No holiday embargo for 86th Street elevator work
Bay Ridge’s busiest shopping street is about to get a bit busier.
Construction on an elevator at the 86th Street subway station on the R line will continue through the holiday shopping season, despite prior agreements with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to suspend the work for the holiday season, Community Board 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann has confirmed.
The purpose of the “holiday embargo” is to ease congestion around the holidays, when locals and visitors alike flock to the Ridge’s largest shopping strip, but, due to “unforeseen utility conflicts,” Councilmember Justin Brannan said, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a waiver on the hiatus, to keep the 26-month-long project on schedule.