Sunnyside Yard

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunnyside Yard is a large railroad yard in Sunnyside, Queens in New York City. The yard was, when built by the Pennsylvania Railroad at the beginning of the 20th century, the largest passenger railroad yard in the world. The yard served as the main train storage and service point for Pennsylvania Railroad trains serving New York City. It is connected to Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan by the East River Tunnels.

Currently, the yard is owned by Amtrak and is also used by New Jersey Transit. The shared tracks of the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor pass along the southern edge of the yard. Plans for the Long Island Rail Road's East Side Access project to build tracks to Grand Central Terminal have those tracks diverging in the vicinity of, or perhaps through, the Sunnyside Yard.