The read Fordham in short
Fordham is a busy neighborhood centered on Fordham University and the Fordham Road shopping district, with easy access to the Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden. The university opened in 1841 as St. John's College on the old Rose Hill farm and took its current name in 1907; its stone campus sits in strange calm beside the retail crush of Fordham Road. Just off the Grand Concourse in Poe Park stands the small wooden cottage where Edgar Allan Poe lived from 1846 to 1849, writing "Annabel Lee" and "The Bells" there — it survives as a museum run by the Bronx County Historical Society.
Things to do in Fordham
Where it is
Eat & drink near here, right now
Live from OpenStreetMap — restaurants, bars, cafés, and pubs within about half a mile of Fordham's center. Coverage thins out in less-mapped pockets, and this reflects the map, not reviews or hours — check before you go.
Liberato Restaurant
Mama Dora Bar and Lounge
New Capital
Fiesta Cafe Bar
Papaye
Bobo’s Crab Shack
Taqueria Los Angeles
Los Balbuenas
El Valle
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