SUNSET PARK — The Metropolitan Transit Authority opened a Railcar Acceptance and Testing Facility in Sunset Park on Nov. 21.

The site is located near the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal and will be the first stop for all new subway cars before they are put into service.

This is the first brand-new, full-scale subway car facility located on a new property that the Authority has added since the Pitkin Yard opened in Brooklyn in 1948.

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber, MTA New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow, and MTA Construction & Development President Jamie Torres-Springer cut the ribbon on the new Railcar Acceptance and Testing Facility in Sunset Park on Friday, Nov 21. Photo by Marc A. Hermann/MTA

The announcement was made by MTA officials and Gov. Kathy Hochul.

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