The MTA contracted Cubic to manufacture turnstiles specifically for the Hudson Yards station because the MTA's reserve of spare turnstiles had been entirely destroyed during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. [25], On December 20, 2013, Bloomberg took a ceremonial ride on a train to the nearly-complete station, celebrating a part of his legacy as mayor, during a press tour of the extension. [95], The secondary entrance consists of escalators on the southwest corner of Hudson Boulevard East and 35th Street,[19] and opened on Labor Day 2018. [82] The secondary entrance contains an additional three escalators and a stair between the street and that entrance's upper mezzanine. [19], The station was not equipped with Wi-Fi or 3G at the time of opening, but these features were installed later. [63][64] In an unrelated September 16 incident, a straphanger got injured while walking up another escalator at the 34th Street station. Board", "Relief for Subway Riders as Dripping Stops at Hudson Yards Station", "Woman Who Fell in Leaky Hudson Yards Subway Station to Sue MTA, Lawyer Says", "New subway train prototype up but hidden at Hudson Yards station", "MTA unveils models of future subway cars available for viewing", "Tour the MTA's potential new subway cars", "MTA Opens Second Entrance at 34 St-Hudson Yards 7 Station", "As Hudson Yards Rises, Broken Subway Escalators Make for Steep Climbs", "A Tour of NYC's Newest Subway Station With Its Architect", "Subway planners present the No. Past the turnstiles, a single bank of four escalators leads to the lower mezzanine.
The tentative opening date was given by alternate sources as either November 2014, The depth is so that there is minimal disruption to the structures above the station, such as the. [139] A construction boom has occurred in the greater Hudson Yards area as well.
Find everything you need for your local movie theater near you. Turn right onto 34th Street. For those of you using GPS and Smart phone directions add the following address to you device: 726 West 34th Street. [43][44], At this point, the project was so far delayed that the MTA was offered US$4.75 million in "incentive" money if the station opened by February 24, 2015. [47][49][50] In addition, the developer of the Hudson Yards mega-development, The Related Companies, also needed to dig caissons for the foundations of 55 Hudson Yards, just above the subway station, and the foundation work needed to be complete before the MTA could proceed with opening the station. [83] They include granite tile, ceramic tile, stainless steel panels on the walls, painted steel panels on the ceilings, energy-efficient fluorescent lamps and LEDs, and mesh. [76] The model was open to the public from November 30 to December 6, 2017. Enable JavaScript to see Google Maps. [19] There are also two diamond crossovers, one north and one south of the station. W 34th St & 5th Ave. W 34th St & 5th Ave, New York, NY 10118 . 7 Line Extension", "Readers Write: LI competing for transportation dollars", "Transit Board Approves Funding For 7 Line Extension", "Former Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Spitzer Announce Start of Construction on No.
Newsday. The extension also serves the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, which was expanded in 2008–2014 and is located a block away from the station entrances.
[41] However, the station was not delayed solely because of the elevators. MLS# 79527534. [67] A Wall Street Journal commentator remarked that "it's only a matter of months (make that weeks) before the gleaming station ... is pockmarked with chewing-gum spots, urban scrawl and litter. And of course, it’s one of the greatest shopping districts in New York. [47], The use of inclined elevators was intended to provide wheelchair-bound patrons with a shorter, easier path to the train platform as well as to reduce tunneling costs. The 34th Street District is accessible by several subway and bus lines, and the LIRR and New Jersey Transit trains. [22] The systems contract was awarded in September 2011. The other two are incline elevators, traveling diagonally in the shaft between the main entrance's upper mezzanine and the lower mezzanine. 34th Street–Herald Square is an underground station complex on the BMT Broadway Line and the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, and is the third-busiest station in the system with 39,672,507 passengers entering the station in 2017. [96] Horodniceanu stated that "this new, modern station will be the lifeline of Manhattan's newest neighborhood. [40], Then, in May 2014, the opening was delayed again to install the inclined elevators, as they had originally failed a factory test in Como Province, Italy. [122][92] Originally, the station was projected to serve 27,000 passengers per day, or about 9.855 million passengers per year, when it first opened.
At the Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion, one of NYU Langone’s inpatient care facilities, we’ve created a healing environment for adults, children, and families that includes integrated technology, thoughtful design, and single-patient rooms. h2.alert__item-title { [135], Mitchell Moss, director of New York University's Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management, states that the development of Hudson Yards, and the related subway extension, were among the benefits of the 2012 Olympic bid, saying that "the #7 Extension will be one of the largest expansions of the New York City transit system in decades and one of the most significant in terms of its potential impact.