Mid-American Modernizes Elevators at Busy NYC Subway Station

The NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) tells ELEVATOR WORLD that Mid-American Elevator modernized three elevators at the Queens Plaza subway station located under the eastern edge of Queens Plaza at the large Queens Plaza interchange in NYC. Part of larger accessibility and safety upgrades, work included full replacement of elevator cabs and associated equipment within the cabs, shafts and pits, along with two new elevator head houses at street level; shaft and pit modifications to accommodate the new equipment; replacement and modernization of all elevator machine room, electrical and mechanical equipment; and upgrades to the remote-monitoring equipment, intercom system and cameras. Nearly 10,000 subway riders user the Queens Plaza station each weekday, according to MTA, which currently has elevator replacement projects underway in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan.