Photos by: D. Bell/Uptownflavor.com
Excerpted from Journal News
It won’t be ready for the Yankees’ home opener on April 16, but Metro-North Railroad plans to open its station at Yankee Stadium about a month later, on May 23, the railroad announced yesterday.
The station is part of sweeping construction activity in the Bronx neighborhood that includes a new Yankee Stadium. Next to the station, the Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market is under construction, with stores such as Target, BJ’s Wholesale Club and Marshalls planning to open. A park and esplanade are planned along the Harlem River nearby.
When there’s no game at the stadium, the railroad expects Manhattan-bound suburbanites to drive to a 2,400-space parking garage on 153rd Street and take the 15-minute ride to Grand Central. Metro-North also expects Bronx residents to use the trains to commute to Westchester communities such as Yonkers and Tarrytown.
The station has been built in a tight spot, requiring the spreading of four tracks to make room for the platforms, with columns rising from the west platform to support the Major Deegan Expressway, or Interstate 87, passing overhead. And it was built while Hudson Line trains made their usual runs through the construction area, achieving a 97.6 percent on-time record last year.
Yesterday, construction workers were moving toward the final stages of the project. A mezzanine area features a vaulted translucent glass ceiling that reaches 25 feet or more in height, “for open ventilation and a nice, airy feeling,” said Mary Miceli, director of capital engineering for Metro-North.
In June, a 200-foot-long glass mosaic piece called “Home of the Stars” will stretch along one side of the walkway. Designed by Brooklyn artist Ellen Harvey, it depicts the phases of the April sky in the Bronx from late afternoon to late night.
For riders on the Hudson Line, the cost of a ticket is the same as any Bronx stop. For Harlem and New Haven line riders, there will be an extra fee of $1 during peak hours and 75 cents in off-peak times. Passengers on all three lines who hold monthly or weekly commuter tickets can ride trains to the station for no extra charge. Fares across the system are expected to rise June 1.
ZPP
April 5, 2009
I don’t mind development that will bring jobs and business into a community, but it is the standard business fare that you can find at any mall in the New York area. Can we get local again?
D. Bell
April 4, 2009
Mike, for some reason this comment was in the spam folder. I just happened to check the folder just in case before deleting the spam.
Greasyguide.com
April 4, 2009
OMG! A Target that close! I’m so there!