Traffic & Transit
Park Slope Finally Gets Its Accessible Subway Station
Stations in Park Slope, Bed-Stuy and elsewhere in Brooklyn will become fully ADA-compliant later this year, the MTA announced.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK â Part of a $54.8 billion subway improvement plan will bring full accessibility to six Brooklyn stations, including a Park Slope station advocates where advocates have long sought improvements, the MTA announced.
Park Slope's Seventh Avenue F and G line station is on a project list released Thursday.
Senior citizens, wheelchair users and local politicians previously pressed for an elevator at the station.
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It looks like their advocacy paid off â MTA officials plan to begin work on the Seventh Avenue station in this year's third quarter, a release stated.
That means adding elevators, ramps and other measures to bring the stations in full compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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The Brooklyn stations, subway line and neighborhoods are:
- Seventh Avenue, G, Park Slope
- Eighth Avenue (southbound), N, Sunset Park
- Avenue H (northbound), Q, Flatbush
- Classon Avenue, G, Bed-Stuy and Clinton Hill
- Grand Street, L, Williamsburg
- Lorimer Street, L, Williamsburg and Metropolitan Avenue, G, Williamsburg
The projects are part of MTA's wider $54.8 billion 2020-2024 Capital Program. A full list of projects across the city can be read here.
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