bronx/morris-heights|archive-date=April 15, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> while the 52nd Precinct ranked 49th safest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/bronx/norwood/|title=Norwood, Bedford Park – DNAinfo.com Crime and Safety Report|website=www.dnainfo.com|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415051609/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/crime-safety-report/bronx/norwood|archive-date=April 15, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{As of|2018}}, with a non-fatal assault rate of 126 per 100,000 people in Fordham South and 97 per 100,000 people in Fordham North, Fordham's rate of [[violent crime]]s per capita is greater than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rates of 1,033 per 100,000 people in Fordham South and 583 per 100,000 people in Fordham Road are both higher than that of the city as a whole.<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|8}}<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|8}}

The 46th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 74.6% between 1990 and 2022. The precinct reported 17 murders, 34 rapes, 384 robberies, 729 felony assaults, 218 burglaries, 611 grand larcenies, and 219 grand larcenies auto in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-046pct.pdf|title=46th Precinct CompStat Report|website=www.nyc.gov|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref> The 52nd Precinct also has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 76.1% between 1990 and 2022. The precinct reported 14 murders, 37 rapes, 410 robberies, 598 felony assaults, 192 burglaries, 666 grand larcenies, and 254 grand larcenies auto in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-052pct.pdf|title=52nd Precinct CompStat Report|website=www.nyc.gov|publisher=[[New York City Police Department]]|access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref>

==Fire safety==
Fordham contains two [[New York City Fire Department]] (FDNY) fire stations.<ref>{{Cite FDNY locations}}</ref> Engine Co. 48/Ladder Co. 56/Division 7 is located at 2417 Webster Avenue,<ref>{{cite web | title=Engine Company 48/Ladder Company 56/Division 7 | website=FDNYtrucks.com | url=http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/bronx/e48.htm | access-date=March 14, 2019}}</ref> while Engine Co. 75/Ladder Co. 33/Battalion 19 is located at 2175 Walton Avenue.<ref>{{cite web | title=Engine Company 75/Ladder Company 33/Battalion 19 | website=FDNYtrucks.com | url=http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/bronx/e75.htm | access-date=March 14, 2019}}</ref>

==Health==
{{As of|2018}}, [[preterm birth]]s in Fordham South and births to teenage mothers in both Fordham South and North are more common than in other places citywide, though preterm births in Fordham North are less common. In Fordham South, there were 93 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 35.3 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide).<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|11}} In Fordham North, there were 85 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 30.3 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide).<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|11}} Both areas have a relatively high population of residents who are [[Health insurance coverage in the United States|uninsured]]. In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 14% in Fordham South and 16% in Fordham North, higher than the citywide rate of 12%.<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|14}}<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|14}}

The concentration of [[particulates|fine particulate matter]], the deadliest type of [[air pollution|air pollutant]], is {{convert|0.0083|mg/m3|oz/ft3}} in Fordham South and {{convert|0.0078|mg/m3|oz/ft3}} in Fordham North, more than the city average.<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|9}}<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|9}} Sixteen percent of Fordham South residents and twelve percent of Fordham North residents are [[Smoking|smokers]], which is higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers.<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|13}}<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|13}} In Fordham South, 34% of residents are [[Obesity|obese]], 16% are [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetic]], and 27% have [[hypertension|high blood pressure]]—compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively.<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|16}} In Fordham North, 33% of residents are obese, 19% are diabetic, and 35% have high blood pressure.<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|16}} In addition, 24% of children in Fordham South and 25% of children in Fordham North are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%.<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|12}}<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|12}}

Seventy-eight percent of residents in Fordham South and eighty-four percent in Fordham North eat some fruits and vegetables daily, which is less than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 67% of residents in both Fordham South and North described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", lower than the city's average of 78%.<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|13}}<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|13}} For every supermarket, there are 20 [[convenience store|bodegas]] in Fordham South and 18 in Fordham North.<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|10}}<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|10}}

The nearest hospitals are [[Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center]] in Claremont, [[James J. Peters VA Medical Center]] in [[Kingsbridge Heights, Bronx|Kingsbridge Heights]], and [[St Barnabas Hospital (Bronx)|St Barnabas Hospital]] in [[Belmont, Bronx|Belmont]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Best 30 Hospitals in Bronx, NY with Reviews | website=Yellow Pages | url=https://www.yellowpages.com/bronx-ny/hospitals | access-date=March 14, 2019}}</ref>

