The 57th Street M and F train station in Midtown Manhattan is officially fully accessible, the MTA said this week.
The station now has two elevators, one of which connects the street to the mezzanine near the southwest corner of 56th Street and Sixth Avenue, the transit agency said in a release.
The second elevator connects the mezzanine to the subway platform at the station.
The MTA says the station sees an average ridership of 8,600 during the weekdays. The M train serves the station on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., while the F train stops there during nights and weekends.
“Today’s opening at 57th Street–Sixth Avenue marks an important milestone, not only for this station and the riders who use it every day, but for the future of accessibility across our transit system,” the MTA’s chief accessibility officer, Quemuel Arroyo, said in a statement.
“Every new accessible station expands opportunity, independence, and mobility for New Yorkers, and this project is proof that we can deliver those benefits faster and more efficiently than ever before,” Arroyo added.