The Bronx Terminal Market
Bronx Terminal Market
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| Location | The Bronx, New York, United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′13″N 73°55′49″W / 40.82037°N 73.930264°WCoordinates: 40°49′13″N 73°55′49″W / 40.82037°N 73.930264°W |
| Address | 610 Exterior Street, Bronx NY 10452 |
| Opening date | 2009 |
| Developer | BTM Development Partners |
| Management | The Related Companies |
| Owner | The Related Companies |
| Architect | GreenbergFarrow Architect, Brennan Beer Gorman/Architects |
| No. of stores and services | 21 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
| Total retail floor area | 913,000 square feet (84,800 m2) |
| No. of floors | 3 (North building), 4 (South building) |
| Parking | 6-story, 2,600 car parking garage |
| Website | bronxterminalmarket.com |
Bronx Terminal Market, formerly known as Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market is a shopping mall along the Major Deegan Expressway in Concourse, Bronx, New York. The center encompasses just under one million square feet of retail space built on a 17-acre (69,000 m2) site that formerly held a wholesale fruit and vegetable market as well as the former Bronx House of Detention, south of Yankee Stadium.
The US$500 million shopping center, which was completed in 2009, saw the construction of new buildings and two smaller buildings, one new and the other a renovation of an existing building that was part of the original market. The two main buildings are linked by a six-level garage for 2,600 cars. The center has earned itself a LEED "Silver" designation in its design.
Located just south of Yankee Stadium under the Major Deegan Expressway, on a wide road named Exterior Street, Bronx Terminal Market was conceived in 1917 by New York City mayor John F. Hylan. Construction on the market started, but wasn't completed until mayor Fiorello La Guardia took office, in which he enacted a program constructing various markets to provide a home for the city's numerous pushcart vendors. Between October 1, 1934, and May 1, 1935, the city built a new complex just south of the existing unfinished structure. Bronx Terminal Market consisted of small two-story concrete buildings of simple design. Designed by Samuel A. Oxhandler with John D. Churchill and Albert W. Lewis, the buildings were originally painted light yellow. In 1936, the market's flagship structure went up, a small, cubist-style polygon at 149th Street with "Bronx Terminal Market" in large relief in the concrete. This building was designed to serve as a bank and, upstairs, a hotel for farmers. A car float brought in rail cars by barge to the market.
On December 21, 1935, mayor La Guardia appeared at the market to proclaim a citywide ban on the sale, display, and possession of artichokes. The ban was instituted to combat the inflation of artichokes set by mobsters, namely Ciro Terranova. The ban was lifted within a year.
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