The MTA’s next extension of the Second Avenue subway won’t go down Second Avenue — but will instead travel west along 125th Street, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday.
The proposal, slated to be part of Hochul’s annual “State of the State” address, comes as the transit agency works to build three new stops on the line in East Harlem that will bring the northern end of the Q train up from East 96th Street and Second Avenue to East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue.
Hochul said once the $7.7 billion project is finished, the MTA will expand the line west with three new stations on 125th Street, ending at Broadway in Morningside Heights…