Fordham vs Suffolk

Bill_Marsh
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:31:37 +0000

My son and niece both went to Fordham. Neither had problems with safety even though my son was an RA in an off campus dorm in his senior year and lived in the neighborhood for a year after graduation.

Having said that, I assume that your interest in going off campus isn’t to see the bustling urban neighborhood around the campus, but to go into Manhattan for all it has to offer. To do this, you have 2 options. First is the college run Ram van, which leaves every half hour 7 days a week from early in the morning until midnight. Cost is $3.50. Reservations can be made in advance. It takes you to Lincoln Center, which is West 60th Street and means access to performing arts events at LC, Central Park, & the Theater Distict as well as allowing you to connect with subways.

Second choice is Metro North commuter rail, which is right on the edge of campus. You walk out a campus gate and entrance to the train station is literally right there. Metro North brings you down to Grand Central Station at East 42 Street right in the heart of midtown, within walking distance of the UN, and providing connections to NYC subways. It has a stop at Yankee Stadium on the way downtown. It also rims north out of the city to some upstate and Connecticut locations.

If you want to access a NYC subway from campus, it is a 10 minute walk along Fordham Road, which is a very busy commercial street and very safe. If you want to visit the gorgeous NY Botanical Gardens, they are literally right across the street from campus, and the Bronx Zoo is just across Fordham Road, south of the Botanical Gardens. The Bronx’s Little Italy neighborhood, Belmont begins right across Fordham Road from campus, is safe, and is where you’ll find some of the best Italian restaurants you can find anywhere.

Thousands of young women attend Fordham every year. If it wasn’t safe, parents would stop sending them there.