Penn Station accommodates the trains of three railway companies: Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit. Now that Amtrak owns the building, the post office share is a lot smaller, but it is still a beautiful building to check out. It is a beautiful classic building, which I like to walk into to have a look around. There’s a pedestrian connection to the High Line Park.Įric’s Tip: The Moynihan Train Hall is located in the building of New York’s former main post office. The Moynihan Train Hall is an impressive part of the station, where both Amtrak and LIRR trains come in. The hall is named after the initiator of the station extension: Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Farley Building across the street, where a post office is located as well. Penn Station’s latest development is the extension with the Moynihan Train Hall. The station remained mostly underground after that, with Madison Square Garden above it. The original Beaux Arts station was demolished in 1963 after plans for the revamped Penn Plaza and Madison Square Garden were announced. The construction of the station also marked the arrival of the first direct train connection between New York and the south of the country. Pennsylvania Station gets its name from the Pennsylvania Railroad railroad company, which had the station built-in 1910.
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Are you in New York and looking for the station? Then use the map in my free Eric’s New York app. It is two blocks from the Empire State Building and also near Macy’s, among others. There is no specific address of Penn Station, but the block where the station is located is between 7th and 8th Avenues on the west and east sides and 31st and 33rd Streets north and south. The station is mainly located underground, below Madison Square Garden. Penn Station is centrally located in Manhattan.
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