NYC Transit completes station expansion project

MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) reopened the southern mezzanine of the Metropolitan Av-Lorimer Street station complex last week after capacity improvements were made as part of the L train tunnel repair project, agency officials announced in a press release.

The station expansion included:

• two reopened station entrances, each with a newly refurbished stairway;
• six reopened platform stairways;
• refurbished stairways with new handrails, stair treads, railings;
• one new platform stairway to the expanded northern mezzanine area;
• a refurbished southern station mezzanine area;
• an expanded fare control area with new turnstiles, emergency gates, digital signage and fare card machines; and 
• new paint, lighting, station signage and customer information areas. 

The project was completed in six months.