The 14th Street and 6th Avenue subway station, which serves the northbound F, M, and L lines, is officially fully accessible.
MTA officials called the announcement “a means of bringing New York City’s transit infrastructure into the 21st century.”
“Access to public transportation is a fundamental right, and today we are taking an important step forward to ensure that right is available to all New Yorkers,” State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal said during the announcement.
Of the 472 subway stations in New York City, only about 30% are fully accessible, according to the MTA. But MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber, along with elected officials, announced the installation of three elevators at the 14th Street and 6th Avenue subway station.
This is the installation of just three of nine elevators that the MTA plans to introduce on subway platforms across the city by the end of the year – a project that the MTA says will take 36 months.
MTA management says these implementations are especially important for people with disabilities and beyond.
“The MTA is committed to making our stations universally accessible so that all New Yorkers can enjoy the benefits of this amazing system. Not just people with disabilities, but parents with strollers, seniors and people shopping,” Lieber said.
The MTA says it is committed to making every subway station across the city fully accessible.
