Crews Installing Two New Elevators and Making Other Accessibility Improvements
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today detailed service changes in Brooklyn beginning Sunday, August 4 at 11:45 p.m. and continuing through early next year while crews make accessibility improvements at the Church Av station.
Through 2025, crews will install two new street to platform elevators, two new stairways, a new fare control area, ADA compliance upgrades to existing boarding areas, platform edges, sidewalks and stairways along with agent booth upgrades. The project will allow for increased accessibility for riders of all mobility, improved commuter flow, modernized design and improved visibility and enhanced safety with new platform edges.
- Beginning Sunday, August 4 at 11:45 p.m. through early next year, trains will run on the local tracks between the Prospect Park station and the Kings Highway station in both directions.
- Beginning Sunday, August 4 at 11:45 p.m. through Fall 2024, southbound trains will bypass the Church Av station on the local track. Riders looking for service to Church Av can take a train to Beverley Rd and transfer to a Manhattan-bound train. Riders looking for service from Church Av can take a train to Parkside Av and transfer to a Brighton Beach or Coney Island-bound train. Express tracks will remain out of service during this time.
- Beginning Fall 2024 and continuing through the end of the year, northbound trains will bypass Church Av on the local track. Riders looking for service to Church Av can take a train to Parkside Av and transfer to a Coney Island or Brighton Beach-bound train. Riders looking for service from Church Av can take a train to Beverley Rd and transfer to a Manhattan-bound train. Express tracks will continue to be out of service during this time.
The pace in which the MTA is awarding contracts for accessible projects is five times what it was before 2020. The MTA has awarded contracts for 13 stations in 2020, 10 stations in 2021, 13 stations in 2022, and 16 stations in 2023. There are accessibility upgrades funded by private developers at the 57 St f station in Manhattan, and the Queensboro Plaza n w 7 station in Queens.
When ridership plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic, the MTA took the opportunity to fast-track accessibility improvements at 15 subway stations. There are 151 ADA accessible stations and 38 stations in construction for accessibility upgrades.
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