==Post office and ZIP Codes==
Fordham is divided into four [[ZIP Code]]s by the north-south Grand Concourse and the west-east East 183rd Street. Counterclockwise from southwest, these zip codes are 10453, 10457, 10458 and 10468.<ref>{{cite web | title=University Heights, New York City-Bronx, New York Zip Code Boundary Map (NY) | website=United States Zip Code Boundary Map (USA) | url=https://www.zipmap.net/New_York/Bronx_County/Z_University_Heights.htm | access-date=March 15, 2019}}</ref> The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Jerome Station post office at 2549 Jerome Avenue.<ref>{{cite web | title=Location Details: Jerome | website=USPS.com | url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=po&address=10452&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1368404&locationName=JEROME+STATION&address2=&address1=2549+JEROME+AVE | access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref>

== Education ==
Fordham generally has a lower rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city {{as of|2018|lc=y}}. In Fordham South, 10% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, while 34% have less than a high school education and 46% are high school graduates or have some college education. In Fordham North, 23% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, while 32% have less than a high school education and 45% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 26% of Bronx residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher.<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|6}}<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|6}} The percentage of Fordham South students excelling in math rose from 19% in 2000 to 43% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 24% to 28% during the same time period.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/BX_05_11.pdf|title=Fordham / University Heights – BX 05|date=2011|publisher=[[Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy]]|access-date=October 5, 2016}}</ref> The percentage of Fordham North students excelling in math also rose from 21% in 2000 to 48% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 28% to 33% during the same period.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/BX_07_11.pdf|title=Kingsbridge Heights / Bedford – BX 07|date=2011|publisher=[[Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy]]|access-date=October 5, 2016}}</ref>

Fordham South and Fordham North's rates of elementary school student absenteeism are higher than the rest of New York City. 30% of elementary school students in Fordham South and 28% in Fordham North missed twenty or more days per [[school year]], higher than the citywide average of 20%.<ref name=":21" />{{Rp|24 (PDF p. 55)}}<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|6}}<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|6}} Additionally, 66% of high school students in Fordham South and 70% of high school students in Fordham North graduate on time, lower than the citywide average of 75%.<ref name="CHP2018-5" />{{Rp|6}}<ref name="CHP2018-7" />{{Rp|6}}

===Schools===
Fordham contains the following public elementary schools:<ref name="Zillow">{{cite web|url=https://www.zillow.com/fordham-new-york-ny/schools/#/fordham-new-york-ny/schools/type=public&s=name_up|title=Fordham New York School Ratings and Reviews|last=Zillow|website=Zillow|access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref>

* PS 33 Timothy Dwight (grades PK–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/X033|title=P.S. 033 Timothy Dwight|website=New York City Department of Education|access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref>
* PS/IS 54 (grades PK–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/X054|title=P.S./I.S. 54|website=New York City Department of Education|access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref>
* PS 159 Luis Muñoz Marin Biling (grades K–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/X159|title=P.S. 159 Luis Munoz Marin Biling|website=New York City Department of Education|access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref>
* PS 246 Poe Center (grades K–5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/X246|title=P.S. 246 Poe Center|website=New York City Department of Education|access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref>
* Academy for Personal Leadership and Excellence (grades PK–8)<ref>{{cite web | last=Russo-Lennon | first=Barbara | title=These are the 24 new public schools in NYC | website=amNewYork | date=September 5, 2024 | url=https://www.amny.com/news/new-public-schools-in-nyc-2024-locations/ | access-date=September 6, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/X363|title=Academy For Personal Leadership And Excellence|website=New York City Department of Education|access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref>

The Jonas Bronck Academy serves grades 6–8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/X228|title=Jonas Bronck Academy|website=New York City Department of Education|access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref>

The Rose Hill campus of [[Fordham University]], which is the university's oldest campus, is located in Fordham.  The campus is home to Fordham College at Rose Hill, the [[Gabelli School of Business]], and a division of the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, as well as the [[Fordham Graduate School of Arts and Sciences|Graduate Schools of Arts and Sciences]] and Religion and Religious Education.<ref>{{cite book|title=College Admissions Data Sourcebook Northeast Edition 2010–11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D7yDl5o-zuQC&pg=PR5|edition=50th; bound regional|publisher=Wintergreen Orchard House|isbn=978-1-936035-02-1|oclc=40108218|date=September 2010}} p. 258.</ref>

[[Monroe College]], a private [[for-profit college]], has been located in Fordham since 1967, and is near the Fordham shopping district.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monroecollege.edu/student-life/bronx-ny-campus|title=Bronx, NY Campus|website=Monroe College|accessdate=28 March 2023}}</ref>

