East Fordham Road & Elm Place

East Fordham Road and Elm Place meet at a four-way crossing in Fordham Heights, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Bronx Library Center is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Fordham Rd, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 56 places to eat. A bus lane runs along East Fordham Road, 7am to 10am and 12pm to 7pm.

Safety record
17 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fordham Rd
920 feet · 4 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
East Fordham Rd/Elm Pl · Bx12, Bx22
Within a walk
34 places
8 religious buildings, 7 trade or language schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Fordham Road & Elm Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fordham Rd, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fordham Rd B, D
    920 feet
    B D

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Kingsbridge Rd B, D
    0.3 miles
    B D
  2. Fordham Rd 4
    0.4 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East Fordham Rd/Elm Pl, 60 feet away, for the Bx12 and Bx22.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East Fordham Rd/Elm Pl Bx12, Bx22 · Shelter
    60 feet
    Bx12 Bx22
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx12 …
  2. Bx22 …

Live arrivals

East Fordham Road carries a bus lane, 7am to 10am and 12pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Tiebout Ave & E Fordham Rd 31 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4709 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2478 Jerome Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 5
City Council district
15
Police precinct
46 and 52 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fordham Heights
Elevation
98 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 114 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of East Fordham Road

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

East side of Elm Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of Elm Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 205755 and 211013.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco. They were built between 1932 and 1938.

  1. Apple Bank Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 trade or language schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ultissima Beauty Institute Trade or language school
    350 feet
  2. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academies at 2512 Marion Avenue Pre-K center
    540 feet
  3. D'Jesus Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    600 feet
Show all 11
  1. Iba Trade or language school
    770 feet
  2. American Tour Management Institute Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    780 feet
  4. New York Language Ctr Bronx Trade or language school
    990 feet
  5. Jonas Bronck Academy School
    1,000 feet
  6. Belle Adore Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  7. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academies at 2490-2500 Webster Avenue Pre-K center
    1,200 feet
  8. Brittany Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bryan Park
    90 feet
  2. Rose Hill Park
    810 feet
  3. Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters Garden
    870 feet
Show all 7
  1. Poe Park
    880 feet
  2. Poe Park Playground
    1,050 feet
  3. Webster Playground
    1,080 feet
  4. Muller Triangle
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bryan Park Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    210 feet
  2. Fordham Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bronx Library Center Library
    510 feet
  2. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  3. Poe Cottage Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mercy Church House of worship
    370 feet
  2. Bronx Baptist Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bronx Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,000 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Bronx Center Career or business center
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,230 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    740 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and 34 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East Fordham Road or Elm Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.