Penn Station Access Project Public Hearing

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, will hold a public hearing pursuant to Article 2 of the New York State Eminent Domain Procedure Law (“EDPL”) on the proposed acquisition of temporary and permanent property interests in properties in the Borough of the Bronx and the County of Westchester for the Penn Station Access Project (“Project”). The hearing will review the public uses, benefits, purposes, and location of the Project, the impact the Project may have on the environment and residents of the area and will give the public an opportunity to comment on the Project and the proposed Property acquisition.

Description of the Project 

The Penn Station Access Project will provide direct rail access to Penn Station-New York and Manhattan’s west side from southern Connecticut, Westchester County, and the east Bronx by providing direct service to New-Haven Line customers and introducing convenient, direct rail service to communities in the eastern Bronx currently underserved by mass transit. The Project will make various infrastructure improvements to Amtrak’s existing Hell Gate Line and will construct four (4) new accessible Metro-North stations along the line in the east Bronx at Hunts Point, Parkchester-Van Nest, Morris Park, and Co-op City. This public hearing will include property interests needed for the Project.

Date, time, and place of the public hearing

Thursday, July 24, 2025 

The public hearing begins at 6:00 p.m. In-person registration begins at 5:30 p.m. and will close at 6:00 p.m.

Residence Inn by Marriott NY The Bronx at Metro Center Atrium 

1776 Eastchester Road, Bronx, NY 10461

Directions

By bus:

Take the Bx24 to Marconi St/LA Fitness

Take the Bx21 or Bx31 from Eastchester Rd and Waters Place and walk via Eastchester Rd and Bassett Ave to the hotel.

By train: 

Transfer from the   at Westchester Square to the Bx21, Bx24, or Bx31 and follow the bus directions.

Public hearing format

This will be an in-person Public Hearing. Those interested in speaking must pre-register to speak at the Public Hearing. Each registered speaker will have two (2) minutes to speak.

Registering for the public hearing

To register to speak at the Public Hearing, please sign up to comment in-person, online or call the Public Hearing Hotline at (646) 252-6777. All comments will be transcribed and made part of the permanent record of this hearing.

For more information, to pre-register to speak, or to submit comments

Those wishing to be heard at the Public Hearing can register here. You may present verbal testimony or submit written statements in lieu of or to supplement oral testimony concerning the proposed project.

Submit a written comment.

Comments may also be submitted via postal mail to: MTA Government & Community Relations, Attn: Penn Station Access Project, 2 Broadway, D16.94, New York, NY 10004

All written and online comments must be received by 5:30 p.m. on July 31, 2025. Comments received after this date and time will not be considered.

For questions about the hearing, contact Joe O’Donnell:

Joe O'Donnell
MTA Construction & Development
2 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10004
(646) 252-2959
joseph.o’donnell@mtacd.org

Any property owner or other interested party who may wish to challenge the proposed property taking via judicial review may do so only on the basis of issues, facts, and objections raised at the EDPL public hearing.