Is Poe Park (near Fordham Rd. in the Bronx) safe in the daytime? (New York: home)

[roberta3102]

I live in Toronto but grew up in the Grand Concourse/Kingsbridge Road/
Fordham Road area during the sixties. I loved to visit Poe Cottage and
played in Poe Park often. I'm going to be in New York soon and am feeling
nostalgic. I would love to see what is now located on the site of my
childhood home (a walk-up on the GC about a 15 minute walk from the park)
and salute the stuffed raven in the Cottage. Comments, please?

[Elvira Black]

Poe Park was recently renovated, and there are plans to have a high tech visitors' center there. In the daytime, I'd say it's fine now. But you may be "shocked" to see the area now--it's changed a LOT--but seems to be in the early stages of a possible reversal.

[Moth]

Its fine during the day. Visiting the cottage is very interesting. I took a friend from Spain and she loved it. The caretaker was a grad student in Literature from Fordham.

Get out before the sun sets or the vampires will get you.