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1/2/2026
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) completed 10 accessibility projects in 2025, including work at seven New York City Transit subway stations and three Long Island Rail Road stations.
The new openings bring the total number of accessible subway stations to 154, and the number of accessible LIRR stations to 117, according to an MTA press release. In addition, 39 elevator and 32 escalator replacement projects were completed last year at stations across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, as well as on the LIRR. A dollar value of the accessibility projects completed in 2025 was not included in the press release.
Currently, 29 elevator replacement projects are underway in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. The achievements occurred as the MTA tapped into additional funding streams, including funding through New York City's congestion relief zone program, MTA officials said. The MTA's $68 billion 2025-29 capital plan calls for funding at least 66 station accessibility projects.
Twenty-three subway stations are slated for accessibility upgrades as part of the 2020-24 capital plan and will be funded by congestion relief zone tolling.
"Every completed project brings us closer to a transit network that truly works for everyone and we’re committed to keeping this momentum going in 2026 and beyond," said MTA Chief Accessibility Officer Quemuel Arroyo.
The MTA has completed more station accessibility projects in the past five years compared to the previous 10. The congestion relief tolling program began Jan. 5, 2025, and provided an additional revenue stream for improvement projects across the MTA network. Congestion relief toll pricing was on track to generate over $500 million by the end of the 2025, enabling the MTA to advance $15 billion in capital improvements.