Brooklyn
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,...
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...
Champion Elevator Expands NYC Footprint With Acquisition
Champion Elevator, headquartered in Manhattan, NYC, with locations in Connecticut, New Jersey and Long Island, announced the acquisition of Brooklyn, NYC-based PRO Elevator Services Inc. on April 16. Champion observed...
Five Otis Traction Elevators for Two-Tower Coney Island Complex
Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it is providing five traction elevators for 1515 Surf Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY. Designed by Studio V Architecture and developed by LCOR, the property...
NYC MTA: “Deficient” GC Creates Problems for Elevator Project
Forte Construction Corp., a general contractor (GC) the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) describes as “deficient in supplying the contract-required documents to move items to completion” is at least partly...
US$686 Million for Elevators and Other Transit Upgrades
An anticipated US$686 million in federal funding to improve accessibility at older transit stations nationwide is now a reality, with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) announcing on December 19...
Inspired by DUMBO
Brooklyn neighborhood’s industrial history figures big in design of residential tower with elevators by United Cabs. DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is a historic and charming neighborhood in...
NYC-Based NECD Welcomes National Sales Manager, Fixtures
National Elevator Cab & Door Corp. (NECD), headquartered in Brooklyn, NYC, recently welcomed Patrick Kennedy as national sales manager, fixtures. Kennedy began his career in the elevator industry with Otis...
Excavation Underway for 51-Story Residential Tower in Brooklyn
Excavation is underway at 589 Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn, NYC, to make way for The Brook, a 51-story, 600-ft-tall mostly residential tower designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed...
