The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) marked the end of a two-year rehabilitation project at MTA New York City Transit’s (NYC Transit) Dyckman Street subway station with a recent ribbon-cutting ­ceremony. The station is located in Upper Manhattan.

The $31 million project includes the addition of a new state-of-the-art elevator from the station mezzanine to the southbound platform, along with major repairs to its interior and ­exterior finishes.

NYC Transit President Carmen Bianco said, “We have been able to fully rehabilitate this historic station improving the structural aspects and customer amenities while retaining the unique architectural features that have made this station so visually special.”
The station originally opened in 1906 with a design unique in the system, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The station on the 1 subway line now has new concrete platforms, a refurbished Fort George Tunnel Portal, new platform windscreens, new canopies that include salvaged wood rafters, and a refurbished control area with restored historic finishes: wood frame windows, mosaic tiles, granite floor tiles, plaster ceiling, ceramic wall tiles, replicated cast iron guardrails, and restored mosaic tile signage at the platform level. New cast iron lighting fixtures were installed at the entrance and platform level, designed to reflect the historical era of the originals.

According to NYC Transit, the new Dyckman Street elevator is the first of its kind to be installed in the system. It features an energy-efficient, reliable, machine room-less elevator system. This type of elevator uses conventional steel cord ropes as cables operated by a motorized traction hoisting machine installed at the top side wall, eliminating the need for a machine room.

Cutting the ribbon at the rehabilitated Dyckman Street Station, from left: New York City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, NYC Transit President Carmen Bianco, New York State Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa, New York State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, and George Fernandez Jr., chair, Community Board 12-Manhattan, which represents the neighborhood.