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Coordinates: 40°45′32″N 73°59′46″W / 40.759°N 73.996°W / 40.759; -73.996
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 10 Avenue
 
Planned New York City Subway station
The Yotel and MiMA at 42nd Street, near the location of one of the planned station's proposed entrances
Station statistics
Address41st Street & 10th Avenue
New York, NY 10036
BoroughManhattan
LocaleHell's Kitchen
Coordinates40°45′32″N 73°59′46″W / 40.759°N 73.996°W / 40.759; -73.996
DivisionA (IRT)[1]
Line   IRT Flushing Line
ServicesNone; unbuilt
StructureUnderground
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedProposed
Traffic
2023[2]
Rank out of 423[2]
Location
10th Avenue station (IRT Flushing Line) is located in New York City Subway
10th Avenue station (IRT Flushing Line)
10th Avenue station (IRT Flushing Line) is located in New York City
10th Avenue station (IRT Flushing Line)
10th Avenue station (IRT Flushing Line) is located in New York
10th Avenue station (IRT Flushing Line)
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Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops in station at all times
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops late nights and weekends Stops late nights and weekends only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Stops weekends during the day Stops weekends during the day
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Station closed Station is closed
(Details about time periods)

10th Avenue is a proposed station, first planned as part of the 7 Subway Extension for the IRT Flushing Line (7 and <7>​ trains) of the New York City Subway. It would be located at 10th Avenue and 41st Street and have two tracks and two side platforms if built. Under the original 2007 plan, there would be one street-level entrance for each direction, and no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfer between directions.

The station was not built due to a lack of funding, but it could be completed if funding became available to build it. Various development proposals since 2009 have included completion of the station.

Initial plans

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Construction of the station was planned as part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, and construction was deemed possible as demand in the area grew.[3] It was originally planned to be constructed as part of the 7 Subway Extension.[4] The station would originally have had two exits from the eastbound platform to 40th Street—one at Hudson Boulevard and one east of 10th Avenue—and one from the westbound platform to 42nd Street east of 10th Avenue.[5] Among the proponents is former deputy mayor Dan Doctoroff, who stated in 2015 that building the 10th Avenue station would boost development for decades.[6]

A $450 million option to build a shell for the station was included as part of the October 2007 contract, requiring action by the city within nine months to have a shell built as part of the initial contract. Reports in late December 2007 indicated that the postponed station might be partially built, should the City of New York and the MTA come to terms on the additional financing for the station shell.[7] As of October 2007, the city had no plans to fund the station; however, it could still be built if $550 million was raised privately to build the station.[3][8] Construction of the station was estimated to have cost at least $450 million as of 2013.[9][10]

In February 2009, the MTA announced that it would build the station if the agency received sufficient funds from the federal economic stimulus package.[11] Otherwise, the station would be cut to keep costs under budget, as the 7 Subway Extension was already costing $2.4 billion.[12]

Developers and local residents created a petition to construct the shell, fearing that the opportunity for a station would be lost once tunnel excavation was completed. In June 2010, the city announced it was seeking funding to assess the feasibility of constructing the station at a later date, using a two-platform, two-entrance model without an underground connecting passage. This type of station, while common in Manhattan, is not considered ideal by the MTA, but would nonetheless be acceptable were funding eventually found.[13][14][15][16] The planned entrances would still be located two blocks apart due to the location's depth—with the westbound entrance on 42nd Street and the eastbound entrance on 40th Street—but the new plan only called for one exit in each direction.[17] New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg stated that he hoped that the station would be built in the future, with several others saying that building it would be "still possible".[17][8]

Further proposals

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Construction of the line proceeded to its completion in 2014 without the station or its shell, which would have been between the Times Square and 34th Street–Hudson Yards stations. The only evidence of the station's planned existence is the flattening out of the tunnel walls near where the station would have been.[18][19] Building the "previously deferred No. 7 station at 10th Avenue" was a "key design element" of the proposed extension of the 7 service to Secaucus, New Jersey, but plans for that extension were later abandoned.[20]

In January 2016, the New York City Economic Development Corporation released a request for proposal (RFP) for a site of a proposed development at 41st Street and Tenth Avenue.[21][22] As part of that RFP, a study into the station's feasibility was to be conducted.[23] The new station is projected to cost $1 billion, an increase from the previous estimate of $500 million. The new station could provide better access to a new Port Authority Bus Terminal if a connection was provided.[24] In the Port Authority's 2016 design competition for a replacement Port Authority Bus Terminal west of Times Square, most of the announced finalists included the construction of, and direct access into, the Tenth Avenue station in their design plans.[25]

