MTA to build elevator at Bay Ridge’s 86th St. station
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning to construct an elevator at the R train station at 86th Street in Bay Ridge, a move being hailed by local officials.
The elevator, which will likely be installed next to the subway station entrance located on the southeast corner of 86th Street and Fourth Avenue, will take passengers from the street to the mezzanine level of the underground subway station, according to Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials. A second elevator will take riders from the mezzanine to the train platform.
No date has been set for the start of construction of the elevator, but Melissa Farley, assistant director of government and community relations for MTA New York City Transit, told Community Board 10’s Traffic and Transportation Committee at a meeting on Sept. 3 that the 86th Street elevator is included in the MTA’s 2015-2019 Capital Plan.