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Southern Boulevard is a street in
the Bronx The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, West ...
,
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, United States. It stretches from Bruckner Boulevard in Mott Haven to Bronx Park East in Bronx Park where it becomes Allerton Avenue.


History

From 1981 until 2011, the portion north of
Fordham Road 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 geopoli ...
, adjacent to the
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, was also named Dr. Theodore L. Kazimiroff Boulevard. In 2011, the name of Kazimiroff, a Bronx historian and a founder of The Bronx County Historical Society, was changed to an honorary designation for this portion of Southern Boulevard after the
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, having been lobbied by
Fordham University Fordham University is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1841, it is named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its origina ...
, decided that the designation was little known and confusing to those unfamiliar with the area.


Transportation

Southern Boulevard is served by the following subway lines: * The trains run directly above Southern Boulevard from Simpson Street to 174th Street. * The trains run under Southern Boulevard from East 143rd Street to Hunts Point Avenue. And these bus routes serve the corridor: * The Bx19 is Southern Boulevard’s main route. It serves in both directions between the East 149th Street station and the
New York Botanical Garden The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, ...
, using Xavier Way to head back south. * The runs between East 180th Street and East Fordham Road. * The Bx5 runs between
Westchester Avenue Westchester Avenue is a major east–west street in the South Bronx, South and East Bronx, East portions of the Bronx, New York City. It runs from Third Avenue and East 150th Street in The Hub, Bronx, the Hub to Pelham Bay Park in the Pelham Ba ...
and either Hunts Point Avenue (Pelham Bay) or East 163rd Street (West Farms). * The serve the corridor north of Bedford Park Boulevard.


See also

* Southern Boulevard Railroad


References


External links

* Streets in the Bronx {{NYC-road-stub