Priority Improvement List for qualifying sites
In accordance with the provisions of Section 81-641 (Additional floor area for transit improvements on qualifying sites), any applicant for a development or enlargement on a qualifying site in the Grand Central Transit Improvement Zone Subarea, or the Other Transit Improvement Zone Subarea, shall select a transit improvement, or combination thereof, to be completed in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
(a) Selecting an Improvement
An applicant shall select a transit improvement from the Priority Improvement List in paragraph (b) of this Section based on the floor area such improvement generates relative to the minimum floor area required and maximum floor area permitted for completion of such improvement pursuant to Section 81-641, and based on the following geographical and technical considerations:
(1) First, the applicant shall select a transit improvement in the same Subarea of the East Midtown Subdistrict as the proposed development or enlargement on a qualifying site;
(2) If none of the transit improvements on the Priority Improvement List meet the criteria of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section, the applicant shall select a transit improvement on a transit route that passes through, and has stations or other facilities in the same Subarea of the East Midtown Subdistrict as the proposed development or enlargement on a qualifying site;
(3) If none of the transit improvements on the Priority Improvement List meet the criteria of paragraphs (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section, the applicant shall select from any remaining improvement on the list.
In addition, applicants shall consult with the applicable City or State agencies with jurisdiction over and control of the proposed improvement to ensure that the selected improvement will meet the operational and long-term planning needs of the station or transit route, including any phasing requirements, and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
(b) The Priority Improvement List
The Priority Improvement List (the “Improvement List”), set forth in the tables below, details physical improvements to subway stations and other rail mass transit facilities in, or adjacent to, the East Midtown Subdistrict, that an applicant for a development or, where permitted, an enlargement on a qualifying site may complete to obtain additional floor area.
Three levels of improvements are available for completion, which, accordingly, generate three different amounts of additional floor area:
(1) Type 1 Improvements generate 40,000 square feet of floor area, and include new or expanded on-street station entrances, new or expanded off-street station entrances, new or expanded accessible routes for persons with physical disabilities between two levels of a station, and four or fewer new or reconfigured station stairs.
(2) Type 2 Improvements generate 80,000 square feet of floor area, and include new or expanded station escalators, new or expanded accessible routes for persons with physical disabilities between three or more station levels, new or expanded paid areas of a station, including widened platforms or mezzanine levels, and more than four new or reconfigured station stairs.
(3) Type 3 Improvements generate 120,000 square feet of floor area, and include large-scale renovations that significantly improve the environment of stations, and new connections between two or more stations.
In consultation with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the City Planning Commission may, by rule, modify the Improvement List to reflect new improvements needed in the transit network.
PRIORITY IMPROVEMENT LIST
TYPE 1 IMPROVEMENTS | ||
Location | Type of Improvement | Transit Line |
Lexington Avenue/ 53rd – 51st Street station | Replace escalator and stair connecting downtown Lexington platform to underpass with widened stair | Lexington Avenue Line/53rd Street Line |
Lexington Avenue/ 53rd – 51st Street station | Provide new street entrance to uptown Lexington platform from 50th Street | Lexington Avenue Line/53rd Street Line |
42 St - Bryant Park /5th Ave station | Provide ADA elevator between Flushing platform and mezzanine level | Flushing Line/6th Avenue Line |
42 St - Bryant Park /5th Ave station | Provide new street entrance from north side of West 42nd street | Flushing Line/6th Avenue Line |
42 St - Bryant Park /5th Ave station | Provide ADA elevator between Sixth Avenue northbound platform and mezzanine level | Flushing Line/6th Avenue Line |
42 St - Bryant Park /5th Ave station | Provide ADA elevator between Sixth Avenue southbound platform and mezzanine level | Flushing Line/6th Avenue Line |
Lexington Av - 59th Street station | Provide new street stair capacity at northeast and northwest corners of East 60th Street and Lexington Avenue | Lexington Avenue Line/Broadway-60th Street Line |
Lexington Av - 59th Street station | Provide ADA elevator between local IRT platform and street level | Lexington Avenue Line/Broadway-60th Street Line |
Lexington Av - 59th Street station | Provide ADA elevator between 60th Street (BMT) line platform and mezzanine level | Lexington Avenue Line/Broadway-60th Street Line |
Lexington Av - 59th Street station | Provide new platform stair and widen existing stairs between 60th Street (BMT) line platform and mezzanine level | Lexington Avenue Line/Broadway-60th Street Line |
Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station | Provide new street entrance on East 53rd Street west of Madison Avenue | 53rd Street Line |
Grand Central/42nd Street station | Widen platform stair at east end of Flushing platform | Flushing Line |
Grand Central/42nd Street station | Widen two stairs between uptown Lexington platform and Flushing and Lexington platforms | Flushing Line |
TYPE 2 IMPROVEMENTS | ||
Location | Type of Improvement | Transit Line |
Lexington Avenue/ 53rd–51st Street station | Provide widened escalator between 53rd Street platform and mezzanine | Lexington Avenue Line/53rd Street Line |
Lexington Av-59th Street station | Provide ADA elevator between northbound local Lexington Avenue Line platform, northbound express Lexington Ave Line platform, and the 60th Street (BMT) line mezzanine | Lexington Avenue Line/Broadway-60th Street Line |
Lexington Av-59th Street station | Provide ADA elevator between southbound local Lexington Avenue Line platform, southbound express Lexington Avenue Line platform, and the 60th Street (BMT) line mezzanine | Lexington Avenue Line/Broadway-60th Street Line |
47th/50th Streets Rockefeller Ctr station | Provide two new platform stairs and widen seven platform stairs | 6th Avenue Line |
Fifth Av/53rd Street station | Provide a new stair from mezzanine level to upper platform, and a new stair from upper platform to lower platform | 53rd Street Line |
Fifth Av/53rd Street station | Provide ADA elevator from mezzanine to upper platform, and to lower platform | 53rd Street Line |
Fifth Av/53rd Street station | Provide two escalators from mezzanine to upper platform | 53rd Street Line |
Fifth Av/53rd Street station | Provide new mezzanine area under East 53rd Street with fare control to accommodate street entrance and new access core | 53rd Street Line |
Fifth Av/53rd Street station | Provide new access core between platforms and street level to accommodate escalators, elevator, and stairs | 53rd Street Line |
Grand Central/42nd Street station | Provide new Flushing platform stair and expand transfer passageway to accommodate the addition of the stair | Flushing Line |
TYPE 3 IMPROVEMENTS | ||
Location | Type of Improvement | Transit Line |
Grand Central/42nd Street station | Renovate to contemporary standards the south end of the Grand Central Lexington Subway mezzanine from the Shuttle Passageway and 125 Park Avenue entrances to join the renovated areas on the north end of the mezzanine | Flushing Line/Lexington Avenue Line |
