MTA: 14th Street and 6th Avenue subway station now fully accessible
Of the 472 subway stations around New York City, the MTA says only about 30% are fully accessible.
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The 14th Street and 6th Avenue subway station, servicing the F, M and L northbound lines is officially fully accessible.
MTA officials called this announcement "a means of bringing the New York City Transit infrastructure into the 21st century."
"There is a fundamental right to access mass transit and today we are taking an important step forward in making that right real to all New Yorkers," said State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal during the announcement.
Of the 472 subway stations around New York City, the MTA says only about 30% are fully accessible. But MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber, along with elected officials, announced the installation of three elevators at the 14th Street and 6th Avenue subway station.
This marks the installation of just three of nine elevators the MTA has planned to roll out on subway platforms citywide before the end of the year - an effort they called a 36-month-long project.
MTA leadership says these implementations are particularly important for people living with disabilities and beyond.
"The MTA is determined to make our stations universally accessible so all New Yorkers can enjoy the benefits of this amazing system. Not just people with disabilities but parents with strollers, seniors and people who are doing their shopping," said Lieber.
The MTA says it is committed to making every subway station fully accessible citywide.
