The Hunts Point Peninsula is home to the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, the largest food distribution facility in the nation. The food products arrive at the market via tractor trailers, single unit trucks, and rail.

The needs for the project are to improve access to and from the Hunts Point Peninsula and the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center/commercial establishments; to address the existing nonstandard geometric features of the Bruckner/Sheridan Expressways Interchange to improve operations; and to address infrastructure deficiencies on the Bruckner Expressway viaduct and ramps and truss bridge carrying westbound Bruckner Expressway and Bruckner Boulevard over Amtrak. The purpose of the project is to provide improved access between the Hunts Point Peninsula and the Sheridan and Bruckner Expressways for automobiles and trucks traveling to and from the commercial businesses located on the peninsula.