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Elevator Work Progressing at Staten Island Railway Station
Accessibility upgrades coming to the New Dorp station of the Staten Island Railway (SIR) are expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2023 with elevators online by the...
Escalators Reopen at One of Manhattan’s Deepest Subway Stations
On April 6, subway riders applauded the reopening of escalators serving one of NYC’s deepest subway stations: the 181st Street A train station in Upper Manhattan, PIX 11 is among...
Study: NYC VT Maintained by Outside Contractors Less Reliable
A study conducted by the office of New York City Councilman Keith Powers covering January found that Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) vertical-transportation (VT) equipment maintained by outside contractors is less...
Schindler Provides 61-Unit VT System for New Grand Madison Station
Schindler tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided a vertical-transportation (VT) system that includes 41 escalators and 20 elevators for the new Grand Central Madison subway station in NYC, providing, according to...
New Elevators at Brooklyn Subway Station Experience Problems
A trio of new elevators at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) Clark Street subway station in Brooklyn Heights, NYC, experienced at least 35 non-scheduled outages and 11 instances of entrapment...
MTA Considering Scent Detectors To Improve Elevator Cleanliness
The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in NYC is considering a new device that can detect urine in subway station elevators, Gothamist reports. While discussing elevator reliability and cleanliness during a...
MTA Commits to Make 95% of Subway Stations Accessible Over 40 Years
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials announced on June 23 a decades-long commitment to make 95% of NYC’s subway system accessible to users with disabilities, according to a report from Daily...
Contentious Subway Elevator Plan Moves Forward in NYC
Despite a June 14 protest by opponents of Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) construction of a new street-level elevator for the 68th Street-Hunter College subway station on NYC’s Upper East Side...
Two ADA-Compliant Elevators Welcomed at NYC Station
NYC subway riders welcomed two new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant elevators at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Livonia Avenue station in Brownsville, Brooklyn, earlier this month, WWLP is among...
Deep Subway In NYC Forces Riders To Climb Long Stairs
Subway riders in Manhattan, NYC, are having difficulty getting around if their path forces them to enter the station at Fort Washington and 181st Street, because the escalators have broken down, forcing...
