Fordham Manor is a neighborhood located in the western Bronx , New York City . Fordham is roughly bordered by East 196th Street to the north, the Harlem River to the west, Fordham Road to the south, and Southern Boulevard to the east. The neighborhood's primary thoroughfares are Fordham Road and Grand Concourse .
74-855: Fordham Manor is located within Bronx Community Board 5 and Bronx Community Board 7 , and its ZIP Codes include 10453, 10457, 10458 and 10468. Its main subway line is the IND Concourse Line ( B and D trains), operating under the Grand Concourse, with the IRT Jerome Avenue Line ( 4 train) on its western border. The area is patrolled by the New York City Police Department 's 46th Precinct. New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) property in
148-838: A Nativist rally was scheduled to take place in New York, famously told the Nativist sympathizing mayor that "if a single Catholic Church were burned in New York, the city would become a second Moscow" – a reference to the Fire of Moscow . City leaders took him at his word, and the anti-Catholic faction was not allowed to conduct its rally. Hughes founded the Ultramontane newspaper the New York Freeman to express his ideas. In 1850 he delivered an address entitled "The Decline of Protestantism and Its Causes," in which he announced as
222-415: A college education or higher, while 34% have less than a high school education and 46% are high school graduates or have some college education. In Fordham North, 23% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, while 32% have less than a high school education and 45% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 26% of Bronx residents and 43% of city residents have
296-481: A college education or higher. The percentage of Fordham South students excelling in math rose from 19% in 2000 to 43% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 24% to 28% during the same time period. The percentage of Fordham North students excelling in math also rose from 21% in 2000 to 48% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 28% to 33% during the same period. Fordham South and Fordham North's rates of elementary school student absenteeism are higher than
370-476: A group of Orangemen when he was about 15. He was sent with his elder brothers to a day school in the nearby village of Augher, and afterwards attended a grammar school in Aughnacloy . Patrick Hughes, a poor but respectable tenant farmer , was forced to withdraw John from school and sent him to work one of his farms. However, being disinclined to farm life, he was placed as an apprentice to Roger Toland,
444-576: A largely working-class Irish community into a meaningful relationship with Catholic Christianity" while at the same time working "to conciliate middle-class Catholics and Protestant well-wishers whose financial support he needed for his amazingly ambitious program of building." Howe continues, "Although no theologian, John Hughes ranks high for political judgment and in the significance of his accomplishments among nineteenth century American statesmen, civil as well as ecclesiastical. He successfully coped with fierce party competition in New York, bitter battles over
518-610: A relatively high population of residents who are uninsured . In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 14% in Fordham South and 16% in Fordham North, higher than the citywide rate of 12%. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , is 0.0083 milligrams per cubic metre (8.3 × 10 oz/cu ft) in Fordham South and 0.0078 milligrams per cubic metre (7.8 × 10 oz/cu ft) in Fordham North, more than
592-660: A strong Irish American identity, one centered on the Catholic faith rather than on the secular radicalism of the Irish nationalists who competed with him for community leadership." This achievement, however, came "at the cost of losing to the Irish-American community the Irish Protestant immigrants." According to his later successor, Patrick Cardinal Hayes , named archbishop of New York in 1919, Archbishop Hughes
666-727: A whole. The 46th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 74.6% between 1990 and 2022. The precinct reported 17 murders, 34 rapes, 384 robberies, 729 felony assaults, 218 burglaries, 611 grand larcenies, and 219 grand larcenies auto in 2022. The 52nd Precinct also has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 76.1% between 1990 and 2022. The precinct reported 14 murders, 37 rapes, 410 robberies, 598 felony assaults, 192 burglaries, 666 grand larcenies, and 254 grand larcenies auto in 2022. Fordham contains two New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations. Engine Co. 48/Ladder Co. 56/Division 7
740-467: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . John Joseph Hughes John Joseph Hughes (June 24, 1797 – January 3, 1864) was an Irish-born Catholic prelate who served as Bishop (and later Archbishop) of New York from 1842 until his death. In 1841, he founded St. John's College, which would later become Fordham University . A native of Ireland, Hughes was born and raised in Augher in
