Hunts Point station (Metro-North)

Hunts Point
The former Hunt's Point station in May 2013. The new station will be located below street level behind this building.
General information
Coordinates40°49′13″N 73°53′21″W / 40.8204°N 73.8892°W / 40.8204; -73.8892
Owned byMetropolitan Transportation Authority
Line(s)Hell Gate Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platforms1 island platform[1]
Tracks3
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
Opening2027 (planned)
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Casanova
toward New York Harlem River
 Harlem River Branch Westchester Avenue
toward New Rochelle
Preceding station New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Following station
Casanova
toward Harlem River
 Main Line Westchester Avenue
toward White Plains or Port Chester via Columbus Avenue
Proposed services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station
Penn Station
Terminus
 New Haven Line Parkchester/Van Nest
toward Stamford
Location
Map

Hunts Point station is a planned passenger rail station on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, to be located in the Hunts Point 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] The station will be located north of Hunts Point Avenue, behind the former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad station, which was designed by Cass Gilbert.[5][1]

A 63-month design-build contract for the project was issued in December 2021.[6] Groundbreaking took place in December 2022.[7]

  1. ^ 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. 5, 6.
  2. ^ Chen, Stefanos (September 14, 2018). "The Bronx Is Great, Thonx". The New York Times. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Gray, Christopher (November 29, 2009). "Where Ghost Passengers Await Very Late Trains". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Re, Justine (December 11, 2022). "Bronx residents looking forward to new Metro-North stations". NY1. Retrieved April 28, 2024.