University Heights (North)-Fordham

Neighborhood · Bronx

University Heights (North)-Fordham spans the Bronx blocks between Fordham Road and Kingsbridge Road, reaching from the Harlem River east past the Grand Concourse.

  • 0.66 square miles
  • 46,538 residents, 2020 Census
  • 97 street corners
  • 2 subway stations
  • 17 bus routes

The Fordham section began to grow in the 1930s, when families moved in, drawn by modern housing and convenient subway access to Manhattan. On the Grand Concourse stands the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, where the writer lived from 1846 to 1849, run as a museum by the Bronx County Historical Society since 1975. To the northwest rises the Kingsbridge Armory, a fortress-like drill hall built from 1912 to 1917 for the Eighth Regiment and said to be the world's largest armory.

Sources: Kingsbridge Heights (Bronx Community Board 7); Fordham (Bronx Community Board 7); Poe Cottage (The Bronx County Historical Society); Kingsbridge Armory (LP-0823), Designation Number 2, September 24, 1974 (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission).

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University Heights (North)-Fordham borders six areas, and West Fordham Road holds more of its corners than any other street, 17 of 97.

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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • Kingsbridge Rd lines 4
  • Fordham Rd lines 4 accessible

Getting around

Two subway stations and buses on 17 routes stop in or at the edge of University Heights (North)-Fordham.

  • 2 subway stations
  • 1 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 15 local bus routes
  • 2 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • Bx1
  • Bx2
  • Bx3
  • Bx9
  • Bx12
  • Bx12-SBS
  • Bx22
  • Bx28
  • Bx32
  • Bx34
  • Bx38
  • Bx40
  • Bx41
  • Bx42
  • BX95

Express bus routes

  • BxM3
  • BxM4

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Bronx corner.

  • 1,819 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 18.8 a corner, on average
  • 8.0 the average Bronx corner
  • 7 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 28 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
19
Accessible pedestrian signals
12
Turn calming
5
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
4
Safety Improvement Projects
4

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 8,192 red-light camera tickets at one corner
  • 20,279 school-zone speed camera tickets at seven corners
  • 2,120 bus-lane camera tickets at three corners
Most red-light tickets
Cedar Avenue & West Fordham Road, 8,192
Most speed tickets
Bailey Avenue & West 193rd Street, 7,909
Most bus-lane tickets
Andrews Avenue North & West Fordham Road, 1,692

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 46,538 residents in University Heights (North)-Fordham, about 70,500 per square mile.

  • 15,889 homes, 2020 Census
  • 1,585 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 882 residential lots hold buildings from 1915 or earlier, and 83% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
31.9 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
St. James Park (11.6 acres), Devoe Park (5.5 acres) and Fordham Landing Playground (4.5 acres)
Designated landmarks
The Apple Bank, the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage and the Eighth Coastal Artillery Armory

Streets and trees

Trees
2,819 in NYC Parks' records, most often thornless honeylocust, pin oak and London planetree
Street with the most corners
West Fordham Road, with 17 of the area's 97
Height above sea level
From 28 feet at Bailey Avenue & West 193rd Street to 163 feet at West 183rd Street & Loring Place North
Honorary street names
14 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists nine schools and one library in University Heights (North)-Fordham.

Public schools
6
Charter and private schools
3
Library
Bronx Library Center

Bike share

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 16 bike-share stations stand in University Heights (North)-Fordham.

  • 16 bike-share stations

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 804 major felonies at places in University Heights (North)-Fordham.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in University Heights (North)-Fordham

  • 772 major felonies in 2024
  • 2,019 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of University Heights (North)-Fordham, the NYPD recorded another 396 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 25.8 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in University Heights (North)-Fordham.

Police precincts
52nd (most of the area), 46th
Major felonies recorded at places in University Heights (North)-Fordham, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 352 major felonies at places in University Heights (North)-Fordham, against 366 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.