814-524: Is a section of Fordham that dates back to the English colonial era. It is centered on the intersection of the Grand Concourse and Fordham Road . Fordham Village extends north to about 196th Street, south to about 187th Street, east to Southern Boulevard , and west to Jerome Avenue . The section's origins date back to about 1751, when Fordham Manor was built on what was called Rose Hill. Most of
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#1732801521651888-428: Is also served by the following Bee-Line Bus System routes to Westchester County, New York : Bronx Community Board 5 Bronx Community Board 5 is a local government unit of the city of New York , encompassing the neighborhoods of Fordham , Morris Heights , Mount Hope , and University Heights . It is delimited by Webster Avenue to the east, Hall of Fame Terrace, West 183rd Street, and Fordham Road to
962-512: Is divided into four ZIP Codes by the north-south Grand Concourse and the west-east East 183rd Street. Counterclockwise from southwest, these zip codes are 10453, 10457, 10458 and 10468. The United States Postal Service operates the Jerome Station post office at 2549 Jerome Avenue. Fordham generally has a lower rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018. In Fordham South, 10% of residents age 25 and older have
1036-748: Is located at 2417 Webster Avenue, while Engine Co. 75/Ladder Co. 33/Battalion 19 is located at 2175 Walton Avenue. As of 2018, preterm births in Fordham South and births to teenage mothers in both Fordham South and North are more common than in other places citywide, though preterm births in Fordham North are less common. In Fordham South, there were 93 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 35.3 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). In Fordham North, there were 85 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 30.3 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Both areas have
1110-549: Is named "old Edgar" and may have been the inspiration for his poem The Bells . In the 18th century, the Kings Road went through Old Fordham Village, an area of rural estates and small farms, linking Colonial New York and towns and villages north toward Boston . It was a minor rest stop for travelers and coaches, where many springs fed The Mill Brook that crossed this road. During the American Revolution , it
1184-668: Is near the Fordham shopping district. The New York Public Library (NYPL) operates the Bronx Library Center at 310 East Kingsbridge Road. The Bronx Library Center opened in 2006 and is the Bronx's largest NYPL branch. Subway and railroad service is provided by the New York City Subway and Metro-North Railroad , respectively. The following MTA Regional Bus Operations bus routes serve Fordham: Fordham
1258-520: Is now predominantly Latino American and African American . There is a significant historic Italian and Albanian population as well. Fordham is divided into two sections: Community District 5, south of Fordham Road, comprising Fordham South, and Community District 7, north of Fordham Road, comprising Fordham North. Most inhabitants of Community District 5 are youth and middle-aged adults: 28% are between 0–17, 29% between 25 and 44, and 23% between 45 and 64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents
1332-535: Is split into two community districts: Community District 5 south of Fordham Road and Community District 7 north of Fordham Road. Community District 5, which comprises southern Fordham South, had 136,151 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 79.9 years. Community District 7, which comprises Fordham South and Bedford Park, had 148,163 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 79.4 years. Both figures are lower than
1406-584: Is the university's oldest campus, is located in Fordham. The campus is home to Fordham College at Rose Hill, the Gabelli School of Business , and a division of the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, as well as the Graduate Schools of Arts and Sciences and Religion and Religious Education. Monroe College , a private for-profit college , has been located in Fordham since 1967, and
1480-635: The Brothers of the Christian Schools who founded Manhattan College ; and he established as an autonomous congregation the Sisters of Charity of New York , in which his sister Angela was a member, who founded the Academy of Mount St. Vincent (now College of Mount Saint Vincent ). All of these institutions remain active to this day. "Hughes Hall," the first purpose-built home of Fordham Prep,
1554-726: The Immaculate Conception as a dogma of the Catholic Church by Pope Pius. Hughes served as President Lincoln's semiofficial envoy to the Vatican and to France in later 1861 and early 1862. Lincoln also sought Hughes' advice on the appointment of hospital chaplains. On 3 September 1855, Archbishop Hughes traveled to St. John's , Newfoundland for the consecration of the new Roman Catholic Cathedral . In an address in March 1852, Hughes lionized what he referred to as
