2015: The New York City Subway Gets a New Station

September 13, 2015

On the West Side of Manhattan, a newly built subway station in the neighborhood of Hudson Yards was officially opened. The 34^th Street-Hudson Yards station is part of the New York City Subway’s IRT Flushing Line, which is named for its eastern terminus in the Flushing neighborhood of the borough of Queens. The station has a total of two entrances, both of which are located along Hudson Boulevard; the primary entrance is south of 34^th street, while the secondary entrance is south of 35^th Street.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the debut of the 34^th Street-Hudson Yards station on September 13, 2015, was held at 1:00 p.m.  Those taking part in that ceremony included Chuck Schumer, who has been one of the Empire State’s U.S. senators since 1999; Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City between 2014 and 2021; and Dan Doctoroff, the city’s deputy mayor for economic development and rebuilding from 2002 to 2007. (The accompanying photo of the station platform was taken that same day.)

The 34^th Street-Hudson Yards station was the first entirely new station within the New York City Subway system since 1989. This station had the added distinction of being the first of those facilities funded by the government of New York City since 1950.

Photo Credit: Jim.henderson (licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en)

For more information on the New York City Subway’s 34th Street-Hudson Yards station, please check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34th_Street%E2%80%93Hudson_Yards_station