Moynihan Train Hall
AKRF participated in planning and approvals for Moynihan Train Hall for over 20 years to bring this prominent facility to fruition.
Opened in December 2020, Moynihan Train Hall is a $1.6 billion project that transformed the 100-year-old James A. Farley Building into a world-class 250,000-square-foot transportation hub that increases the existing Penn Station rail complex’s concourse space by 50 percent. An additional 700,000 square feet of commercial, retail, and dining space serve rail passengers and other shoppers and patrons.
AKRF led the complex NEPA and SEQRA analysis and documentation. Our historians assisted with the federally required coordination process pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and helped draft a programmatic agreement to avoid potential historic resource impacts from the proposed project. SOM led the design of Moynihan Train Hall for Empire State Development.
Industry Honors
2021 New York Landmarks Conservancy Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award
2019 New York Building Congress Building The Future Award
2018 Municipal Art Society of New York MASterworks Award for Best New Infrastructure
2018 ACEC New York Engineering Excellence Diamond Award
Featured Team Members
Nathan Riddle
Vice President, Cultural Resources
Stephen Holley
Senior Vice President, Environmental and Transportation Planning
Daniel Abatemarco
Senior Vice President, Acoustics, Noise and Vibration
Henry Kearney, PE
Senior Vice President, Air Quality
Kenny Mui, LEED AP
Vice President, Construction Analysis
Lisa Lau, AICP
Senior Vice President, Environmental and Land Use Planning
John Neill
Senior Vice President, Economics and Real Estate
Benjamin Sachwald
Senior Vice President, Acoustics, Noise and Vibration
Chi Chan
Vice President, Traffic and Transportation