place

Pelham Manor station

1873 establishments in New York (state)1930 disestablishments in New York (state)Cass Gilbert buildingsFormer New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad stationsFormer railway stations in New York (state)
Model railroadsPelham, New YorkRailway stations in Westchester County, New YorkRailway stations in the United States closed in 1930Railway stations in the United States opened in 1873Stations on the Northeast CorridorUse American English from October 2025Use mdy dates from October 2025
Pelham Manor station 1910 postcard
Pelham Manor station 1910 postcard

Pelham Manor station was a train station located near where the later Interstate 95 and Amtrak's Hell Gate Line cross over Pelhamdale Avenue in Pelham Manor, New York. The station opened in 1873 and was served by trains on the Harlem River Branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. After passenger service along the branch was discontinued in 1930, the Cass Gilbert–designed station house was used by the Westchester Model Club and held one of the largest model railroad layouts in the United States. The building was demolished in 1955 to make way for construction of the New England Thruway. In the early 2000s, a potential new Metro-North Railroad station at Pelham Manor was evaluated as part of the Penn Station Access project but was not advanced for further study.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Pelham Manor station (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Pelham Manor station
New England Thruway,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Pelham Manor stationContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 40.889722222222 ° E -73.800833333333 °
placeShow on map

Address

New England Thruway

New England Thruway
10803
New York, United States
mapOpen on Google Maps

Pelham Manor station 1910 postcard
Pelham Manor station 1910 postcard
Share experience

Nearby Places

Hunter Island (Bronx)
Hunter Island (Bronx)

Hunter Island (also Hunters Island or Hunter's Island) is a 166-acre (67 ha) peninsula and former island in the Bronx, New York City, United States. It is situated on the western end of Long Island Sound, along the sound's northwestern shore, and is part of Pelham Bay Park in the northeastern part of the Bronx. Hunter Island initially covered 215 acres (87 ha) and was one of the Pelham Islands, the historical name for a group of islands in western Long Island Sound that once belonged to Thomas Pell. The island is connected to another former island, Twin Island, on the northeast. The area around Hunter Island was originally settled by the Siwanoy Native Americans. One of Pell's descendants, Joshua Pell, moved onto the island in 1743. It was subsequently owned by the Hunter and Henderson families, and the island was briefly named Henderson's Island after the latter. Henderson's Island was purchased by politician John Hunter in 1804. Hunter built a mansion on the island and his family resided on the island until 1865, when it was sold to former mayor Ambrose Kingsland. Hunter Island was owned by several other people before being incorporated into Pelham Bay Park in 1888. Subsequently, the island became a vacation destination. In the 1930s, New York City parks commissioner Robert Moses extended nearby Orchard Beach, to the south of the island, by connecting Hunter Island to the mainland. Hunter Island formerly contained Hunter Mansion, which Hunter had built for his family in 1811. It was located on the island's highest point and was destroyed in 1937 when Orchard Beach was expanded onto the island. A causeway connecting Hunter Island to the mainland still exists. Today the former island is part of a wildlife refuge, the Hunter Island Marine Zoology and Geology Sanctuary, which was established in 1967 on the northern shores of Hunter and Twin Islands. The sanctuary includes rock outcroppings and an intertidal marine ecosystem that is not found anywhere else in New York state. Hunter Island also contains the Kazimiroff Nature Trail and Orchard Beach Environmental Center, which was established in 1986 as a tribute to Bronx preservationist Theodore Kazimiroff.