In January 2021, developer Gotham Organization filed permits for a 47-story skyscraper to be built at 41st Street and 10th Avenue, near where the station's entrance would have been. The 2016 RFP for the station had been conducted for that skyscraper's construction.[26][27] That June, New York City Council candidate Erik Bottcher proposed completing the station during his candidacy.[28] Elected officials again pushed for the station's construction in August 2022.[29][30] The MTA's 20-year needs assessment, released in October 2023, included a possible new station at 10th Avenue;[31][32] by then, the MTA predicted that the station could cost $1.9 billion.[33]

References

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  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "No. 7 Subway Extension - Hudson Yards Development Corporation". Hydc.org. February 16, 2011. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  4. ^ Neuman, William (September 19, 2008). "No. 7 Extension Won't Include 10th Ave. Station". City Room. The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  5. ^ "NO. 7 SUBWAY EXTENSION-HUDSON YARDS REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM" (PDF). nyc.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  6. ^ Doctoroff, Daniel L.; Meola, Michael N. (September 13, 2015). "Next station stop: 42nd Street!". NY Daily News. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  7. ^ Naanes, Marlene (December 20, 2007). "7 Line Extension May Get 41st Street Stop". amNewYork. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  8. ^ a b Saul, Michael Howard (June 30, 2010). "New Hope for Tenth Avenue Station on the No. 7 Subway Extension". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  9. ^ Smith, Stephen J. (October 2, 2013). "The Next 20 Years for New York's MTA – Next City". Nextcity.org. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  10. ^ "MTA Twenty-Year Capital Needs Assessment 2015-2034" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  11. ^ Kabak, Benjamin (February 2, 2009). "Will the Stimulus Save 7 Extension Stop?". Second Ave. Sagas. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  12. ^ "Readers Write: MTA plays tricks to hide cost of No. 7 line". The Island Now. September 10, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  13. ^ Agovino, Theresa (February 16, 2010). "Outcry Emerges for 41st St. Stop on New 7-Line". Crain's New York Business. Archived from the original on February 18, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  14. ^ Urban, Jill (April 2, 2010). "West Side Developers Fight For 7 Line Extension". NY1. Archived from the original on April 17, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  15. ^ "City Officials Seek Federal Assistance For 7 Subway Extension". NY1. April 27, 2010. Archived from the original on May 31, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
  16. ^ "City Considering 10th Avenue Stop For 7 Train". NY1. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
  17. ^ a b "Mayor Applies For Funds To Redesign 7 Train Extension". NY1. June 30, 2010. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  18. ^ MTA.info—Video Release: Mayor Bloomberg Rides First 7 Train to 34 St - 12/20/2013 on YouTube. Retrieved May 27, 2014. (The tunnel wall flattens out between approximately 2:58 and 3:11 into the video.)
  19. ^ Video inside the 7 extension Archived February 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Second Avenue Sagas.com
  20. ^ Parsons Brinckerhoff (April 2013). No 7 Secaucus Extension Feasibility Analysis Final Report (PDF) (Report). NYCEDC. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  21. ^ Rajamani, Maya (April 4, 2016). "MTA Revives Plans for 10th Avenue Station on 7 Line". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  22. ^ Plitt, Amy (January 27, 2016). "City Seeking Proposals For Huge Midtown West Mixed-Use Site". Curbed NY. Archived from the original on January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  23. ^ "HELL'S KITCHEN AT TENTH" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  24. ^ Plitt, Amy (April 4, 2016). "MTA May Be Reconsidering a 7 Line Station at Tenth Avenue". Curbed NY. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  25. ^ Port Authority of NY and NJ webpage (2016). "International Design + Delivery Competition". Archived from the original on December 25, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  26. ^ Londono, Vanessa (January 28, 2021). "Gotham Files Permits for 47-Story Skyscraper at 550 Tenth Avenue in Hudson Yards, Manhattan". New York YIMBY. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  27. ^ Garber, Nick (January 25, 2021). "Permits Filed For 47-Story Tower In Hell's Kitchen". Midtown-Hell's Kitchen, NY Patch. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  28. ^ Garber, Nick (June 7, 2021). "Hells Kitchen Candidate Wants To Revive Proposed 7 Train Station". Midtown-Hell's Kitchen, NY Patch. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  29. ^ Duggan, Kevin (August 10, 2022). "Manhattan pols revive push for 10th Avenue station on No. 7 train in Hell's Kitchen". amNewYork. Archived from the original on October 14, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  30. ^ Rahmanan, Anna (August 10, 2022). "Could Hell's Kitchen finally get a new subway station? Officials are pushing for it". Time Out New York. Archived from the original on October 14, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  31. ^ Spielman, Ralph (October 5, 2023). "MTA's 20 Yr Plan Warns That to Ignore Needs Puts Very Survival of NYC At Risk". www.ourtownny.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2024. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  32. ^ Kramer, Marcia (October 5, 2023). "MTA: New York City could be crippled if transit infrastructure isn't upgraded soon". CBS New York. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  33. ^ Kaske, Michelle (October 4, 2023). "MTA Unveils a Plan to Fix NYC's Aging Transit System". Bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
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