Expanding the train station, the busiest in the nation, is a pressing issue because construction has just begun on a $16 billion pair of rail tunnels under the Hudson River, the centerpieces of a project known as Gateway, which would double the current cross-Hudson capacity.

All 11 teams in the Big East will play at the world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden, during the four-day tournament. St. John’s is entering as the No. 1 seed with a bye into the quarterfinal round. Whichever school wins the Big East title will receive an automatic bid into the 2025 NCAA tournament.

In the ensuing years, the city transformed, and with it the way people traveled. By 1962, it seemed like a good idea to put an entertainment arena where the above-ground station had been for just over 50 years. Enter Madison Square Garden, above, and Penn Station, as we know it now, underground.

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The Golden Eagles open the postseason against Xavier in the quarterfinals of the Big East torunament in New York.