7 Subway Extension - 10th Avenue Station

10th Avenue Station

Although a new station at 10th Avenue and 41st Street was part of the original plan, the intermediate station was eliminated in October 2007 due to cost overruns, leaving the terminal station at Eleventh Avenue and 34th Street as the only new station on the extension. The MTA indicated that the 10th Avenue station could be included in the project if funding were found. The station was not included in the original contract award. However, a $450 million option to build a shell for the station was included as part of the October 2007 contract, and required action by the city within nine months to have a shell built as part of the initial contract. Reports in late December 2007 indicated that the postponed station might be partially built if the City of New York and the MTA can come to terms on the additional financing for the station shell. In February 2009, the MTA announced that it would build the station if the agency received sufficient funds from the federal economic stimulus package. Developers and local residents have formed a petition to construct the shell, fearing that the opportunity to construct the station could be lost after the tunnel excavation is completed. In June 2010, the city announced it was seeking funding to assess the feasibility of constructing the station at a later date using a two platform, two entrance model without an underground connecting passage. This type of station, while common in Manhattan, is not considered ideal by the MTA but would nonetheless be acceptable if funding were eventually found.