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 ...

The University has committed $33 million to bring modern elevators, widened escalators, and other improvements to the station ...

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 10-story walkup in New York City? Not a chance many people would sign up for that — but it's become a reality some subway riders in Manhattan now have to face. That's because escalator problems at ...