Elevators open at 103-year-old Astoria Boulevard Station

New elevators have opened at the Astoria Boulevard Station. Image via NYCT

By David Brand 

New elevators have opened at the 103-year-old Astoria Boulevard N/W Train Station, allowing people with disabilities, parents with strollers and commuters who need a brief break to access the elevated platform. 

The elevators were funded in the MTA’s 2020-2024 Capital Program and made possible when the station was closed and rebuilt in 2018. 

“The long wait for new subway elevators at Astoria Boulevard is finally over,” said Astoria State Sen. Michael Gianaris. “While there is more to be done to have a truly accessible subway system, today’s achievement is a step forward for all transit passengers.”

Colin Wright, the senior advocacy associate at Transit Center, welcomed the news and called on the MTA to now make every subway station accessible. 

“The elevators at Astoria Boulevard opening today will give neighborhood residents with disabilities, parents with strollers, and older riders in Astoria more access to life in New York City,” Wright said.

The work is not yet done at the Astoria Boulevard station, which will feature two street-to-mezzanine elevators and two mezzanine-to-platform elevators in addition to other upgrades.