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#17328015216511628-563: The parish . Later that year he was sent to serve as a missionary in Bedford , where he secured the conversions of several Protestants . In January 1827, he was recalled to Philadelphia and named pastor of St. Joseph's Church. He labored afterwards at St. Mary's Church, whose trustees were in open revolt against the bishop, and were subdued by Hughes only when he built St. John the Evangelist Church in 1832, then considered one of
1702-461: The "spirit of the constitution ," expressed hope that the "parties" of the republic would be completely "penetrated" by that spirit, and stated that the founders' achievements in the realm of religious freedom were "original" in history and that the constitution's "negation of all power to legislate" on "rights of conscience" made American law on that topic superior to that of other countries which had secured these rights "by some positive statute." In
1776-707: The 19th century, with the building of the White Plains Line (later the Harlem Line of the New York Central Railroad ) and a small station, Old Fordham Village began to grow. Local farmers and dairymen were able to use the railroad to send their products to a growing New York City. Part of the Mill Brook was dammed up north of the village, and a large pond and ice house were built for shipping and cold storage. It provided fresh ice for
1850-471: The 52nd Precinct ranked 49th safest. As of 2018, with a non-fatal assault rate of 126 per 100,000 people in Fordham South and 97 per 100,000 people in Fordham North, Fordham's rate of violent crimes per capita is greater than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rates of 1,033 per 100,000 people in Fordham South and 583 per 100,000 people in Fordham Road are both higher than that of the city as
1924-477: The Bronx and 20% in all of New York City. One in seven residents (14%) were unemployed, compared to 13% in the Bronx and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 61% in Fordham North, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 58% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018, both areas are considered low-income relative to
1998-624: The Catholic practice wherein a bishop precedes his signature with a cross, as well as for his aggressive personality. His sister Angela Hughes was a nun and oversaw the opening of 15 schools and convents in New York. Hughes was born in the hamlet of Annaloghan, near Augher , in County Tyrone , part of the Province of Ulster in the north of Ireland. He was the third of seven children of Patrick and Margaret (née McKenna) Hughes who were from Errigal Truagh, County Monaghan . In reference to
2072-978: The People of Ireland to their Countrymen and Countrywomen in America") which he regarded as unnecessarily provocative. Against what he saw as the Protestant republican agenda promoted by the Young Irelander exile John Mitchel and his journal the Citizen , Hughes, nonetheless, took a stand on the issue. Mitchel was uncompromising in defense of slavery by denying it was a crime "or even a peccadillo to hold slaves, to buy slaves, to keep slaves to their work by flogging or other needful correction." He himself might wish for "a good plantation well-stocked with healthy negroes in Alabama." At Mitchel saw it, Hughes copied
2146-457: The U.S. since 1978. Fordham has a population of around 43,394 people. Its first growth was in the 1920s, when middle-class and working-class families from Manhattan flocked into the area, attracted by the then-modern housing and convenient subway access by Concourse , Jerome Avenue , and Third/Webster Avenues lines to business districts in Manhattan where they could work and shop. It
2220-445: The abolition press "to cast an Alabama plantation" in his "teeth." Hughes served as archbishop until his death. He was originally buried in the old St. Patrick's Cathedral , but his remains were exhumed in 1882 and reinterred in the crypt under the altar of the new St. Patrick's Cathedral which he had undertaken to build. Monsignor Thomas Shelley in his study on Hughes described him as a very "complex character," with one side that
2294-861: The ambition of Catholicism "to convert all Pagan nations, and all Protestant nations. ... Our mission [is] to convert the world –including the inhabitants of the United States – the people of the cities, and the people of the country, ... the Legislatures, the Senate, the Cabinet, the President, and all!" Hughes held a "strong commitment to the cause of Irish freedom" but also felt that immigrants, particularly his fellow Irish immigrants, "should demonstrate their unswerving loyalty to their adopted land." Hughes became an archbishop on July 19, 1850, when
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2368-476: The anti-Catholic penal laws of Ireland, he later observed that, prior to his baptism , he had lived the first five days of his life on terms of "social and civil equality with the most favored subjects of the British Empire ." He and his family suffered religious persecution in their native land; his late sister was denied a Catholic burial conducted by a priest, and Hughes himself was nearly attacked by
