Morris Park station is a planned passenger rail station on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, to be located in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. The station is planned to open in 2027 as part of the Penn Station Access project. It will be located at Morris Park Avenue adjacent to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, with entrances from both sides of the tracks.[1] Groundbreaking took place in December 2022.[2]
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| Coordinates | 40°51′03″N 73°50′36″W / 40.8507°N 73.8432°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Hell Gate Line (Northeast Corridor) | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform[1] | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opening | 2027 (planned) | ||||||||||||
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History
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The New Haven Railroad had two stations serving the Morris Park area. Westchester station was located about 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km) to the south of the proposed station site at Eastchester Road, while the Morris Park station was located further south at the corner of Sacket and Paulding Avenues. A large freight yard was located on the south side of the tracks from Eastchester Road to Pelham Parkway.[3] New station buildings at both locations were designed by Cass Gilbert in 1908. The Morris Park station building survives; the new Westchester station (along with several others on the line) was never built.[4][5][6]
A 63-month design-build contract for the Penn Station Access project was issued in December 2021.[7] In August 2024, the New York City Council voted to rezone the areas around the Parkchester/Van Nest and Morris Park stations to encourage development around these stations.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ a b "Chapter 2: Project Alternatives" (PDF). MTA Metro-North Railroad Penn Station Access Project: Environmental Assessment and Section 4(f) Evaluation. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 2021. pp. 9, 10.
- ^ Re, Justine (December 11, 2022). "Bronx residents looking forward to new Metro-North stations". NY1. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- ^ Bromley, George W.; Bromley, Walter S. (1913). "Plate 27". Atlas of the city of New York Borough of the Bronx. G.W. Bromley & Co. – via Ward Maps.
- ^ Gray, Christopher (November 29, 2009). "Where Ghost Passengers Await Very Late Trains". New York Times. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012.
- ^ Peterson, Lindsay (July 2021). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hunts Point Rail Station" (PDF). National Park Service. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
- ^ "Along the "Harlem River Branch"". Architectural Record. Vol. 24, no. 6. December 1908. pp. 417–429.
- ^ "Governor Hochul Announces MTA to Award Contract for the Metro-North Penn Station Access Project" (Press release). Office of Governor Kathy Hochul. December 15, 2021.
- ^ Sommerfeldt, Chris; Kvetenadze, Téa (August 6, 2024). "Revised East Bronx rezoning plan includes thousands of apartments, $500 million in improvements". New York Daily News. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ Nehring, Abigail (August 6, 2024). "NYC to Invest $500M in East Bronx for Proposed Metro-North Rezoning". Commercial Observer. Retrieved August 8, 2024.