Hunts Point produce market has no peer when it comes to size, volume of product and influence on a city’s fresh produce business. Here are the vital stats on the New York market that features more than one million square feet of space:
Location
The Bronx, just north of the Fulton Street Fish Market
Toll Plaza Entrance
772 Edgewater Road; Bronx, NY 10474
Physical Address
355 Food Center Drive; Bronx, NY 10474
Mailing Address
101 Food Center Drive, Room #2A; Bronx, NY 10474
Telephone
(718) 589-4095
Email & Website
info@huntspointproducemkt.com
http://www.huntspointproducemkt.com
Executive Director
Myra Gordon
Hours of operation
Opens at 9 pm EST Sunday
Opens at 10 pm EST Monday through Friday
Remains open until around 12:00 pm EST
Fast Facts & Figures
• 113 acres
• 1 million square feet in 4 main rows
• 35 merchants
• 23,000 restaurants provided food
• 2,500 green grocers interacted with daily
• 10,000 people directly and indirectly employed
• $2.3 billion generated annually
• 210 million packages of produce handled annually
• 60 percent of the food for City and Boroughs supplied
• Feeds 9 percent of the U.S. population in a 50-mile radius
This is an excerpt from the most recent Produce Blueprints quarterly journal. Click here to read the full article.
