The Second Avenue Subway, a New York City Subway line that runs under Second Avenue on the East Side of Manhattan, had been proposed since 1920. The first phase of the line, consisting of three statio
The track junction with the BMT 63rd Street Line south of 72nd Street
Initial plans called for a spur from the Second Avenue Subway to Grand Central Terminal via 44th Street.
Hanover Square (pictured) was finally chosen as the location of the line's southern terminus.
The 72nd Street station cavern in January 2012
The Gateway Program is an ongoing expansion and renovation of the Northeast Corridor rail line between Newark, New Jersey, and New York City along the right-of-way between Newark Penn Station and New
Construction of the Second Avenue Subway
…effect in January 2025, allowing bids to proceed. The second Trump administration proposed allocating a combined $1 billion for the project and the Gateway Program in June 2025. That October, at the start of the 2025 United States federal government shutdown, Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought…
Construction of a future Gateway Program tunnel portal at West Side Yard in Manhattan in 2014
New York Tunnel Extension, 1912
Site of the western portal of the tunnel in North Bergen at Tonnelle Avenue
NEC passes through Harrison Station.