10th Avenue station (IRT Flushing Line) explained

10 Avenue
Type:planned
Address:41st Street & 10th Avenue
New York, NY 10036
Borough:Manhattan
Locale:Hell's Kitchen
Coordinates:40.759°N -73.996°W
Division:IRT
Line:IRT Flushing Line
Service:none
Service Custom:None; unbuilt
Tracks:2
Structure:Underground
Open Date:Proposed

10th Avenue is a proposed station, first planned as part of the 7 Subway Extension for the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway. It would be located at 10th Avenue and 41st Street and have two tracks and two side platforms if built. Under the original 2007 plan, there would be one street-level entrance for each direction, and no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfer between directions.

The station was not built due to a lack of funding, but it could be completed if funding became available to build it. Various development proposals since 2009 have included completion of the station.

Initial plans

Construction of the station was planned as part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, and construction was deemed possible as demand in the area grew.[1] It was originally planned to be constructed as part of the 7 Subway Extension.[2] The station would originally have had two exits from the eastbound platform to 40th Street—one at Hudson Boulevard and one east of 10th Avenue—and one from the westbound platform to 42nd Street east of 10th Avenue.[3] Among the proponents is former deputy mayor Dan Doctoroff, who stated in 2015 that building the 10th Avenue station would boost development for decades.[4]

A $450 million option to build a shell for the station was included as part of the October 2007 contract, requiring action by the city within nine months to have a shell built as part of the initial contract. Reports in late December 2007 indicated that the postponed station might be partially built, should the City of New York and the MTA come to terms on the additional financing for the station shell.[5], the city had no plans to fund the station; however, it could still be built if $550 million was raised privately to build the station.[6] Construction of the station was estimated to have cost at least $450 million as of 2013.[7] [8]

In February 2009, the MTA announced that it would build the station if the agency received sufficient funds from the federal economic stimulus package.[9] Otherwise, the station would be cut to keep costs under budget, as the 7 Subway Extension was already costing $2.4 billion.[10]

Developers and local residents created a petition to construct the shell, fearing that the opportunity for a station would be lost once tunnel excavation was completed. In June 2010, the city announced it was seeking funding to assess the feasibility of constructing the station at a later date, using a two-platform, two-entrance model without an underground connecting passage. This type of station, while common in Manhattan, is not considered ideal by the MTA, but would nonetheless be acceptable were funding eventually found.[11] [12] [13] [14] The planned entrances would still be located two blocks apart due to the location's depth—with the westbound entrance on 42nd Street and the eastbound entrance on 40th Street—but the new plan only called for one exit in each direction.[15] New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg stated that he hoped that the station would be built in the future, with several others saying that building it would be "still possible".

Further proposals

Construction of the line proceeded to its completion in 2014 without the station or its shell, which would have been between the Times Square and 34th Street–Hudson Yards stations. The only evidence of the station's planned existence is the flattening out of the tunnel walls near where the station would have been.[16] [17] Building the "previously deferred No. 7 station at 10th Avenue" was a "key design element" of the proposed extension of the 7 service to Secaucus, New Jersey, but plans for that extension were later abandoned.[18]

In January 2016, the New York City Economic Development Corporation released a request for proposal (RFP) for a site of a proposed development at 41st Street and Tenth Avenue.[19] [20] As part of that RFP, a study into the station's feasibility was to be conducted.[21] The new station is projected to cost $1 billion, an increase from the previous estimate of $500 million. The new station could provide better access to a new Port Authority Bus Terminal if a connection was provided.[22] In the Port Authority's 2016 design competition for a replacement Port Authority Bus Terminal west of Times Square, most of the announced finalists included the construction of, and direct access into, the Tenth Avenue station in their design plans.[23]

