Awesome news, as it creates the groundwork for the Q train to connect with the 2/3, A/B/C/D, & 1 trains, improving connections between the east & west sides of Manhattan.
If you really wanted to do something wild & impactful, you'd keep the tunnel going past Broadway, under the Hudson, & into NJ.
Yonah Freemark
Cool thing alert: New York is letting the MTA do environmental review just for the tunnel for 125th Street Q train extension, instead of doing SEQRA for the entire project at the same time, saving the MTA at least $175 million if the crosstown train gets built nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/05/h...
A one-off legislative tweak will let the MTA keep its tunnel boring machine underground between subway expansion phases.
