Penn Station will get $72 million for renovations, together with new 30,000-square-foot public plaza

Penn Station on Tuesday acquired a $72 million federal grant for a sweeping renovation plan to spice up facilities — and attempt to make it simpler for commuters to navigate the New York Metropolis transit hub.

Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced that he secured the grant from the Division of Transportation — cash that may pay for an estimated two thirds of the most important mission to enhance the Manhattan transit mecca.

The mission is separate from the $17 billion “Gateway” tunnel plan looking for so as to add new tunnels for trains underneath the Hudson River.

“Renovating the overcrowded, cramped and complicated Penn Station will assist usher New York, the LIRR and the area into an excellent brighter transit future.” Schumer instructed The Submit of the deliberate station overhaul.

“We have to guarantee extra accessibility, together with making it simpler to navigate — a redesign that delivers for commuters from Lengthy Island, the 5 boroughs and past,” he added.

The federal cash will go towards including a 30,000 square-foot public plaza above floor, with 18 new escalators and 11 elevators to the platforms in Penn Station, in keeping with Schumer’s workplace.

The transit middle can even see a rise within the variety of road entrances from 12 to twenty, with a brand new underground connection to thirty fourth Avenue Herald Sq., which companies the B, D, F, M, N, R, Q and W metropolis subway strains.

The grant can even assist pay for brand spanking new passenger facilities at Penn Station, together with extra retail area.

Because it seems to be to enhance Penn Station, New York Metropolis may get extra assist from the federal authorities by means of President-elect Donald Trump, who reportedly desires to make the transit hub and metropolis subways “stunning” once more.

Trump spoke about this hope for town’s transit infrastructure throughout a current name with Gov. Kathy Hochul, sources have instructed The Submit.

Hochul confirmed she spoke with Trump about enhancing Penn Station, the Second Avenue Subway mission and the necessity for extra federal {dollars} for the MTA, saying, “There’s no cause New Yorkers can’t take pleasure in a world-class system.

“We agree that these are vital priorities,” she stated of herself and President-elect Trump.