The MTA on Thursday unveiled three new elevators at the 14th Street and 6th Avenue subway station in Manhattan as part of a project to improve accessibility at the transit stop.

The elevators will connect straphangers from the street to the station’s mezzanine, from the mezzanine to the uptown F and M train platform, and from the mezzanine to the L train platform, the MTA said in a release.


What You Need To Know

  • The MTA unveiled three new elevators at the 14th Street and 6th Avenue subway station in Manhattan on Thursday connecting to the uptown F and M train platform and the L train platform

  • The agency is also installing three new elevators connecting to the downtown F and M train platform and three at the 14th Street and 7th Avenue 1, 2 and 3 train station

  • The elevators were funded in both the MTA’s current and previous capital plans, both of which were not affected by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to pause congestion pricing

The MTA is also installing three new elevators connecting to the downtown F and M train platform and three at the 14th Street and 7th Avenue 1, 2 and 3 train station, the release said.

"This MTA is determined to make our stations — plural, 472 of them — universally accessible, so all New Yorkers can enjoy the benefits of this amazing system," MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said at a news conference.

The elevators opening between the 6th and 7th Avenue stations were funded in both the MTA’s current and previous capital plans, which were not affected by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to pause congestion pricing.

The project, which has been in the works for several years, includes renovated platforms and fare collection areas, better lighting and new and refurbished stairs.

It also includes making the passageway between the two stations — which was closed for much of last year — ADA compliant.

Elevators for 23 other stations are still deferred because of Hochul’s congestion pricing pause. Of the 472 stations in the city, just over 151 are fully accessible.

There is still no plan to fund the $16.5 billion in projects that were put on hold due to the pause.

The governor earlier this week told Politico that she is looking at all options, saying she will have a plan to replace the $15 billion that congestion pricing would have provided the MTA by the end of this year or early next year.