In January 2021, developer Gotham Organization filed permits for a 47-story skyscraper to be built at 41st Street and 10th Avenue, near where the station's entrance would have been. The 2016 RFP for the station had been conducted for that skyscraper's construction.[24] [25] That June, New York City Council candidate Erik Bottcher proposed completing the station during his candidacy.[26] Elected officials again pushed for the station's construction in August 2022.[27] [28] The MTA's 20-year needs assessment, released in October 2023, included a possible new station at 10th Avenue;[29] [30] by then, the MTA predicted that the station could cost $1.9 billion.[31]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: February 16, 2011. No. 7 Subway Extension - Hudson Yards Development Corporation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150209053224/http://www.hydc.org/html/project/subway.shtml. February 9, 2015. May 14, 2014. Hydc.org.
  2. Web site: No. 7 Extension Won't Include 10th Ave. Station . The New York Times . City Room . September 19, 2008 . April 16, 2014 . Neuman, William . January 8, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140108014853/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/no-7-extension-wont-include-10th-ave-station/ . live .
  3. Web site: NO. 7 SUBWAY EXTENSION-HUDSON YARDS REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM . nyc.gov . September 26, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215819/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/hyards/hy_chap11_g2_fgeis_final.pdf . March 4, 2016 .
  4. Web site: Doctoroff. Daniel L.. Meola. Michael N.. September 13, 2015. Next station stop: 42nd Street!. September 14, 2015. NY Daily News. September 14, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150914041803/http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/doctoroff-meola-station-stop-42nd-street-article-1.2357806. live.
  5. News: 7 Line Extension May Get 41st Street Stop . Marlene . Naanes . . December 20, 2007 . February 28, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090513011927/http://www.amny.com/news/local/am-mta1221%2C0%2C632084.story . May 13, 2009 . dead .
  6. News: Saul, Michael Howard. June 30, 2010. New Hope for Tenth Avenue Station on the No. 7 Subway Extension. The Wall Street Journal. July 26, 2013. October 4, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221905/http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/06/30/new-hope-for-tenth-avenue-station-on-the-no-7-subway-extension/. live.
  7. Web site: Smith. Stephen J.. October 2, 2013. The Next 20 Years for New York's MTA – Next City. May 14, 2014. Nextcity.org. May 14, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140514182746/http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/the-next-20-years-for-new-yorks-mta. live.
  8. Web site: MTA Twenty-Year Capital Needs Assessment 2015-2034. October 2013. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 8, 2014. July 14, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150714223713/http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/docs/TYNA-Consolidated.pdf. live.
  9. News: Will the Stimulus Save 7 Extension Stop? . Benjamin . Kabak . Second Ave. Sagas . February 2, 2009 . February 28, 2010 . November 6, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201106215212/http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/02/02/will-the-stimulus-save-7-extension-stop/ . live .
  10. Web site: Readers Write: MTA plays tricks to hide cost of No. 7 line . The Island Now . September 10, 2015 . September 12, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190643/http://www.theislandnow.com/great_neck/opinions/readers-write-mta-plays-tricks-to-hide-cost-of-no/article_cadba970-57f6-11e5-9dee-8f94619f4d45.html . March 4, 2016 . dead . mdy-all .
  11. News: Outcry Emerges for 41st St. Stop on New 7-Line . Theresa . Agovino . . February 16, 2010 . April 3, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100218115623/http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20100216/FREE/100219925 . February 18, 2010 . live .
  12. News: West Side Developers Fight For 7 Line Extension . Jill . Urban . . April 2, 2010 . April 3, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100417140042/http://www.ny1.com/1-all-boroughs-news-content/ny1_living/116312/west-side-developers-fight-for-7-line-extension/ . April 17, 2010 .
  13. News: City Officials Seek Federal Assistance For 7 Subway Extension . . April 27, 2010 . April 27, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100531155214/http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/top_stories/117672/city-officials-seek-federal-assistance-for-7-subway-extension . May 31, 2010 . dead . mdy-all .
  14. News: City Considering 10th Avenue Stop For 7 Train . . June 10, 2010 . June 10, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927055352/http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/120156/city-considering-10th-avenue-stop-for-7-train . September 27, 2012 .
