The New York Expo Center is a convention center in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. It is located next to Barretto Point Park.
The expo center is in the location of the former New York Organic Fertilizer Company, which opened in 1994 and ceased operations in 2011 due to complaints from the neighborhood about the smell, which led the state of New York to withdraw its funding. It reopened in 2017 [1] [2] as a 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) indoor event space. The New York Expo Center has hosted electronic dance music festivals, [3] including with Eric Prydz. [4]
During the 2020 pandemic of COVID-19, the center became a temporary hospital. [2]
References
- ^ "Shuttered fertilizer plant now huge events venue – Hunts Point Express". Huntspointexpress.com. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
- ^ a b "Hunts Point waterfront venue to become temporary hospital – Hunts Point Express". Huntspointexpress.com. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
- ^ Mitchell, Alex (April 18, 2018). "Port Morris, Hunts Point develop trendy music venues – Bronx Times". Bxtimes.com. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
- ^ Alex Mitchell. "How Eric Prydz and a legendary club owner just made The Bronx an EDM hot spot - amNewYork". Amny.com. Retrieved April 3, 2020.