Mount Vernon East station is a

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station on the

Metro-North Railroad Metro-North Railroad , trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, is a suburban commuter rail service run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a New York State public benefit corporations, public authority of the U.S. state of New Yor ...

New Haven Line The Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line is a commuter rail line running from New Haven, Connecticut to New York City. It joins the Harlem Line at Mount Vernon, New York and continues south to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. The New Haven ...

, located in

Mount Vernon, New York Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County, New York (state), New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, immediately to the north of the Borough (New York City), borough of the Bronx. As of t ...

. The station is the first station north of the junction where the New Haven Line splits from the Harlem Line and is the northernmost station on the line before it changes from

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power to

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power, which takes place between the Mount Vernon East and Pelham stations.

Station layout

The station has two high-level

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s, each 850 feet (10 cars) long, serving the outer of the line's four tracks. The tracks are slightly below ground in a cut; a footbridge connects the platforms and entrances. The main entrances are located on Elm Avenue on the north side of the tracks, and in a parking lot off 1st Street on the south side; a staircase also connects the east end of the southern (northbound) platform to Fulton Avenue.

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busses 53 and 54 stop at the Elm Avenue entrance to the station. Petrillo Plaza, on East Prospect Avenue slightly west of the station, is a hub for the

. Busses servicing Petrillo Plaza are 7, 40, 41, 42, 43, 52, 55, and 91.

History

Mount Vernon station undivided back postcard

The

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad , commonly known as The Consolidated, or simply as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to December 31, 1968. Founded by the merger of ...

originally had two stations in Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon (Prospect Avenue) was located between 3rd Avenue and Park Avenue, slightly west of the modern station. Columbus Avenue station was located about to the east at Columbus Avenue. It was a transfer point to the

New York, Westchester and Boston Railway The New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Company (NYW&B, also known to its riders as "the Westchester" and colloquially as the "Boston-Westchester"), was an electric commuter railroad in the Bronx and Westchester County, New York from 1912 t ...

– one of five NYW&B stations within the city. The station building was destroyed by a fire on March 31, 1957, though trains continued to stop.

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closed the two stations and replaced them with the Mount Vernon station on December 20, 1972. The new station was built with two high-level side platforms, allowing the new M2 cars to platform at the station. The two old stations were subsequently demolished. Stained glass artwork named ''Tranquility'' by Marjorie Blackwell was installed in 2001. The station stood in for the

Rockville Centre station The Rockville Centre station is a station along the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially at North Village Avenue and Front Street north of Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre, New York, but the station property spreads w ...

during the filming of the 2004 movie ''

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' (also simply known as ''Eternal Sunshine'') is a 2004 American romantic science fiction drama film written by Charlie Kaufman, directed by Michel Gondry, and starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. P ...

''.Site about the film

References

External links

*Google Maps Street view
Elm Avenue entrance1st Street entranceFulton Avenue entrance
{{NYC surface transit Metro-North Railroad stations in New York (state) Stations along New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad lines Mount Vernon, New York Transit centers in the United States Bus stations in New York (state) Railway stations in Westchester County, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1972