Amazon to open new Bronx locations
BY JASON COHEN AND
ALEX MITCHELL
As businesses have shuttered
during the pandemic,
Amazon has continued to expand.
On Tuesday, the big box
company announced the opening
of its second location in
the Bronx along with a third
site in the borough.
Amazon’s new 205,000
square-foot delivery station
is at 1055 Bronx River Ave. in
Soundview and plans to open
another location in Hunts
Point at 511 Barry Street.
There is also another company
facility coming to 1502
Bassett Avenue near the Hutch
Metro Center in Morris Park;
according to sources, Amazon
will take over operations
of that location in March and
a way-fi nding signage campaign
is already underway
around the property.
It is a former warehouse
used by Modell’s Sporting
Goods.
The Amazon Bronx River
Ave. facility will create more
than 140 full and part-time associate
jobs, all paying at least
$15.25 per hour, in addition to
hundreds of driver opportunities
for Amazon’s delivery
service partners and Amazon
Flex drivers. In celebration of
the Soundview station launch,
Amazon donated $1,500 to the
Food Bank of New York City.
“We are excited to continue
to invest in the state of
New York with new delivery
stations that will provide effi
cient delivery for customers
and create thousands of job
opportunities for the talented
workforce,” said Emily Hawkins,
Amazon spokesperson.
In a release regarding
the Bronx River Avenue and
Barry Street properties, Amazon
also boasted the company’s
safety protocol regarding
precautions taken over
COVID-19.
“We prioritize the safety
and health of employees above
all else, and we invested
more than $10 billion to help
keep employees safe and deliver
products to customers
throughout 2020. We implemented
more than 150 signifi -
cant process enhancements,
from deep cleaning of our facilities
to processes that allow
for effective social distancing,
and more,” the company released
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, J 16 AN. 22-28, 2021 BTR
in a statement.
Additionally, Amazon Logistics
has signed various
leases in an effort to open delivery
stations in The Bronx,
Queens, Long Island and
Rochester in 2021.
Newly announced sites
scheduled to open in 2021:
2 Westbury Ave., Carle
Place, Long Island
66-26 Metropolitan Ave.,
Middle Village, Queens
1777 Henrietta Rd., Rochester
Previously announced sites
scheduled to open in 2021:
200 Oritani Dr., Blauvelt
2300 Linden Blvd., Brooklyn
12555 Flatlands Ave.,
Brooklyn
6834 Kirkville Rd East,
Syracuse
5 Warehouse Ln, Elmsford,
Westchester
Previously in 2019, the colossal
online retailer and cloudbased
computing company,
had leased a 120,000-squarefoot
warehouse facility at 1300
Viele Avenue Hunts Point and
developed a ‘last-mile’ delivery
station, the company has
confi rmed.
Amazon opened a new delivery station in the Bronx.
Photo courtesy of Amazon
Such stations allow e-commerce
companies to ship packages
quickly to its customers
after initial sorting at larger
facilities, often as large a million
square feet, that contain
many of the items companies
like Amazon sell, said a
source at Amazon who spoke
to the Bronx Times in 2019.
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