NEW YORK — To some, the prospect of adding new subway elevators not far from the World Trade Center is a godsend, a desperately needed portal for the disabled to a subway system that is among the ...

Columbia University is putting $33 million on the table to widen the escalators and add a single street-to-mezzanine elevator at the 1 train's 125th Street station, right next to its new 34-story ...

The topic of elevators in the subway system has often been a sore spot for the disabled community. It most recently surfaced as a hot issue when the Prospect Avenue, 53rd Street and Bay Ridge Avenue ...

More elevators and ramps are being built in the subway system, but the MTA needs more money to make the system even more accessible, says a report issued Tuesday. “Sustaining this momentum is ...

The clip begins in the kind of packed subway environment millions of commuters know too well. The escalator is full, shoulder to shoulder, with riders heading upward as part of a routine day. That ...

MTA officials need to prioritize fixes to broken-down subway elevators — and New York’s Legislature needs to commit more money to the problem, disability advocates said Wednesday. “When we try to use ...

A subway station elevator on the Upper West Side has been out of service for months, and one fed-up mom turned to social ...