Overview
- The proposal would carry the Q train west along 125th Street with new stations at Lenox Avenue, St. Nicholas Avenue and Broadway, creating transfers to the A, B, C, D, 1, 2 and 3 lines.
- Design and preliminary engineering would be covered by the state, with officials saying early work could save hundreds of millions later, though lawmakers must approve the budget.
- The MTA pegs the extension at roughly $7.55–$7.7 billion, projects benefits for about 240,000 daily riders, and estimates a reduction of 26,000 vehicle miles traveled per day.
- Hochul’s plan treats the crosstown leg as a follow-on to the East Harlem phase, continuing the tunnel bore to cut time and cost, with parts of the machine expected to remain in place at 125th Street.
- The 125th Street work depends on completing Phase 2, with tunneling slated to start in 2027 and service targeted for 2032, while federal funds are frozen under new DEI rules and the MTA recertifies contractors as community groups raise displacement concerns.