MTA to Fund New Entrance to First Avenue L Train Stop in Capital Plan
(DNAINFO) Noah Horowitz | November 19, 2015 — Straphangers at the the First Avenue and Bedford Avenue L stops may finally get some relief with the approval of the MTA’s new capital budget — which gets the ball rolling on the construction of a new entrance at 14th Street and Avenue A and a new staircase at Bedford Ave.
The agency approved its 2015-2019 Capital Program on Oct. 28, setting aside $40 million for the improvements at both stations, and another $59.1 million to make the First Avenue station ADA compliant.
The new entrance for the First Avenue station is meant to relieve congestion at the stop, which currently only has one point of egress at 14th Street and First Avenue. An average of 24,286 riders pass through the station each weekday, according to MTA’s website. The Bedford L train station sees 27,224 riders per weekday.