east broadway escalator

If you pass through the East Broadway Station with any regularity, you know that the escalator leading up from the F Train platform is frequently out of order.

This week, Lower East Side residents are pretty pleased to be riding on the newly opened escalator at the East Broadway subway station.   After months of delays, the MTA finally got the replacement escalator moving.  Local elected officials, who...

As we reported earlier, the escalator at the East Broadway station isn't working this morning.  After being closed for a year-and-a-half, the new escalator began rolling late yesterday. But commuters this morning have been telling us that it's now...

After a year-and-a-half out of commission, the escalator at the East Broadway station is running tonight.  The MTA shut down the old escalator in June of 2012. Following many delays, local residents and elected officials began making some noise...

In recent weeks, we have focused attention on the stalled escalator replacement project at the East Broadway subway station.  In spite of repeated pleas from residents and local elected officials, the troubled upgrade remains in "final testing mode," a...

Local elected officials gathered with community activists today outside the East Broadway subway station to tell the MTA -- "enough is enough."   In recent months, residents have become increasingly frustrated as the MTA has repeatedly failed to reopen the...

You're looking at the still-barricaded escalator at the East Broadway station, which was supposed to reopen by tomorrow.  To absolutely no one's surprise, the MTA has failed to meet yet another deadline. The agency updated its web site today...

On January 6, we reported on the growing frustration among commuters as the East Broadway escalator replacement project drags on many months after it was scheduled to be completed.  The MTA has been telling local elected officials the new...