===Library===
The [[New York Public Library]] (NYPL) operates the [[Bronx Library Center]] at 310 East Kingsbridge Road. The Bronx Library Center opened in 2006 and is the Bronx's largest NYPL branch.<ref>{{cite web | title=About the Bronx Library Center | website=The New York Public Library | url=https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/bronx-library-center | access-date=March 14, 2019}}</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:Bx12 5740 NF-D60HF at Fordham Plaza.JPG|375px|right|thumb|The Bx12 Select Bus Service stops in front of Fordham Plaza above Fordham's Metro-North railroad station.]]
Subway and railroad service is provided by the [[New York City Subway]] and [[Metro-North Railroad]], respectively.<ref>{{NYCS const|map}}</ref><ref name=busbx/>
*[[Fordham Road (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)|Fordham Road]] station ({{NYCS trains|Jerome}})	
*[[Kingsbridge Road (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)|Kingsbridge Road]] station ({{NYCS trains|Jerome|time=nolink}}) 
*[[182nd–183rd Streets (IND Concourse Line)|182nd–183rd Streets]]  ({{NYCS trains|Concourse local}}) 
*[[Fordham Road (IND Concourse Line)|Fordham Road]] station ({{NYCS trains|Concourse|time=nolink}})
*[[Fordham (Metro-North station)|Fordham Station]] ([[Metro-North Railroad|Metro-North]])

The following [[MTA Regional Bus Operations]] bus routes serve Fordham:<ref name="busbx">{{cite NYC bus map|Bx}}</ref>
*{{NYC bus link|Bx1}}: to [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] or [[Mott Haven, Bronx|Mott Haven]] (via [[Grand Concourse (Bronx)|Grand Concourse]])
*{{NYC bus link|Bx2}}: to [[Kingsbridge Heights, Bronx|Kingsbridge Heights]] or [[Mott Haven, Bronx|Mott Haven]] (via [[Grand Concourse (Bronx)|Grand Concourse]])
*{{NYC bus link|Bx3}}: to [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] or Washington Heights, George Washington Bridge (via University Avenue)
*{{NYC bus link|Bx9}}: to [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] or [[West Farms Square – East Tremont Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)|West Farms Square – East Tremont Avenue]] station ({{NYCS trains|White Plains}}) (via Kingsbridge Road)
*{{NYC bus link|Bx12}} (Including [[Select Bus Service]]): to [[Bay Plaza Shopping Center]] or [[Inwood – 207th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|Inwood – 207th Street]] station ({{NYCS trains|Eighth far north}}) (via [[Fordham Road]]–[[Pelham Parkway]])
*{{NYC bus link|Bx15}}: to [[The Hub, Bronx|The Hub]] (via [[Third Avenue (Manhattan-Bronx)|Third Avenue]])
*{{NYC bus link|Bx19}}: to [[New York Botanical Garden]] or [[Riverbank State Park]] (via Southern Boulevard & East 149th Street)
*{{NYC bus link|Bx17}}: to [[Port Morris, Bronx|Port Morris]] (via Prospect-Crotona Avenues)
*{{NYC bus link|Bx22}}: to [[Bedford Park, Bronx|Bedford Park]] or [[Castle Hill, Bronx|Castle Hill]] (via Castle Hill Avenue)
*{{NYC bus link|Bx28}}: to [[Co-op City, Bronx|Co-op City]] (via [[Gun Hill Road (Bronx)|Gun Hill Road]])
*{{NYC bus link|Bx34}}: to [[Woodlawn, Bronx|Woodlawn]] (via Bainbridge Avenue)
*{{NYC bus link|Bx38}}: to [[Bay Plaza Shopping Center]] (via [[Gun Hill Road (Bronx)|Gun Hill Road]]) (Sunday nights only)
*{{NYC bus link|Bx41}} (Including [[Select Bus Service]]): to [[Williamsbridge, Bronx|Williamsbridge]] or [[Third Avenue – 149th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)|Third Avenue – 149th Street]] station ({{NYCS trains|White Plains}}, via Webster Avenue)

Fordham is also served by the following [[Bee-Line Bus System]] routes to [[Westchester County, New York]]:<ref name=busbx/>
*[[List of bus routes in Westchester County|BL60]]: to [[White Plains, New York]] (via [[U.S. Route 1 in New York|Boston Road]])
*BL61: to [[Port Chester, New York]] (via Boston Road)
*BL62: to [[White Plains, New York]] (via Boston Road)

== See also ==
* [[Fordham Plaza, Bronx|Fordham Plaza]]
* [[Fordham University]]
* [[Norwood News]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Fordham |short=x}}
* [https://bronxzoo.com/ Bronx Zoo Official Website]
* [http://www.nybg.org/ New York Botanical Garden Official Website]
{{Bronx}}

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