2442-602: The area is patrolled by P.S.A. 7 at 737 Melrose Avenue in the Melrose section of the Bronx. The neighborhood is home to the original, Rose Hill campus of Fordham University . Jan Arcer, a Dutch settler (who anglicized his name to John Archer), established a community at what is now 225th Street near the Harlem River in 1666. Archer owned 3900 acres of land which Francis Lovelace , the colonial governor of New York approved for settlement. The area known as "Fordham Manor"
2516-570: The city average. Sixteen percent of Fordham South residents and twelve percent of Fordham North residents are smokers , which is higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Fordham South, 34% of residents are obese , 16% are diabetic , and 27% have high blood pressure —compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively. In Fordham North, 33% of residents are obese, 19% are diabetic, and 35% have high blood pressure. In addition, 24% of children in Fordham South and 25% of children in Fordham North are obese, compared to
2590-822: The citywide average of 20%. Seventy-eight percent of residents in Fordham South and eighty-four percent in Fordham North eat some fruits and vegetables daily, which is less than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 67% of residents in both Fordham South and North described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", lower than the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket, there are 20 bodegas in Fordham South and 18 in Fordham North. The nearest hospitals are Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in Claremont, James J. Peters VA Medical Center in Kingsbridge Heights , and St Barnabas Hospital in Belmont . Fordham
2664-575: The community and the railroad. In 1838, a wealthy New York City Irish Catholic real estate magnate named Andrew Carrigan (1804-1872) bought the 100-acre Rose Hill estate, located east of the village, for the sole purpose of selling it to his close friend John Joseph Hughes (1797-1864), who at the time was coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of New York. Hughes purchased the estate from Carrigan in 1839 for $ 29,750, and founded St. Joseph's Seminary (1840) and St. Joseph's College (1841) (later Fordham University) on
2738-531: The diocese was elevated to the status of archdiocese by Pope Pius IX . As archbishop, Hughes became the metropolitan for the Catholic bishops serving all the dioceses established in the entire Northeastern United States . He convened the first meeting of the Ecclesiastical Province of New York in September 1854. After this he traveled to Rome, where he was present at the proclamation of
2812-574: The earliest dawn of the morning." While Hughes did not endorse slavery, he suggested that the conditions of the "starving laborers" in the Northern states were often worse than that of those held in bondage in the South. He believed the Abolitionist movement veered towards ideological excess. In 1842 Hughes had cautioned his flock against signing O'Connell's abolitionist petition ("An Address of
2886-459: The education fund. It provided that no money should go to the schools that taught religion, so Hughes lost his battle. He turned inward: he founded an independent Catholic school system in the city. His new system included the first Catholic college in the Northeast, St. John's College, now Fordham University . By 1870 19 percent of the city's children were attending Catholic schools. Hughes
2960-609: The estate is part of the Rose Hill Campus of Fordham University . Besides the main manor house and other side buildings on the campus, other historic buildings and noted homes still exist within Old Fordham Village. For example, American poet Edgar Allan Poe spent his final years with his wife Virginia in a cottage in Fordham, which is still standing in Poe Park. The nearby Fordham University Church bell
3034-589: The finest in the country. Previous to this, in 1829, he founded St. John's Orphan Asylum. About this time Hughes became engaged in a public controversy over Catholic beliefs with the Rev. John A. Breckinridge, a distinguished Presbyterian clergyman and son of the former Attorney General in the Jefferson Administration . Several debates ensued between the two concerning whether Catholicism was compatible with American republicanism and liberty. Though it
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3108-564: The first bishop of the Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana .) Hughes would on numerous occasions consult with his former teacher for advice long after he had left Emmitsburg. As a seminarian , Hughes resolved to serve his home Diocese of Philadelphia , then governed by Bishop Henry Conwell . The bishop, while performing a canonical visitation of his diocese, met Hughes at his parents' home in Chambersburg and invited him to accompany him on
