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Issue XXI – January 2014

86th Street Station Area

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The first ceiling arch-form will be placed in the public cavern at 86th Street.

Entrance 2 86th Street Escalator Incline looking east .

SAS Project NewsThe Second Avenue Subway Community Information Center (CIC), at 1628 Second Avenue, between 84th and 85th Streets, is open during the following hours:Monday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.Tuesday: Noon – 8 p.m.Wednesday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.Thursday: Noon – 8 p.m.Friday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. (second Saturday of each month only)

Closed Monday, January 20th, in observance of Martin Luther King Day.

Coming in January:Thursday 1/16 6 p.m.: What Took So Long? CIC Director Laura MacNeil answers the question in a guided tour of the History of the Second Avenue Subway exhibit.

Open Saturday 1/11 – from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Thursday 1/30 6 p.m.: Back by Popular Demand! Transit historian Peter Derrick talks about the NYC Subway from its start to today.

Project Overview

86th Street Station Area – January 2014Second Avenue Subway Newsletter

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SURFACE UndergroundLEVEL

Construction Update

Work Hours

• The contractor began work at the elevator shaft on the south side of 86th Street between First and Second Avenues. Crews continue to lower materials for the permanent structural liner of the escalator tunnel using a crane.

• The sidewalk on the southeast side of E. 86th Street has been reduced to seven feet to facilitate work in the elevator shaft. This work is expected to last until the summer of 2014.

• Traffic lanes on E. 86th Street between First and Second Avenues will remain as currently configured with two eastbound lanes and one westbound lane.

• Mass excavation and rock removal for Entrance 2 on the north side of E. 86th Street between First and Second Avenues is completed.

• Construction of structural concrete at Entrance 2 will begin. To accomplish this, materials and equipment will be lowered into the work zone using a crane on the north side of E. 86th Street.

• The work zone on the northwest corner of E. 86th Street and Second Avenue will continue to support concrete work in the cavern.

• Materials will continue to be delivered to the cavern by the gantry crane systems between 83rd and 84th Streets and 86th and 87th Streets.

• Concrete lining of tunnels will continue to be supported from the center work zone on Second Avenue between 78th and 79th Streets.

• Selective demolition of the muck house between 83rd and 84th Streets will continue.

• Structural concrete work in Entrance 1 (Archstone building) will continue.

• Installation of waterproofing, reinforcing steel and concrete to construct structural wall and arches is ongoing in the cavern.

• The contractor will begin placing concrete roof arches in the cavern.

• Concrete lining of the east tunnel tube between 72nd and 83rd Streets continues.

Future Mezzanine level of 86th Street Station Entrance.

86th StreetStation StructureContractor:Skanska/Traylor, JV

Budget:$332 Million

Award Date:August 2011

Contract Forecast Completion:December 2014

For community related concerns,please contact Claudia Wilson atClaudia.wilson@2avesubway.comor (212)-792-9716.

The future 86th Street Station will have two new entrances including 10 escalators, and one street-level ADA accessible elevator at the southeast corner of 86th Street and Second Avenue. Work in this area is to construct the station cavern, entrances and ancillary spaces for the future station. This includes mining of the station cavern bedrock, lining the cavern with structural concrete, and construction of the station entrances and elevator shafts up to street level. This contract’s work is scheduled to be completed in December 2014.

The follow-on contract was awarded on June 12, 2013 for the construction of the station facilities and architectural finishes, mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and entrances above street level; construction of the ancillary facilities up to and above street level; and restoration of the street and sidewalks in the station area.

Monday – Friday 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Work is permitted underground 24/7 Controlled blasting is permitted 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

For concerns regarding Second Avenue Subway construction activities after business hours or on weekends please use the SAS 24/7 hotline # (212) 792-9716