Fordham Road is a major thoroughfare in the Bronx , New York City , that runs west-east from the Harlem River to Bronx Park . Fordham Road houses the borough's largest and most diverse shopping district. It geographically separates the geopolitical North Bronx from the South Bronx .
17-522: The Metropolitan Savings Bank Building opened on May 30, 1867, at the northeast corner of Third Avenue and East 7th Street , in Manhattan , New York City . Its original address was 10 Cooper Institute (now 61 Cooper Square ). The building, which was designed by architect Carl Pfeiffer in Second Empire style, is four stories high, 45 feet (14 m) wide and 75 feet (23 m) deep, and
34-529: A New York City Landmark in 1969, and was added to the National Register of Historic Place in 1979. The main hall was 53.5 feet (16.3 m) in length, and 36.83 feet (11.23 m) wide. Its height was 17.33 feet (5.28 m). Its acoustic properties were excellent. Black walnut was used inside for building desks, chairs, and stairways. The office furniture evoked a simple design and reflected excellent taste The President's room, located behind
51-785: Is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan , as well as in the center portion of the Bronx . Its southern end is at Astor Place and St. Mark's Place . It transitions into Cooper Square , and further south, the Bowery , Chatham Square , and Park Row . The Manhattan side ends at East 128th Street . Third Avenue is two-way from Cooper Square to 24th Street , but carries only northbound (uptown) traffic while in Manhattan above 24th Street; in
68-672: Is covered by the Third and Lexington (or Amsterdam) Avenues buses , which are the M103 , running it south of East 126th Street but terminating at East 125th Street, and the M101 and M102 , running it from Astor Place to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and East 116th Street, respectively. The M98 Limited also joins in north of East 65th Street, originates service at East 67th Street, and continues until East 127th Street. Where Third Avenue
85-633: Is one of the four streets that form The Hub , a site of both maximum traffic and architectural density in the South Bronx . Third Avenue was unpaved like most urban streets until the late 19th century. In May 1861, according to a letter to the editor of The New York Times , the street was the scene of practice marching for the poorly equipped troops in the 7th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment : "The men were not in uniform, but very poorly dressed, — in many cases with flip-flap shoes. The business-like air with which they marched rapidly through
102-563: Is one-way uptown, downtown buses use the parallel Lexington Avenue. Several bus routes also run on Third Avenue in the Bronx: The Manhattanville-bound M125 runs on three portions: from Westchester to Willis Avenues, from East 138th to East 137th Streets, and from Lincoln Avenue in the Bronx to East 128th Street in Manhattan, via the Third Avenue Bridge . Third Avenue was the location of
119-652: The Bronx River Parkway to Boston Road. Fordham Road is divided into East Fordham Road and West Fordham Road by Jerome Avenue following after the Manhattan grid, with address numbers for both the East Fordham Road and West Fordham Road increasing away from Jerome Avenue. Fordham Road is under the management of the Fordham Road Business Improvement District, a non-profit organization under contract with
136-668: The Third Avenue Railroad , a horsecar line established in 1853 that evolved into one of the most extensive streetcar systems in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Westchester County. Later, it was served by the Third Avenue elevated line, which operated from 1878 until 1955 in Manhattan and 1973 in the Bronx. The Bx55 replaced the Third Avenue Line in the Bronx in 1973. When the El was being torn down in Manhattan, there
153-609: The Bronx , it is again two-way. However, the Third Avenue Bridge carries vehicular traffic in the opposite direction, allowing only southbound vehicular traffic, rendering the avenue essentially non-continuous to motor vehicles between the boroughs. The street leaves Manhattan and continues into the Bronx across the Harlem River over the Third Avenue Bridge north of East 129th Street to East Fordham Road at Fordham Center, where it intersects with U.S. 1 . It
170-619: The City of New York. The BID maintains, develops, and markets the merchants along Fordham Road and hosts many community events throughout the year. East of Webster Avenue and directly across from Fordham University , Fordham Plaza is a major hub for buses and a stop on the Metro-North Railroad 's Harlem and New Haven lines. Metro North Railroad's Hudson Line stops at the University Heights station. Fordham Road
187-566: The banking house proper, was less spacious, as offices were given the maximum space. Another feature of the interior was its immense safe . The fireproof construction of the Metropolitan Savings Bank enabled the rapid renting of any free space not used by the bank. The basement and cellar beneath it was leased for ten years to the Stuyvesant Safe Deposit Company. The floor just above the bank
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#1732786835140204-464: The deep mud of Third Avenue was the more remarkable." On July 17, 1960, the section of Third Avenue in Manhattan north of 24th Street was converted into a one-way road. Starting in July 2023, a bus lane and a protected bike lane were installed on Third Avenue between 59th and 96th Streets, and that section of the avenue was narrowed from five to three vehicular travel lanes. In Manhattan, Third Avenue
221-543: The neighborhood of University Heights , divides Fordham from Fordham-Bedford and finally runs along the northern border of Belmont . It begins to the east as a continuation of Pelham Parkway and continues to the west over the University Heights Bridge into Manhattan, where it runs as West 207th Street. It is a two-way, four-lane road. Fordham Road runs concurrent with U.S. Route 1 from Webster Avenue to Boston Road , and with Pelham Parkway from
238-728: Was a movement to rename the whole of Third Avenue in Manhattan "the Bouwerie" (but not the portion in the Bronx). However, it had never been part of the Bowery . Today, the Third Avenue – 149th Street station ( 2 and 5 trains) and Third Avenue – 138th Street station ( 6 and <6> trains) are served by the New York City Subway . In Manhattan, several crosstown subway routes have entrances on Third Avenue: Notes Bibliography Fordham Road This street runs through
255-698: Was chartered in New York in 1852. In 1935 the bank moved its headquarters from Cooper Square to 754 Broadway. In 1942, it merged with the Manhattan Savings Institution (founded 1852) and the Citizens Savings Bank to form the Manhattan Savings Bank. In 1990, Edmund Safra's Republic National Bank bought the Manhattan Savings Bank, and was in turn purchased by HSBC in 1999. The building was designated
272-421: Was considered at the time it opened to be one of the most finely constructed edifices, "from garret to basement." Its facades were composed of white marble , with the upper floor being enclosed by a mansard roof . The building was fireproof , as no combustible materials were used during construction, either internally or externally. The entire cost of the structure was $ 150,000. The Metropolitan Savings Bank
289-758: Was leased by the United States Assessor of Internal Revenue. The third floor, unlet when the building first opened, was rented for a decade by the Eastern Star Lodge of Freemasons . In 1937, the building was sold to the First Ukrainian Assembly of God, and it has been used since that time as a church, most recently by the First Ukrainian Evangelical Pentecostal Church. Notes Third Avenue Third Avenue
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