3182-401: The former Rose Hill Manor in the center of the neighborhood. It is one of the largest "green" campuses in New York City, and its traditional collegiate gothic architecture often serves as a backdrop for television and film productions. The Fordham Road Business Improvement District operates on the northern border of the neighborhood. This retail district is the longest in the Bronx. Fordham
3256-650: The gardener at Favour Royal Manor , to study horticulture . His family emigrated to the United States in 1816 and settled in Chambersburg , Pennsylvania . Hughes joined them there the following year. He made several unsuccessful applications to Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland , where he was eventually hired by its Rector , the Abbé John Dubois , S.S. , as a gardener. During this time he befriended Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton , who
3330-782: The legitimacy of it. Hughes drew upon his experience with this situation in Philadelphia and was able to get a referendum passed by the Catholics of the city in 1841 supporting the authority of the bishop. In 1840-1842 Hughes led a political battle to secure funding for the Catholic schools. He rallied support from both the Tammany Hall Democrats, and from the opposition Whig Party, whose leaders, especially Governor William H. Seward , supported Hughes. He argued Catholics paid double for schools—they paid taxes to subsidize private schools they could not use and also paid for
3404-458: The median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Fordham is patrolled by two precincts of the NYPD . Fordham South is served by the 46th Precinct of the NYPD , located at 2120 Ryer Avenue. Fordham North is patrolled by the 52nd Precinct of the NYPD , located at 3016 Webster Avenue. The 46th Precinct ranked 27th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010, while
3478-1141: The north, the Harlem River to the west, and Washington Bridge and the Cross Bronx Expressway to the south. Its current chairperson is Dr. Bola Omotosho, and its district manager Ken Brown. As of the United States 2000 Census , the Community Board has a population of 128,313, up from 118,435 in 1990 and 107,997 in 1980. Of them, 79,048 (61.6%) are of Hispanic origin , 41,609 (32.4%) are Black, non-Hispanic , 1,917 (1.5%) are White, non-Hispanic , 2,071 (1.6%) are Asian or Pacific Islander , 453 (0.4%) American Indian or Alaska Native , 978 (0.8%) are some other race (non-Hispanic), and 2,237 (1.7%) of two or more races (non-Hispanic). DCP City Planning CB Community boards BP Borough president CPC City Planning Commission CC City Council Mayor NYC Mayor This New York City –related article
3552-725: The parochial schools they did use. Catholics could not use Public School Society schools because they forced students to listen to readings from the Protestant King James Bible which they believed undermined their Catholic faith. With the Maclay Act in 1842, the New York State legislature established the New York City Board of Education . It gave the city an elective Board of Education empowered to build and supervise schools and distribute
3626-408: The position in 1826 when Dubois won the appointment as bishop. The clergy demonstrated their disappointment by not attending the consecration. One challenge Hughes took on upon arriving in New York was the dispute between the trustees of various parishes in the city, who held the control of these institutions. This practice was known as trusteeism , and the bishop challenged both the practicality and
3700-546: The property. In 1846 Hughes deeded St. Joseph's College over to the Roman Catholic Jesuit Order (Society of Jesus) for $ 40,000, but retained title to the seminary property (about 9 acres of land). The seminary was closed in 1859. Today, a small south-west portion of the former Rose Hill estate is known as Rose Hill Park. West of the village, on the other side of Fordham Hill, the Bathgate Estate
3774-568: The public school system, revolutions in Europe, the rise of nativism across the United States, and soaring rates of immigration after the Great Famine of Ireland . He encouraged his people to hard work, personal discipline, and upward social mobility." "Crucially, he combined his staunch American patriotism with staunch devotion to a nineteenth-century papacy deeply suspicious of all liberalism, especially American." Hughes "succeeded in fostering
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#17328015216513848-476: The remainder of his visitation. On October 15, 1826, Hughes was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Conwell at Old St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia . Hughes' first assignment was as a curate at St. Augustine's Church in Philadelphia, where he assisted its pastor , the Rev. Father Michael Hurley, O.E.S.A. , by celebrating Mass , hearing confessions , preaching sermons, and other duties in
