Brooklyn’s Broadway Junction subway station is set to undergo a $500 million overhaul, with Mayor Eric Adams and MTA construction boss Jamie Torres-Springer announcing plans Tuesday to make the station fully ADA-accessible while creating 1 acre of public space around the hub.
The MTA is putting $400 million into overhauling the Broadway Junction Station — an East New York transit center where the A,C, J, Z and L lines all converge. The coming changes include accessibility-focused upgrades like installing seven new elevators, replacing all the escalators and adding a street entrance on the east side of Van Sinderen Avenue, according to Torres-Springer. The plan also includes structural improvements and a new coat of paint for the elevated train trestles.
Torres-Springer, while speaking at a news conference at the adjacent Callahan-Kelly Playground, said the Broadway Junction station fix-up will establish accessible transfers between all the train lines that run there.
“From the MTA point of view, Broadway Junction is the heart of the MTA,” Torres-Springer said. “It’s great connectivity. And we’ve all recognized that for many, many years. And we just needed to make the improvements to unlock all of the opportunity in this district.”
“This is a very big project,” he added. “I would say we are essentially rebuilding the entire station that you see behind us here.”
The overhaul is funded through the MTA’s current capital plan, according to City Hall. The transit agency is expected to select a contractor to lead the design and construction work later this year with a five-year timeline for the project’s completion.
Additionally, the NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC) is funding a project to construct two new public plazas on either side of Van Sinderen Avenue and Fulton Street, to the tune of $95 million, Adams said. Those funds will also go toward new pedestrian safety features, bike lanes and signage on Van Sinderen Avenue…
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