Morris Park
General information
Coordinates40°51′03″N 73°50′36″W / 40.8507°N 73.8432°W / 40.8507; -73.8432
Owned byMetropolitan Transportation Authority
Line(s)Hell Gate Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platforms1 island platform[1]
Tracks4
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
Opening2027 (planned)
Proposed services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station
Parkchester/Van Nest
toward Penn Station
 New Haven Line Co-op City
toward Stamford
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Van Nest
toward New York Harlem River
 Harlem River Branch Westchester
toward New Rochelle

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]

History

The former Morris Park station in 2022

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 Avenue, 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 Avenue to Pelham Parkway.[2] 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.[3][4][5]

A 63-month design-build contract for the Penn Station Access project was issued in December 2021.[6]

References

  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. 9, 10.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Gray, Christopher (November 29, 2009). "Where Ghost Passengers Await Very Late Trains". New York Times. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Along the "Harlem River Branch"". Architectural Record. Vol. 24, no. 6. December 1908. pp. 417–429.
  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.
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