Penn Station Access Council To Hold 1st Meeting Thursday

Westchester County Executive George Latimer and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will host the inaugural meeting of the Penn Station Access Bronx & Westchester Community Council on Thursday. The council will be keeping up-to-date on the MTA's plan for a new commuter line to run between New Rochelle and Penn Station instead of Grand Central, Metro-North's home terminal.

The new service would bring Metro-North trains from New Rochelle, across Pelham Bay, to Co-op City through the east Bronx and over the historic Hell Gate Bridge into Queens, where they would merge with the Long Island Railroad's route, through the East River tunnels into Manhattan and west to Penn Station. Four new train stations, at Hunt's Point, Parkchester/Van Nest, Morris Park and Co-op City, would be built on the line.

The PSA Metropolitan Transportation Authority project is a collaboration among the MTA, Empire State Development and Amtrak. The Community Council is a partnership of civic organizations to keep legislatures and key stakeholders Westchester and in the East Bronx informed on the status of the project.

Right now, the federal environmental review process is under way and the draft Environmental Assessment will be made available for public comment in the first quarter of 2020.

• WHAT: First meeting of Penn Station Access Bronx & Westchester Community Council
• WHEN: Thursday, September 26 at 10am
• WHERE: Mercy College (French Auditorium), 1200 Waters Place, Bronx, NY 10461
• MORE INFO: MTA's Penn Station Access website

SEE ALSO: Metro-North To Run Line For Westchester, Bronx, Long Island, Penn Station