Tracks 4 Disabled access Yes Connection Bee-Line Bus System | Parking 283 spaces Phone +1 877-690-5116 Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location 1 East First Street,
Mount Vernon, NY 10550 Owned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Connections Bee-Line Bus System: (see Petrillo Plaza below) Address 1 East First Street, Mt Vernon, NY 10550, USA Owner Metropolitan Transportation Authority Similar Mount Vernon W, Fleetwood, Pelham, Larchmont, Southeast | ||
The Mount Vernon East Metro-North Railroad station serves passengers at Mount Vernon, New York, via the New Haven Line. The station is the first station north of the junction where the New Haven Line splits from the Harlem Line and is the only station on the line before it changes from third rail power to overhead catenary power, which takes place north of there, between Mount Vernon East and Pelham stations. Some New Haven Railroad-era overhead catenary poles can still be found southwest of the Gramatan Avenue bridge. After Pelham, the New Haven Line joins the Northeast Corridor at New Rochelle.
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Mount Vernon East is 14 miles (23 km) from Grand Central Terminal and the average travel time from Grand Central is 29 minutes. It contains stained glass artwork named Tranquility by Marjorie Blackwell from 2001, and the station itself is dedicated to Fred Wilkinson.
History
Prior to being acquired by Penn Central Railroad, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad had two stations in Mount Vernon; The main station which was actually located west of the Park Avenue Bridge rather than east of it, and another at Columbus Avenue, which also included a connecting station for the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, one of five NYW&B stations within the city. Mount Vernon's main New Haven Railroad station contained a series of sidetracks on the north side of East First Street between Park and Fulton Avenues. Penn Central closed the Columbus Avenue station during the early-1970s and converted the sidetracks into extended parking lots. After the station became a Metro-North station, it was moved and rebuilt across the Park Avenue Bridge to Elm Avenue across from Portugal Place, in spite of the fact that Metro-North still gives the address as being at East First Street. Today, the site of the old Mount Vernon New Haven Railroad Station is occupied by August Petrillo Plaza (see below), a Westchester County Bee-Line Bus System and local taxi hub.
Station Layout
This station has two high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long.
Petrillo Plaza bus connections
The following bus routes serve the Petrillo Plaza area, along the site of the former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Depot at Mount Vernon. The site was named for former Mayor August Petrillo.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
This station stood in for the Rockville Centre Station during the filming of the 2004 movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.