WORKING WITH THE RAILROAD

CSX sells abandoned rail stretch for $11.2M

Purchase paves way for proposed greenway alongside Major Deegan Expressway

By Sachi McClendon

Posted 11/17/22

The city is finally poised to purchase a mile or so stretch of vacant land between Van Cortlandt Park South and West 230th Street to clear the way for a new greenway running alongside the Major Deegan Expressway.

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