The 14th Street Wholesale Market for Meat and Poultry in New York City

Excerpts from the report Introduction: Wholesale marketing facilities for meat and poultry that were designed for volumes and types of products of many years ago are definitely inadequate for today's needs. This is true in one of the world's great wholesale meat markets, the 14th Street wholesale market in New York City, the primary subject of this report. The study was begun in late 1960 at the request of the Commissioner of Markets of New York City, the Mayor's Market Advisory Committee, the Marketmen's Association of Lower Manhattan, and members of the industry. It is part of a broad program of the Agricultural Marketing Service aimed at improving the marketing facilities used in moving agricultural commodities from producer to consumer. The major phases of this study were: 1. To analyze and evaluate the present marketing facilities for meat and poultry in the 14th Street wholesale market. 2. To estimate the major costs of handling these products under present conditions. 3. To determine kinds and amounts of facilities needed for efficient wholesale marketing of these products in New York City. 4. To estimate the costs of construction and the income required for new marketing facilities, in existing and in new locations, in the New York City metropolitan area. 5. To outline the benefits that might be derived from improved and efficient handling facilities.