West Fordham Road & Loring Place North

West Fordham Road and Loring Place North meet at a three-way junction in University Heights (North)-Fordham, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Brilla Caritas Charter School is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Fordham Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 4. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat. A bus lane runs along West Fordham Road, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
21 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fordham Rd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 4
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
West Fordham Rd/Sedgwick Av · Bx12
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Fordham Road & Loring Place North Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fordham Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Fordham Rd 4
    0.3 miles
    4

Next trains at this station

Northbound
1 line
  1. 4 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 4 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Patriasana, Wholesomeland” (2005) by Moses Ros at the Fordham Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Fordham Rd/Sedgwick Av, 270 feet away, for the Bx12.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Fordham Rd/Sedgwick Av Bx12 · Shelter
    270 feet
    Bx12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx12 …

Live arrivals

West Fordham Road carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. W Fordham Rd & Loring Pl N 25 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway southbound at West Fordham Road, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2590 Bailey Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 296 West Fordham Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2071 White Plains Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10468
Community board
Bronx Community Board 7
City Council district
14
Police precinct
52
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
University Heights (North)-Fordham
Elevation
106 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1924 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 93 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 156 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Loring Place North

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Loring Place North

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of West Fordham Road

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Dominic's Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    610 feet
  2. Tolentine Zeiser Community Life Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    610 feet
  3. St Dominic's Home - Torch School
    680 feet
Show all 6
  1. Tolentine Zeiser Early Learn Pre-K
    680 feet
  2. Brilla Caritas Charter School
    790 feet
  3. Brilla Pax Charter School
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Devoe Park
    120 feet
  2. Devoe Park Playground
    160 feet
  3. Fordham Landing Playground
    780 feet
Show all 4
  1. Aqueduct Walk Park
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Nicholas of Tolentine RC Church House of worship
    540 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    40 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Food Fair Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Loring Place North or West Fordham Road.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.