Is Bronx Dangerous?

yenrod
Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:37:38 +0000

If you leave the gate near the Walsh Library and turn right, you will be entering the Fordham Rd. shopping district. Right outside the gate is the Metro North Stop, across the street is an open air market, and up the road are tons of cheap shops, a NY pulbic library branch, and two subway stations (the d and the 4).

You can walk all the way up Fordham Rd until you see the above ground subway station on Jerome Avenue (this is the 4 train). If you’re really ready for a walk, turn right and follow the train platform until you come to Kingsbridge Rd. Turn left and you will see a huge historic Armory.

If you are walking away from the McGinley Student Center, continue down the road (Keating Hall and Edwards parade will be on your left) until you come to a gate (Finlay Hall will be on the left). Walk straight till you hit Fordham Rd. Turn left and walk a few blocks till you see a sign for Arthur Ave. Turn Right and walk down to at least 187th st. to get a feel for Little Italy.

If you drive onto campus, you will enter the gate that faces the botanical gardens. just down the street is the zoo.

You can use the website “hopstop.com” to get directions to some of the cultural attractions beyond Fordham’s neighborhood. Check out the historic Woodlawn Cemetery, Edgar Allen Poe’s cottage, the seaport village of City Island, or Pelham Bay Park, the biggest park in NYC.

Again, if you travel in a group, you will bring safety to whatever neighborhood you go. Additionally, the most of the areas I described are very safe and Fordham security vans frequently travel around them, especially at night.