  15. News: Mayor Applies For Funds To Redesign 7 Train Extension . . June 30, 2010 . June 30, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714220335/http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/top_stories/121366/mayor-applies-for-funds-to-redesign-7-train-extension . July 14, 2011 .
  16. MTA.info—. Retrieved May 27, 2014. (The tunnel wall flattens out between approximately 2:58 and 3:11 into the video.)
  17. http://secondavenuesagas.com/2011/05/06/video-of-the-day-inside-the-7-extension/ Video inside the 7 extension
  18. Parsons Brinckerhoff . No 7 Secaucus Extension Feasibility Analysis Final Report . NYCEDC . April 2013 . February 19, 2014 . 1 . November 5, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105204804/http://www.nycedc.com/sites/default/files/filemanager/Resources/Studies/No_7_Secaucus_Extension_Final_Report_April_2013.pdf . dead .
  19. Web site: Rajamani. Maya. 2016-04-04. MTA Revives Plans for 10th Avenue Station on 7 Line. 2021-06-08. DNAinfo New York. November 10, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171110213230/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160404/hells-kitchen-clinton/mta-revives-plans-for-10th-avenue-station-on-7-line. dead.
  20. Web site: Plitt. Amy. January 27, 2016. City Seeking Proposals For Huge Midtown West Mixed-Use Site. January 29, 2016. Curbed NY. January 24, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240124033233/https://ny.curbed.com/2016/1/27/10872428/city-seeking-proposals-for-huge-midtown-west-mixed-use-site. live.
  21. Web site: HELL'S KITCHEN AT TENTH. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160202023641/http://www.nycedc.com/system/files/rfp/documents/Hells%20Kitchen%20at%20Tenth%20RFP%205924.pdf. February 2, 2016. January 29, 2016. mdy-all.
  22. Web site: MTA May Be Reconsidering a 7 Line Station at Tenth Avenue. April 4, 2016. Curbed NY. April 4, 2016. Plitt. Amy. April 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160407041408/http://ny.curbed.com/2016/4/4/11360320/nyc-subway-new-station-midtown-west. live.
  23. Web site: International Design + Delivery Competition. Port Authority of NY and NJ webpage. 2016. September 27, 2016. December 25, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161225103834/http://www.pabtcompetition.com/. live.
  24. Web site: Londono. Vanessa. 2021-01-28. Gotham Files Permits for 47-Story Skyscraper at 550 Tenth Avenue in Hudson Yards, Manhattan. 2021-06-08. New York YIMBY. June 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210608142116/https://newyorkyimby.com/2021/01/gotham-files-permits-for-47-story-skyscraper-at-550-tenth-avenue-in-hudson-yards-manhattan.html. live.
  25. Web site: Garber. Nick. 2021-01-25. Permits Filed For 47-Story Tower In Hell's Kitchen. 2021-06-08. Midtown-Hell's Kitchen, NY Patch. June 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210608142115/https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/permits-filed-47-story-tower-hells-kitchen. live.
  26. Web site: Garber. Nick. 2021-06-07. Hells Kitchen Candidate Wants To Revive Proposed 7 Train Station. 2021-06-08. Midtown-Hell's Kitchen, NY Patch. June 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210608142115/https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/hells-kitchen-candidate-wants-revive-proposed-7-train-station. live.
  27. Web site: Duggan . Kevin . August 10, 2022 . Manhattan pols revive push for 10th Avenue station on No. 7 train in Hell's Kitchen . October 6, 2023 . amNewYork . October 14, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231014025719/https://www.amny.com/transit/10th-avenue-station-in-hells-kitchen/ . live .
  28. Web site: Rahmanan . Anna . August 10, 2022 . Could Hell's Kitchen finally get a new subway station? Officials are pushing for it . October 6, 2023 . Time Out New York . October 14, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231014025720/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/could-hells-kitchen-finally-get-a-new-subway-station-officials-are-pushing-for-it-081022 . live .
  29. Web site: Spielman . Ralph . October 5, 2023 . MTA's 20 Yr Plan Warns That to Ignore Needs Puts Very Survival of NYC At Risk . October 6, 2023 . www.ourtownny.com . January 24, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240124033231/https://www.ourtownny.com/news/mta-s-20-yr-plan-warns-ignoring-needs-puts-very-survival-of-nyc-at-risk-GJ2759549 . live .
  30. Web site: Kramer . Marcia . October 5, 2023 . MTA: New York City could be crippled if transit infrastructure isn't upgraded soon . October 6, 2023 . CBS New York . October 5, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231005130130/https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/mta-new-york-city-could-be-crippled-if-transit-infrastructure-isnt-upgraded-soon/ . live .
  31. Web site: Kaske . Michelle . October 4, 2023 . MTA Unveils a Plan to Fix NYC's Aging Transit System . October 6, 2023 . Bloomberg.com . December 20, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220140711/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-04/mta-details-plan-to-fix-aging-system-fight-storms-through-2044 . live .

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