In the title compound, [Cd(C(10)H(8)O(4))(C(13)H(14)N(2))](n), two symmetry-related Cd atoms are bridged by two carboxyl-ate O atoms into a binuclear Cd(2) subunit around an inversion center. The Cd atom has a distorted penta-gonal-bipyramidal environment, defined by five O atoms from three different 1,3-phenylendiacetate (1,3-pda) ligands and two N atoms from two 1,3-di-4-pyridyl-propane (bpp) ligands. Each Cd(2) subunit is linked to four different Cd(2) subunits by four 1,3-pda ligands and four bpp ligands, forming a two-dimensional network with rhombic grids (12.50 × 12.50 Å(2)) extending along the ab plane.