New York

Relay Robotics Debuts Upgraded Elevator-Integrated Delivery Robot in Manhattan

During the 45th annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference in Manhattan on June 4-6, Relay Robotics, Inc. introduced its Relay2 hotel delivery robot, featuring upgraded cloud-based elevator integration, two...

Auction Yields Owner for NYC’s Iconic Flatiron Building

After the drama of March, which saw unknown real estate player Jacob Garlick win NYC’s iconic Flatiron Building at auction with a bid of US$190 million, then lose it for...

Brooklyn Subway Station Modernization With Elevators Wins Award

The modernization of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) Livonia Avenue Station on the Canarsie subway line in Brooklyn, NY, was named the 2022 Project of the Year in the US$10...

Brooklyn Site Cleared To Make Way for Four-Building Residential Development

Machinery is onsite at 300 Nevins Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY, ready to start construction on a four-building, 600,000-ft2 residential complex on the site of a recently cleared one-story warehouse,...

Liberty Elevator Welcomes New VP

Liberty Elevator Corp. has announced the addition of Garry R. Legregni as vice president (VP) of Business Development & Quality Assurance. In this new role, Legregni will be mentoring the...

MTA Seeking Insight on Urine Detection Systems

NYC’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) issued a request in April for information from companies that have successfully installed elevator car urine detection systems in large transit systems, airports or institutions,...

Innocore Pro Elevator Supplies Two Units at LIC Tower

Queens, NY-headquartered Innocore Pro Elevator, Inc., provided two, 500 ft/min overhead gearless passenger elevators making 25 stops to The Greene, a recently completed 21-story residential tower at 46-30 Pearson Street...

Elevators, Escalators and More Coming to Busy Brooklyn Transit Complex

Located in an area nicknamed "the dungeon" because it's arguably the darkest part of District 37 in Brooklyn, NY, according to City Council Member Sandy Nurse, the busy Broadway Junction...

US$5 Million Funding Opportunity To Support Women in Apprenticeships, Nontraditional Occupations Announced

The U.S. Department of Labor announced up to $US5 million in funding for up to 14 grants available to organizations that attract and support women in gaining access to registered...

TEI Provides Five-Elevator System for New Manhattan Residential Tower

TEI Group tells ELEVATOR WORLD it is providing a five-elevator system for 250 East 83rd Street, a 31-story residential building rising in the Yorkville section of Manhattan's Upper East Side....

FATALITY IN CHINESE SHOPPING MALL AFTER GLASS RAILING GAVE WAY

Fatality in Chinese Shopping Mall After Glass Railing Gave Way

ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION MAY HAVE STARTED RUBBISH FIRE IN L.A. BUILDING

Elevator Construction May Have Started Rubbish Fire in L.A. Building

Main entrance of the David of Sasun station of the Yerevan Metro; image from Wikimedia Commons

Two Yerevan Metro Stations Getting New Escalators

IBB INVESTIGATES MALFUNCTIONS OF VT IN ISTANBUL

IBB Investigates Malfunctions of VT in Istanbul

Çankaya station of the İzmir Metro; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Overhaul of 278 Pieces of VT Nearly Complete in Ä°zmir