Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Jan. 13 that the next phase of the long-delayed Second Avenue Subway will move west across 125th Street, marking a major shift away from decades of planning that envisioned the line continuing south toward Lower Manhattan.
The proposal, which Hochul plans to include in her annual State of the State address, would extend the Q train west from its future East Harlem terminal at 125th Street and Lexington Avenue to Broadway in Morningside Heights. The plan comes as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority advances Phase 2 of the project, which will add three new stations in East Harlem and push the northern end of the line from East 96th Street to East 125th Street, The Gothamist reported.
Once that $7.7 billion phase is complete, currently projected for 2032, the governor wants the MTA to continue tunneling west along 125th Street, adding new stops at Lenox Avenue, St. Nicholas Avenue, and a terminal at Broadway. The extension would create new transfer points to the A, B, C, D, 1, 2, and 3 trains, dramatically improving east-west transit access in Harlem…