Hunts Point Cooperative Market

The largest food distribution center of its kind in the world, it earns annual revenues of over $2 billion.

The produce market alone is spread across 1,600 refrigerated diesel-powered trailers running 24/7, although the New York City Department of Transportation has implemented pilot programs and announced long-term plans to replace these units with electric or hybrid options.

To this end, the City and State have each agreed to contribute capital resources and to work with the Cooperative to secure additional third-party sources of funding.

[6][7] The market can be accessed from other boroughs via the Bruckner Expressway (Interstate 278) and Sheridan Boulevard (New York State Route 895).

[8][9] In 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York would spend $150 million over 12 years to modernize the market.