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Hunts Point Food Distribution Center upgrades
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Andrew Kimball details the ongoing upgrades and improvements to the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center (FDC), highlighting its importance to New York City's food supply chain.
- Hunts Point FDC described as the city's primary food distribution hub
- FDC spans over 200 acres and includes three major cooperatives: fish, meat, and produce
- EDC working on major upgrades with partners at the FDC
- Massive redevelopment of the produce market planned
- Upgrade expected to take over a thousand trucks a day off fossil fuel generators
- Strategic opportunity to develop a Blue Highway node at the distribution center
- Plans for waterway linkage between Brooklyn Marine Terminal and Hunts Point via barge service
Andrew Kimball
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The Bronx is also home to the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, FDC, the city's primary food distribution hub.
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The FDC has spread over 200 acres and includes three major cooperatives, fish, meat and produce, as well as other major food manufacturers and distributors.
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EDC is working on a number of major upgrades with its partners at the FDC, including a massive redevelopment of the produce market that will take over a thousand trucks a day off of fossil fuel generators.
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The FTC's waterfront access also creates a strategic opportunity to develop a blue highway node at the distribution center allowing for waterway linkage between the Brooklyn Marine Terminal and food distributors at Hunts Point via barge service and marine terminal operation.
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The harbor of the future showcases our assets, their interconnectedness and their position as an integral part of New York City's vast waterfront.