Westchester Avenue station, Railroad station in Longwood, the Bronx, US.
Westchester Avenue station is a railroad station in the Longwood neighborhood of the Bronx, New York, built in 1908 for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The ground-level entrance hall connects to a waiting room that sits above the tracks, supported by metal beams and covered in terra cotta ornamental detail.
Architect Cass Gilbert designed the station in the Beaux-Arts style, and it served passengers regularly for many decades before being abandoned. No government body has ever placed it under any form of official protection.
Near the roofline, a caduceus symbol marks the exterior of the building, a reference to the identity of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Most visitors walk past without noticing this small but telling detail.
The building sits partially over Amtrak's active Northeast Corridor line, so care is needed when exploring the surrounding area. The original staircases leading down to the platforms are gone, and access inside is very limited.
The New York Landmarks Conservancy lists this abandoned building as endangered, even though it holds no official government designation of any kind. It is one of the very few station buildings in New York designed by an architect of Cass Gilbert's reputation that remains without any formal recognition.
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