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Harlem River Yards, leased away for 99 years
Port Morris, The Bronx, New York
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This 96 acre freight yard on the Harlem River was Penn Central's and then the state's, sitting abandoned until New York leased the whole thing to a private developer in 1991 for 99 years. Only 28 acres kept a rail function, and most of that now moves the city's garbage rather than freight. A New York Post printing plant ran here from 2001 to 2021, alongside a FedEx depot and a waste transfer station, which is why Port Morris residents spent decades arguing that the deal handed them truck traffic instead of the jobs they were promised.
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