Beginning in early 2007, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is working to make the 2/3 Chambers Street subway station ADA compliant. The project involves installation of three elevators at the station. The first will be installed on the west side of Hudson Street at Chambers Street, where a kiosk will house the new elevator. It will carry riders from street level to the non-paid mezzanine area of the station.
Two more elevators also will be installed in the station, between the paid mezzanine area and the uptown and downtown train platforms.
Construction is taking place within the barricaded areas around the station and is expected to wrap up in November 2008.
Hudson Street closure: In March 2008, Hudson Street was closed between Chambers and Reade Streets for street-to-mezzanine elevator installation and utility work. It is expected to reopen in late October 2008.
Chambers Street night closures: Starting September 29, 2008, Chambers Street between Greenwich and West Broadway will be closed to eastbound traffic from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. seven days a week. Vehicles will be diverted to Warren Street during those hours, when New York City Transit crews will relocate a water main on the southeast corner of Chambers and West Broadway. The relocation makes way for the new elevator that will connect the mezzanine to the southbound subway platform.
Crews will not perform noisy work after 11 p.m., and will plate the work zone to accommodate normal daytime traffic flow. Westbound traffic on Chambers Street will not be affected, nor will pedestrian access. The work is expected to continue for approximately four weeks, through late October 2008.
*The following information was last updated on September 26, 2008.
Sidewalk and curb reconstruction at the intersection of West Broadway and Chambers; the SE stairs (outside 85 West Broadway) will be closed during construction through November 2008.
Water-main relocation work on the SE corner takes place late September through late October 2008
Installation of the new street-to-mezzanine elevator at Hudson and Chambers Street (NW corner)
Installation of mezzanine-to-platform elevators on the uptown and downtown tracks
For more information about this project, call the MTA's hotline at (646) 252-2670 or visit www.mta.info to submit questions via email. MTA construction alerts can be found here.
MTA crews began installing the station’s three new elevators in February 2007. The project will take place in two phases, with completion expected in November 2008.
The new street-level elevator kiosk will be erected beside the station’s stairway on the corner of Hudson and Chambers Streets. MTA crews will eliminate part of the adjacent parking lane to extend the sidewalk at that location, making more room for pedestrian circulation. The kiosk will link to the non-paid area of the subway station below, where riders can pay to enter then connect to one of the two new elevators to the 2/3 train platforms.
MTA is working closely with the New York City Department of Transportation to coordinate construction access for the project, particularly on West Broadway, where a 13-story tower is being built across the street (85 West Broadway). Temporary lane restrictions will affect vehicular traffic throughout both projects and will be posted on LowerManhattan.info as they are announced. Pedestrian walkways will be maintained.
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