11 places and programs for kids in and around Fordham, the Bronx (8 free): playgrounds, play spaces, dance. Includes St. James Recreation Center and Edgar Allan Poe Cottage.
A historic Bronx center with a gym, game room with billiard tables, and youth programs. Young members can play pickup games, join sports clinics, and take part in arts and enrichment programs offered each season.
The small cottage where Edgar Allan Poe spent his last years and wrote 'Annabel Lee,' restored with period furnishings. A quick visit that suits older kids reading Poe, with Poe Park's visitor center next door.
Kids can pick out picture books, early readers and graphic novels, and the branch runs NYPL's free early-literacy story times for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. NYPL's largest Bronx location has a full Children's Center and a separate Teen Zone, making it a major hub for families near Fordham Road.
A Bronx trampoline park with freestyle jumping, dodgeball, a warrior obstacle course, trapeze and a zip line. Little kids have a toddler zone and soft play area, and there is an arcade plus big launch slides.
An 11-acre Fordham park between Jerome and Creston Avenues with tennis courts, basketball and handball courts, a synthetic turf field and a recreation center. Kids can play pickup games or use the courts.
A Bronx dance studio near Kingsbridge Road where children and teens take dance classes, including ballet. Students build technique and expression through structured studio training.
Poe Park on the Grand Concourse has a playground a few steps from the cottage where Edgar Allan Poe once lived. Kids can play, then peek at the historic house museum.
Families in Fordham use Slattery Playground as an everyday outdoor play spot, with play structures for younger children and open space to run around. It is free and requires no reservation.
St. James Park Playground is a local NYC Parks play space in Fordham where kids can climb, slide and play with neighborhood friends. It is free to use and open to all.
Families in Fordham use Thorpe Family Playground as an everyday outdoor play spot, with play structures for younger children and open space to run around. It is free and requires no reservation.
Webster Playground is a local NYC Parks play space in Fordham where kids can climb, slide and play with neighborhood friends. It is free to use and open to all.
LittleGotham lists 11 places and programs for kids in Fordham, the Bronx. The largest groups are 5 playgrounds, 2 play spaces, 1 dance program.
Yes. 8 of 11 are free to attend, including St. James Recreation Center, Bronx Library Center, St. James Park.
5 listings are indoors, such as St. James Recreation Center, Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, Bronx Library Center.