Park Avenue is about to lose a couple of traffic lanes and gain a whole lot more park.
Yesterday, New York City officials unveiled substantial new plans to redesign one of midtown’s most iconic corridors, turning 11 blocks of Park Avenue into a greener, more pedestrian-friendly stretch filled with wider medians, new seating, landscaping and potentially even bike lanes.
The proposed overhaul would affect Park Avenue between East 46th and East 57th Streets, directly above the massive Grand Central Terminal train shed, which the MTA is already preparing to rehabilitate as part of its 2025–2029 capital plan. Rather than simply patching things up underground, the city wants to use the construction moment to completely rethink the avenue above it…