Westchester Avenue Station
1324 Westchester Avenue | Crotona Park East
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1908
Cass Gilbert designs a terra-cotta commuter station for the New Haven Railroad
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad built the Westchester Avenue station in 1908 to extend commuter service into the Bronx, Westchester and Connecticut. Cass Gilbert, fresh from the U.S. Custom House, was hired to design 12 stations, not all of them built. This one had a tall central entry hall, an entrance trimmed in glazed polychrome terra cotta, a lower waiting room bridging the tracks to the east, and a small porch to the west.
Source: atlasobscura.com
- 1937
The last train stops at Westchester Avenue
Debt from the expansion, a Bronx terminus instead of Manhattan, and cheaper subway fares all hurt the line. The New Haven ended local service in 1931, though its subsidiary, the New York, Westchester and Boston, kept stopping here. Both railroads went bankrupt, and service ended on the last day of 1937. Amtrak later took over the property, removed the platforms and stairs, and lists the building as needing demolition.
Source: atlasobscura.com
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