Construction on 86th Street station elevator to start June 1, others on the way
Construction is finally slated to begin June 1 on an elevator more than a decade in the making at Bay Ridge’s busy 86th Street subway station.
Its logistics were discussed on Tuesday, April 24 at a public hearing with Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials on the project, which Community Board 10 Traffic and Transportation Committee Chair Jayne Capetenakis has said, “is, in fact, a victory” for the neighborhood. Nonetheless, it’s one to look at closely as it will significantly change the footprint of the station, both above and below ground.
The project – consisting of two elevators, one connecting the street and the mezzanine on one side of the turnstiles, and another connecting the mezzanine to the train platform on the other – will be done in phases, with a controversial bump-out coming to the southeast corner of 86th Street and Fourth Avenue (where the elevator will sit) to create a barrier between moving traffic and riders.