PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Borough: Bronx 1.4 acres of open space Potential new community and retail uses

Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC 2030 calls for the creation of public plazas in every community in the City. In promoting this goal, Fordham Plaza, located in the heart of the Bronx and adjacent to the busy Fordham Road retail corridor, has the potential to become one of the City's signature public spaces.

The Plaza serves as a major transportation hub, where the Metro-North station and over 10 bus lines converge. NYCEDC is conducting a year long community outreach process to facilitate stakeholder involvement in the redevelopment of the plaza.

The Conceptual Design study will include urban design, transportation, retail and structural analyses. The study will include four Advisory Committee meetings and at least two community charettes or design workshops. All of the meetings will be open to the public.

The first Advisory Committee meeting was held at the Fordham University Library on April 2nd.  You may view the presentation here: Fordham Plaza Advisory Committee Presentation April 2, 2008 (PDF 5 MB)

The first Community Charette was held at the Bronx Library Center on May 22nd.  The presentation and photographs of the proposed ideas will be posted here soon.

Upcoming Events
Please join us for our next Advisory Committee meeting, where we will give an update on our background research and the feedback we have received.   

Advisory Committee Meeting
Bronx Library Center, 310 East Kingsbridge Rd
Thursday, July 17th
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

We encourage anyone interested in the development of Fordham Plaza to attend.

We are also conducting a survey to gather information from Plaza users.  We invite you to submit your responses to the Fordham Plaza Survey.

Contact Information
For more information about the Fordham Plaza Conceptual Design study, please email us at fordhamplaza@nycedc.com.