The MTA is rolling out vending machines at more than two dozen subway stations in the next year and a half, offering the hundreds of thousands of people who pass through them each day new snack and drink options.
Three of them are already up and running — at the 2nd Avenue F train station, the 23rd Street R and W station, and the 116th Street 6 station. The MTA is setting up shop inside former retail spaces, so the machines fit within the existing stations’ framework and don’t crowd already-busy platforms and walkways.
CC Vending, Inc. manages them. At some point, the company can choose to add more offerings, including retail merchandise, tech, health and beauty products, and other handy on-the-go items.
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MTA vending machine at 2 Av F station in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. (Credit: MTA)
MTA vending machine at 2 Av F station in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. (Credit: MTA)
A total of 26 stations are set to have the machines. The rollout will happen over the course of the rest of this year and into 2027, officials said.
According to the MTA, these are the subway stations set to get vending machines:
23rd Street 6 train station
42nd Street-Bryant Park B, D, F, M train station
49th Street N, Q, R, W train station
5th Avenue 7 train station
8th Street NYU R and W train station
86th Street 1 train station
86th Street 4, 5, 6 train station
96th Street 6 train station
Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R train station
Borough Hall 2, 3, 4, 5 train station
Broadway-Lafayette Street B, D, F, M train station
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall 4, 5, 6 train station
Canal Street A, C, E train station
Canal Street train station
Christopher Street-Stonewall 1 train station
DeKalb Avenue B, Q, R train station
Flushing-Main Street 7 train station
Grand Street B and D train station
Prince Street R and W train station
Jamaica-179th Street F train station
South Ferry 1 train station
Wall Street 4 and 5 train station
Woodhaven Boulevard M and R train station
“By turning vacant retail spaces into customer amenities, we are activating a space into one customers can benefit from,” MTA Chief Customer Officer Shanifah Rieara said. “We’re making stations more welcoming and more convenient, and we look forward to the installation of more vending machines and greater variety.”
CC Vending has a license agreement for a five-year term, with an option to extend for another five years, the MTA said.