3922-515: The rest of New York City. 30% of elementary school students in Fordham South and 28% in Fordham North missed twenty or more days per school year , higher than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 66% of high school students in Fordham South and 70% of high school students in Fordham North graduate on time, lower than the citywide average of 75%. Fordham contains the following public elementary schools: The Jonas Bronck Academy serves grades 6–8. The Rose Hill campus of Fordham University , which
3996-453: The rest of the city and not gentrifying . Fordham is dominated by 5- and 6-story apartment buildings, often set flush to the sidewalk. Many of the apartments on the Grand Concourse are taller. The New York Botanical Garden and the Wildlife Conservation Society 's Bronx Zoo , both inside Bronx Park , collectively occupy dozens of acres of land within the neighborhood. Fordham University maintains its historic original campus on much of
4070-438: The same address, Hughes also expressed sentiments of religious toleration, stating that "we are indebted" to the "liberality of Protestantism," in light of the fact that the framers of the Constitution "were almost, if not altogether, exclusively Protestants." He averred that the strong leadership of Washington and the variety of opposing Protestant views were likely more influential to the framers' stance on religious freedom than
4144-518: The side of Protestants, in maintaining the rights and honor of their common country." Hughes also said that "It is... out of place, and altogether untrue, to assert or assume that this is a Protestant country or a Catholic country. It is neither. It is a land of religious freedom and equality; and I hope that, in this respect, it shall remain just what it now is to the latest posterity" and also that "Catholics, as such, are by no means strangers and foreigners in this land.... The Catholics have been here from
4218-438: The south of County Tyrone . He emigrated to the United States in 1817, and became a priest in 1826 and a bishop in 1838. A figure of national prominence, he exercised great moral and social influence, and presided over a period of explosive growth for Catholicism in New York. He was regarded as "the best known, if not exactly the best loved, Catholic bishop in the country." He became known as " Dagger John ," both for his following
4292-420: The study of philosophy with an award named in honor of Hughes. To the dismay of many in New York's Protestant upper class , Hughes foresaw the uptown expansion of the city and began construction of the current St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Street, laying its cornerstone on August 15, 1858. It was not completed until after his death. At the time, due to its remote location in
4366-404: The suburbs changed the area of what is Fordham today. Old Fordham Village and the surrounding area would become part of the borough of the Bronx within New York City . Many remaining farms and estates were sold to developers who built houses and sizable apartment buildings. The formerly quiet little village became a major business and transportation hub. In this area of Fordham, Boston Post Road
4440-407: The suburbs or the Los Angeles area, or retired to Florida . Belmont was formerly a portion of Fordham and South Fordham. On January 9, 2022, a high-rise fire tore through an apartment building in Fordham. At least 19 people were killed, including nine children, and at least 60 other people were injured, including 32 with life-threatening injuries. It was the third-deadliest residential fire in
4514-420: Was "impetuous and authoritarian, a poor administrator and worse financial manager, indifferent to the non-Irish members of his flock, and prone to invent reality when it suited the purposes of his rhetoric." But Shelley finds this did not detract from the effectiveness of Hughes, who established 61 new parishes along with many other institutions. Historian Daniel Walker Howe writes that Hughes "labored to bring
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#17328015216514588-533: Was $ 35,355. In 2018, an estimated 34% of Fordham South residents lived in poverty, compared to 25% in all of the Bronx and 20% in all of New York City. One in eight residents (13%) were unemployed, compared to 13% in the Bronx and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 65% in Fordham South, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 58% and 51% respectively. In 2018, an estimated 26% of Fordham North residents lived in poverty, compared to 25% in all of
4662-426: Was 6 square miles. This was called a Patent, making Archer "Lord of the Manor". Sixteen families established farms in the area. The Manor lasted from 1671 to 1762. Archer chose the name Fordham for his community, which may have been a reference to its location near a shallow crossing ("ford") of the Bronx River , or may have been a reference to John Fordham , a fourteenth-century English priest. Old Fordham Village
4736-576: Was Protestantism itself. Hughes also stated that "the great men who framed the Constitution saw, with keen and delicate perception, that the right to tolerate implied the equal right to refuse toleration, and on behalf of the United States, as a civil government, they denied all right to legislate in the premises, one way or the other." He affirmed the role of Catholic soldiers in American wars and declared, "I think I shall be safe in saying that there has not been one important campaign or engagement in which Catholics have not bivouacked , fought, and fallen by
4810-404: Was a critical crossing point for Gen. George Washington 's Continental Army retreating toward White Plains to safely escape from New York while being chased by the Colonial British and Hessian Forces. There were many American Patriots that lived in this area. After the revolution, the Kings Road was renamed the Boston Post Road , becoming an important thoroughfare for a growing new nation. In
4884-641: Was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the diocese the following year, due to Dubois' failing health. As coadjutor, he automatically succeeded Dubois upon the bishop's death on December 20, 1842. He took over a diocese which covered the entire State of New York and northern New Jersey , having only some 40 priests to serve a Catholic population estimated to be about 200,000 at the time. In 1844 anti-Catholic riots instigated by Nativist agitators threatened to spread to New York from Philadelphia, where two churches had been burned and twelve people had died. Hughes put armed guards at Catholic churches and, after learning
4958-451: Was built; it was later acquired by wealthy stock speculator Leonard Jerome . He built the Jerome Park Racetrack , where the first Belmont Stakes was held, on his estate. West of the station in the village area, the Fordham Hotel and Taverine would provide basic needs for visitors to the college and the racetrack. For the most part, Old Fordham Village remained rural until about 1900, when New York City began to expand. Early mass transit to
5032-461: Was chosen by Pope Gregory XVI as the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of New York on August 7, 1837. He was consecrated bishop at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral on January 7, 1838, with the title of the titular see of Basilinopolis , by the Bishop of New York, John Dubois, S.S., his former Rector. Although wishing Hughes no ill, many of the priests in the diocese had favored the popular Rev John Power, Vicar-General . Power had been overlooked for
5106-529: Was favorably impressed by Hughes and persuaded Dubois to reconsider his admission. Hughes was subsequently admitted as a regular student of Mount St. Mary's in September 1820. In addition to his studies, he continued to supervise the garden, and served as a tutor in Latin and mathematics as well as prefect over the other students. At that time, the president of Mount St. Mary's was the brilliant Simon Bruté , who also lectured on Sacred Scripture and taught Theology and Moral Philosophy. (Bruté would later become
5180-440: Was lower, at 12% and 8% respectively. Similarly, most inhabitants of Community District 7 are youth and middle-aged adults: 26% are between the ages of between 0–17, 31% between 25 and 44, and 23% between 45 and 64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 11% and 9% respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community District 5 was $ 30,166, and the median household income in Community District 7
5254-412: Was named for the archbishop in 1935. The building currently houses Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business on its Rose Hill campus. There is also a dining space on the Rose Hill campus named "Dagger John's" in honor of Hughes. A street near Fordham University is named in his honor (Hughes Avenue). In addition, each year, Fordham recognizes a graduating senior who has demonstrated achievement in
5328-399: Was predicted that the Irish immigrant would be outclassed by his better educated Protestant adversary, Hughes acquitted himself very well against his opponent's attacks on his religion. The debates resulted in the pugnacious Hughes' emergence as a vigorous defender of Catholicism in America. His name was mentioned for the vacant see of Cincinnati and as a coadjutor for Philadelphia. Hughes
5402-421: Was renamed Fordham Road and became part of U.S. Route 1 in 1926. The rebuilding of the railroad right of way at Fordham, and most of Webster Avenue, eliminated The Mill Brook and water pond, but the side streets of Old Fordham Village remain active. Fordham was a predominantly middle class White (of Irish and Jewish origins) neighborhood from the 1920s through the late 1970s, when many families moved to
5476-497: Was severe of manner, and kindly of heart, but was not aggressive until assailed. In New York, Hughes founded St. John's College (now Fordham University ) and, under his administration, invited many religious congregations to staff and administrate schools in New York, among them members of the Society of Jesus (to whom he entrusted the care of St. John's), who also established Fordham Preparatory School and Xavier High School ;
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