NYC Subway Station Reopens After Elevator Overhaul

The Clark Street subway station in Brooklyn Heights, NYC, has reopened after an overhaul of its elevators, Daily News reports. The station closed Nov. 3 as Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) contractors replaced a set of aging elevators, which are the only way for riders to get from the turnstiles to the mezzanine below. The original estimated timeline for the elevator replacement was two years, but it was cut down to eight months and then six months. The station — which serves the Nos. 2 and 3 lines — is still not accessible for wheelchair users, as the elevators do not take riders all the way to the platform. MTA officials have said there is not enough space in the 100-year-old station to build another set of elevators from the mezzanine to the platform. The work at Clark Street was bundled into a larger, US$61-million contract that includes elevator replacements at the Upper East Side’s 63rd Street station on the F and Q lines as well as those at Brooklyn’s Court Street station on the R line. The Court Street elevators will soon close, but the station is to remain open while the project is underway.