Poe Place & Library Lane

Poe Place and Library Lane meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Fordham Rd, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1927, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fordham Rd
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · B, D
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Bainbridge Av/East Fordham Rd · Bx34
Within a walk
19 places
4 religious buildings, 4 trade or language schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Poe Place & Library Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fordham Rd, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fordham Rd B, D
    1,270 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
    0.5 miles
    4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bainbridge Av/East Fordham Rd, 300 feet away, for the Bx34.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bainbridge Av/East Fordham Rd Bx34
    300 feet
    Bx34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bainbridge Ave & E 193 St 27 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10458
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
15
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (North)-Fordham
Elevation
98 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 2,300 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 1927.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

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
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ultissima Beauty Institute Trade or language school
    370 feet
  2. Rose Hill Early Childhood Academies at 2512 Marion Avenue Pre-K center
    920 feet
  3. D'Jesus Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Iba Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  2. American Tour Management Institute Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  3. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bryan Park
    480 feet
  2. Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters Garden
    500 feet
  3. Poe Park
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Poe Park Playground
    830 feet
  2. Rose Hill Park
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bryan Park Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    510 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bronx Library Center Library
    280 feet
  2. Poe Cottage Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Dollar Savings Bank Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Mercy Church House of worship
    780 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Library Lane.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.