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South Fordham

The Fordham section of the Bronx first began its expansion in the 1930s when many middle and working-class families moved to the area, attracted by the modern housing and convenient subway access to business districts in Manhattan where they could work and shop. Located on the Grand Concourse includes the famous Loews Paradise Theater, built in 1929. Today, the city continues to revitalize this area of the Bronx and current initiatives within the Fordham neighborhood are aimed at promoting the Fordham Road shopping center. Fordham Road is not only the longest shopping strip in the borough but has also become the site of major economic improvement and development with a constant influx of new businesses and developments.

Schools

•    PS 9(230 East 183 Street Bronx, NY 10458)
•    PS 85(2400 Marion Avenue Bronx, NY 10458)
•    PS 163Arthur A. Schomburg (2075 Webster Avenue Bronx, NY 10457)
•    PS 209 (317 East 183 Street Bronx, NY 10458)
•    PS 391 (2225 Webster Avenue Bronx, NY 10457)
•    PS 315 Lab School (2246 Jerome Avenue Bronx, NY 10457)
•    HS Theatre Arts Production Company (T.A.P.C.O) (2225 Webster Avenue Bronx, NY 10457)
•    Our Lady of Mercy School (2512 Marion Avenue Bronx, NY 10457)
•    St. Simon Stock School (2195 Valentine Avenue Bronx, NY 10457)
For additional information go to Department of Education

Transportation

  • Bx1/2 Mosholu to (via Grand Concourse-Fordham Road)
  • Bx12: 207th Street to Fordham Road
  • Bx41 Melrose Avenue to Webster Avenue
  • Bx9 Kingsbridge Road to Fordham Road
  • Bx22 Fordham Road to Kingsbridge Road
  • IND B/D Stillwell Avenue to 205 Street (Grand Concourse)
For additional information go to MTA

*This area is patrolled by the 46th Precinct located at 2120 Ryer Avenue (718) 220-5211 Community Affairs Unit (718) 220-5234
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University Heights

In 1894, New York University established a spacious campus in the Bronx and the chancellor of the school, Henry Mitchell MacCracken, worked diligently to name the surrounding area University Heights. His work paid off since more than 100 years later, the area is still called University Heights. In 1973 New York University sold the campus to the City University of New York and renamed it Bronx Community College. In addition to being the site of historic buildings, Bronx Community College is the first establishment to have a “Hall of Fame.” What the College named “The Hall of Fame of Great Americans” is an outdoor arcade that runs for 630 feet open-air Colonnade, which houses the bronze portrait busts of the 98 honorees (country's greatest politicians, scholars, teachers and authors), created by some of the country's most noted sculptors even the name plates under the busts were made by Tiffany Studios.

Schools

  • PS 291 (2246 Jerome Avenue Bronx, NY 10453)
  • PS 33 Timothy Dwight (2424 Jerome Avenue Bronx, NY 10468)
  • PS 79 Creston (125 East 181 Street Bronx, NY 10453)
  • PS 91 Anthony Baez (2200 Aqueduct Avenue Bronx, NY 10459)
  • PS 226 Nadia J. Pagan (1950 Sedgwick Avenue Bronx, NY 10453)
  • PS/MS 279 Capt. Manuel Rivera (2100 Walton Avenue Bronx, NY 10453)
  • MS 206 Ann Cross Mersereau (2280 Aqueduct Avenue Bronx, NY 10457)
  • MS 399 Elizabeth Barrett Browning (120 East 184 Street Bronx, NY 10468)
  • Bronx Community College (2155 University Avenue Bronx, NY 10453)
  • Holy Spirit School (1960 University Avenue Bronx, NY 10453)
  • South Bronx Job Corps Academy (1771 Andrews Avenue Bronx, NY 10453)
  • PS 204 Morris Heights (1780 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Bronx, NY 10453)
  • Icahn Charter School 3 (108 West 174th Street Bronx, NY 10453)
For additional information go to Department of Education

Transportation

  • Bx3: 238th Street station to George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal (via University Avenue)
  • Bx12: Bay Plaza Shopping Center to Inwood–207th Street station (via Fordham Road–Pelham Parkway)
  • Bx36: Castle Hill to George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal (via Tremont and University Avenues)
  • Bx32: VA Hospital to Third Avenue–138th Street station (via Jerome Avenue)
  • IRT 4 138th Street to Woodlawn (via Jerome Avenue)
For additional information go the MTA

