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Subway station is better than no subway station. That's the lesson we're taking from the NY Sun's story about surging subway ridership at some unlikely stations. The fast growing station? The J/M/Z station at Bowery and Delancey, which now has 1,771 people entering the station daily, versus 308 in 1995. The station's growth seems to be a reflection of the intense Lower East Side development.
The second fastest growing station is Beach 98th Street on the A in the Rockaways (lots of new beachfront development happening there), and another fast growing station is the Bronx's Park East 2 and 5 station. City Council member James Sanders tells the Sun, "These days, there is no cold community. Every place is hot."
And that's especially true to residents of Hell's Kitchen. They are holding a press conference today to demand that the MTA build a 7 train station at 10th Avenue and 41st Street as part of the big 7 line extension plans. A 41st Street station was planned, but then dropped due to costs, and the MTA said a "shell" station would be built, in case money magically appeared in the future. Hell's Kitchen residents know shell games when they see them and even MTA board member Andrew Albert says, "Do it as you build the line or it will never get done otherwise."
Right now, the 7 line would extend from 42nd Street and make one stop at 34th Street and 10th Avenue. We can understand why Hell's Kitchen residents are upset, because it is pretty insulting that the MTA can't build a station when they're going to be drilling away anyway. And the Copacabana is being kicked out of their 34th Street space because the MTA needs to make way for the 7 extension. (The Copa says it will reopen.)
What are some stations that have become incredibly crowded recently? And when the MTA figures out how to connect the subway to Staten Island, we predict that will be the hottest new neighborhood.
Photograph of subway riders by shveckle on Flickr
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>>>And when the MTA figures out how to connect the subway to Staten Island, we predict that will be the hottest new neighborhood.
Which reminds me.
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SUBWAYS/SIRTstations/stations.html
Does the MTA publish ridership stats for all stations?
Even though most stops along the L are teeming with riders, the 4th Ave-9th Street stop in Brooklyn has gotten pretty crowded.
How can an entire boro be a "neighborhood", genius?
Hell's Kitchen, quit your bitchin'
Try living on 1st Ave or York and walking your ass from Lex....
Hah! I used the JMZ stop at Bowery and Delancey for two years (2004-2006). If it's considered "crowded" now I don't even want to imagine what it was like beforehand. It is still very empty...I only rode during rush hour and I would oftentimes be the only one in the station for several minutes each morning.
Even though most stops along the L have gotten pretty crowded, the 4th Ave-9th Street stop in Brooklyn has gotten pretty crowded.
What?
east side:
Actually, it's just about as far from the far west in Hell's Kitchen to 8th Ave as it is from York Ave to Lexington; in some places, like where I live, it's even further.
As a matter of fact, the distance from 42nd and 12th-West Side Highway to 42nd and 8th (nearest subway) is about 0.10 miles further than the distance between 86th St and East End Ave to 86th and Lexington.
So there's a valid concern in HK, and a subway stop at 41st and 10th -- originally in the plans and in an area they'll have to be digging anyways -- makes sense.
It'd be like them finally getting the 2nd Ave Subway going up there on the UES but deciding that they didn't need to place stops at 68th and 86th Streets.