{"id":6732,"date":"2024-02-17T11:03:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T15:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=6732"},"modified":"2024-02-17T11:03:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T15:03:56","slug":"mt-vernon-east-metro-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/mt-vernon-east-metro-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Mt. Vernon East (Metro-North)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mt. Vernon East is the last station on the New Haven Line before entering NYC proper. So, is there even anything of note here? I actually don’t know, but let’s look at it, shall we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Station signage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The station is your standard 4 tracks\/2 sides setup with express tracks in the middle going unserved. There’s a pedestrian overpass with elevator access, but no heated waiting area. Furthermore, you have a lot of parking to go around here, and there’s even a ticket office that was closed. To the west of the station, there’s also a busway (I didn’t know it existed when I came here). Furthermore, there’s ticket machines in the aforementioned overpass. Neat. Just one annoying thing: as I was reviewing this station, I ran into a bunch of teenagers HOTBOXING the station overpass. YES, I REPEAT, THERE WERE A BUNCH OF TEENAGERS SMOKING A BIG FAT DOINK IN THE OVERPASS FILLING IT UP WITH THE FUMES OF THE DEVIL’S LETTUCE! OH DEAR GOD! AND THE SAD PART IS – THIS WAS THE ONLY PLACE ONE CAN KEEP WARM AT THE STATION!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Towards New Haven!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The other side!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Overpass!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Platform shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parking!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View from the overpass!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And a view towards the Bronx!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ticketing machines!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The shuttered ticket office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The headhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The kiss & ride?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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EXPRESS!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It’s in a pretty dense area and is right next to Mt. Vernon’s town center! While it’s not in a rich suburban area like Mamaroneck<\/a> or Harrison<\/a>, it’s still in a pretty major center for activity. Bus connections are also close by!

The bad: THE PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS IS THE ONLY PLACE TO STAY WARM ON A COLD DAY, AND A BUNCH OF FUCKING TEENAGERS WERE HOTBOXING THE DAMN THING. OH GOD….

Nearby points of interest: Mt. Vernon’s town center is next to here. There’s also an industrial area and suburbia nearby too.

Transit connections:
Metro-North (New Haven)
Bee-Line (7, 41, 43, 53, 54, 55 at East Prospect & North 3rd Ave.’s)

Overall, it’s an alright station. However, admittedly, I’m biased against the station because it was too windy and there was nowhere to stay warm when I did this station review. Sorry! On the upside, I kinda want to explore Mt. Vernon some more.

Rating: 6.5\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mt. Vernon East is the last station on the New Haven Line before entering NYC proper. So, is there even anything of note here? I actually don’t know, but let’s look at it, shall we? The station is your standard 4 tracks\/2 sides setup with express tracks in the middle going unserved. There’s a pedestrian … Continue reading “Mt. Vernon East (Metro-North)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extra","category-public-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6732"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6848,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6732\/revisions\/6848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}