Parkchester/Van Nest station (Metro-North)
Parkchester/Van Nest station is a planned passenger rail station on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, to be located within Bronx Community Board 11 in Van Nest and just north of the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. The station is planned to open in 2027 as part of the Penn Station Access project, which will add four stations in the Bronx.[2][3][4] It will be located east of Unionport Road, with entrance from East Tremont Avenue.[1]
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 Aerial view of the station site (background), with the former station platform visible | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 40°50′31″N 73°51′45″W / 40.8419°N 73.8626°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 Van Nest station of the New Haven Railroad, opened in the late 19th century, was located at the same site.[5][6] The station and the Van Nest neighborhood are believed to be named for Abraham R. Van Nest, an 1870s director of the railroad. A new station building in the Dutch revival style was designed by Cass Gilbert around 1908, but never built.[7][8]
The railroad's Van Nest Shops were located north of the station. A freight yard opened in 1895, with an electric locomotive repair facility built in 1912. The shops were closed in 1959, with locomotive repair moved to New Haven Yard. The site, with several original buildings still extant, has been used by Con Edison as their Van Nest Yard since 1959.[9]
A 63-month design-build contract for the project was issued in December 2021.[10] 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.[11][12]
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. 7, 8.
- ^ Chen, Stefanos (September 14, 2018). "The Bronx Is Great, Thonx". The New York Times. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ^ Young, Liz (June 25, 2021). "Developers of big Bronx project praise plan to open 4 more Metro-North stations". New York Business Journal. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ^ Duggan, Kevin (June 16, 2021). "New Yorkers sound off about $1.6B Metro-North expansion to East Bronx". AM New York. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ^ Bromley, George W.; Bromley, Walter S. (1913). "Plate 26". Atlas of the city of New York Borough of the Bronx. G.W. Bromley & Co. – via Ward Maps.
- ^ Hughes, C.J. (April 21, 2011). "People Care, and It's Starting to Show". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 12, 2013.
- ^ Peterson, Lindsay (July 2021). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hunts Point Rail Station" (PDF). National Park Service. p. 17. 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.
- ^ Drobbin, Lynn (October 25, 2013), Historic Resource Inventory Form: Former New York, New Haven & Hartford (NYNH&H) Railroad Van Nest Electric Locomotive Repair Shops, Division for Historic Preservation, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Published in "Appendix G.4 Historic Architectural Resources Background Study (HARBS) and Relevant Correspondence" (PDF). Penn Station Access Project: Environmental Assessment and Section 4(f) Evaluation. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 2021.
- ^ "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.