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Mid-Year Ground-breaking Possible on Fulton Fish Market's New Bronx Home

NEW YORK CITY-In a press conference in City Hall yesterday, Feb. 14, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer and Economic Development Corp. President Michael Carey all discussed the potential spring/summer groundbreaking in Hunts Point.

By Amy Vaughn | Updated on February 15, 2001

NEW YORK CITY-The historic Fulton Fish Market at South Street Seaport has been the target of much attention from City Hall in recent years in an effort to remove what Mayor Giuliani has called the “dominance of organized crime.” Now, satisfied with the clean up, Giuliani yesterday, Feb. 14, announced, along with Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer and Economic Development Corp. President Michael Carey, that plans to pack it up and move it to the Bronx may soon be underway.

In a press conference in City Hall the three leaders joined to discuss a possible mid-year groundbreaking at Hunts Point for a new facility, which according to the EDC’s estimations will cost the city $81 million in the preliminary budget. All emphasized that a complete environmental impact study must be completed before anything can begin and that some significant traffic issues need to be addressed.

The hurdle the city needs to overcome is the management of traffic on the already congested Bruckner Expressway and Edgewater Avenue area. Ferrer said, “Trucks traversing Hunts Point Avenue is not a new phenomenon; it’s been going on for 40 years.” In response to an audience question regarding significantly high asthma rates in the Bronx, particularly in children he responded, “Certainly the truck traffic isn’t doing a lot to enhance respiratory function.

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