Bathgate Industrial Park is an
industrial park
An industrial park (also known as industrial estate, trading estate) is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development. An industrial park can be thought of as a more "heavyweight" version of a business park or office park ...
located in the
Morrisania
Morrisania ( ) is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern Bronx, New York City, New York. Its boundaries are the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the north, Crotona-Prospect Avenue to the east, East 161st Street to the south, and Webster Avenue ...
neighborhood of
the Bronx
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,
New York City
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. It is south of the
Cross Bronx Expressway, west of
Third and Fulton Avenues (near
Crotona Park
Crotona Park is a public park in the South Bronx in New York City, covering . The park is bounded by streets of the same name on its northern, eastern, southern, and western borders, and is adjacent to the Crotona Park East and Morrisania neig ...
), north of Claremont Parkway, and east of Washington Avenue in the district of
Bronx Community Board 3
Bronx Community Board 3 is a local government unit in the New York City borough, of the Bronx, encompassing the neighborhoods of Crotona Park East, Claremont, Concourse Village, Melrose, and Morrisania. It is delimited by Sheridan Boulevard to ...
.
A joint project of the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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and the
New York City Economic Development Corporation
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(the PANYNJ leasing it from the NYCEDC) it opened in 1982 and is operated as a non profit organization. It was developed as an incentive to revitalize the
South Bronx. The designation of the Bathgate Industrial Park in 1980 involved rezoning a former residential district characterized by vacant land and buildings.
The industrial park covers seven city blocks spanning , and contains eight buildings and has approximately 454,000 square feet of space for light industrial, distribution, office and educational uses. Tenants include a generic drug manufacturer and food distributors, and academic and vocational training centers. The Mott Hall Bronx High School and the Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science are located on the site, within the Bathgate Educational Campus.
In January 2021, during the
COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, a "mega-facility" vaccination site for
COVID-19 vaccinations was opened at Bathgate Industrial Park, operating
24/7
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.
Previously, the location had been a COVID testing site.
See also
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Hunts Point Cooperative Market, another industrial park in the Bronx
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Rail freight transportation in New York City and Long Island
References
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Planned industrial developments
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Food markets in the United States
Buildings and structures in the Bronx
Commercial buildings completed in 1982
Morrisania, Bronx