Fordham Plaza
| Fordham Plaza | |
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One Fordham Plaza
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 Fordham Plaza
Fordham Plaza
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| Coordinates: 40°51′40″N 73°53′26″W / 40.861046°N 73.890689°WCoordinates: 40°51′40″N 73°53′26″W / 40.861046°N 73.890689°W | |
| Locale | Fordham, Bronx, New York |
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New York City Bus: Bx9, Bx12, Bx12 SBS, Bx15, Bx17, Bx41, Bx41 SBS Bee-Line Bus System: B-L60, B-L61, B-L62 |
Fordham Plaza, originally known as Fordham Square, is a major commercial and transportation hub in the Fordham and Belmont sections of the Bronx in New York City. It is located on the south side Fordham Road at Third and Webster Avenues, at the eastern end of the commercial strip along Fordham Road ("Fordham Center") that runs past Grand Concourse and Jerome Avenue to about Grand Avenue, and to the west of the Bronx's Little Italy district on Arthur Avenue in Belmont.
The plaza is located across from Fordham University's Rose Hill campus, and above the Fordham station of the Metro-North Railroad. The Fordham Plaza name refers specifically to two locations in the area: the office building One Fordham Plaza on the east side of Third Avenue, and the Fordham Plaza Bus Terminal on the west side. It along with the rest of the Fordham Road commercial district constitutes the largest shopping strip in the Bronx, and the third largest in New York City.
The name "Fordham Plaza" refers to a two-block-long area on the south side of Fordham Road between Webster Avenue to the west and Washington Avenue to the east. The area is bounded to the south by East 189th Street. Third Avenue runs up the middle of the area to Fordham Road; Park Avenue avenue formerly ran north through the plaza as well, but currently ends at 189th Street.
There are two primary structures on the site. On the southeast corner of Fordham Road and Webster Avenue is Fordham Place (400 East Fordham Road), a brick structure occupying half of the western block. Existing since the 1910s, it is owned by Retail Properties of America, Inc., and consists of a 7-story building and an adjacent 14-story building with mixed retail and office use. Several stores occupy the complex including a Best Buy location and until 2014 a Sears location (leading to the nickname of the "Sears Building"), which has since been leased by Macy's. It was previously known as the Roger's Building, for the Rogers and Sons Department Store that preceded Sears.
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