*This area is patrolled by the 46th Precinct located at 2120 Ryer Avenue (718) 220-5211 Community Affairs Unit (718) 220-5234
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Morris Heights

Morris Heights is a residential neighborhood located in the west Bronx which is part of Bronx Community Board 5 district. University Avenue (a.k.a. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd) is the primary thoroughfare through Morris Heights. One block of Morris Avenue between Tremont Avenue and East 179th Street, was constructed between 1906 and 1910 by the speculative builder August Jacob to the designs of architect John Hauser, which is a notable example of a uniformly planned streetscape known as the Morris Avenue Historic District of Two Family Row Houses. Then in the early 1950’s a developer named Robert Moses rammed the infamous highway through the, neighborhood, more or less destroying it. The Cross Bronx Expressway bisects Morris Heights. This in part is considered to be the cause of the fall of the South Bronx, which is discussed in the book The Power Broker.

Schools

  • PS 109 (1771 Popham Avenue Bronx, NY 10453)
  • PS 204 Morris Heights (108-110 West 174 Street Bronx, NY 10453)
  • MS 229 Roland Patterson (275 Harlem River Park Bridge Bronx, NY 10453)
  • PS 230 Roland Patterson (275 Harlem River Park Bridge Bronx, NY 10453)
  • CIS 303 (1700 Macombs Road Bronx, NY 10453)       
  • IS 232 (1700 Macombs Road Bronx, NY 10453)
  • PS 306 (40 West Tremont Avenue Bronx, NY 10468)
  • MS 331 The Bronx School of Science Inquiry and Investigation (40 West Tremont Avenue Bronx, NY 10468)
  • PS 396 (1930 Andrews Avenue Bronx, NY 10453)
  • Academy for Language and Technology (X365) (1700 Macombs Road Bronx, NY 10453)
  • MS 390 (1930 Andrews Avenue Bronx, NY 10453)
For additional information go to Department of Education

Transportation

  • Bx1/2 Mosholu to Grand Concourse-Tremont Avenue
  • Bx3: 238th Street station to George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal (via University Avenue)
  • Bx18: Sedgwick to Grand Concourse (via Macombs Road)
  • Bx32: VA Hospital to Third Avenue–138th Street station (via Jerome Avenue)
  • Bx36: Castle Hill to George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal (via 180th Street)
  • Bx40/42: Throg's Neck to River Park Towers (via Tremont–Burnside Avenues)
  • IRT 4 138th Street to Woodlawn (via Jerome Avenue)
For additional information go the MTA 

*This area is patrolled by the 46th Precinct located at 2120 Ryer Avenue (718) 220-5211 Community Affairs Unit (718) 220-5234
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Mount Hope

This was once called the Western Reserve (of Upper Morrisania) on an 1868 map. In 1889, this street was called Popham Street, as it was cut through the lower end of the Popham estate. The owner was a grandson of Richard Morris, who had owned Mount Fordham (Bronx Community College). For a short time this street was called Washington Place. Mount Hope was not mapped as such, so it could have been a local name for the elevation, never committed to paper until the Place was cut through (the expansion of the subway system).

Schools

  • P.S. 28 Mount Hope (1861 Anthony Avenue Bronx, NY 10457)
  • I.S. 117 Joseph H. Wade (1865 Morris Avenue Bronx, NY 10453)
  • St. Margaret Mary School (121 E. 177th Street Bronx, NY 10453)
For additional information go to Department of Education

Transportation

  • Bx36: Castle Hill to George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal (via Tremont Avenue)
  • Bx32: VA Hospital to Third Avenue–138th Street station (via Jerome Avenue)
  • Bx41 Melrose Avenue, Webster Avenue, White Plains Road
  • IND B/D Stillwell Avenue to 205 Street (via Grand Concourse)
For additional information go the MTA

*This area is patrolled by the 46th Precinct located at 2120 Ryer Avenue (718) 220-5211 Community Affairs Unit (718) 220-5234
Go to the NYPD