Illustrative rendering of new Broadway Junction Plaza; view from west Van Sinderen Avenue and Fulton Street (New York City Economic Development Corporation)
Broadway Junction has been tapped to get a half-billion dollar makeover
The bustling East New York transit hub is slated to be remodeled ... eventually. The expected completion date in 2030
Broadway Junction, the area surrounding the bustling subway station, is receiving a $495 million makeover that the city hopes will revitalize the East New York neighborhood.
The half-billion dollar plan calls for creating two new public plazas on either side of Van Sinderen Avenue and Fulton Street, a new entrance to the subway station with improved lighting and additional seating, plus improvements for pedestrians and cyclists on the street. New elevators and escalators will also be installed.
The MTA is funding $400 million of the project, with a focus on improving the station, which serves A,C, J, Z, and L lines. The remaining amount is coming from the New York City Economic Development Corporation, which is working on the street-level renovations.
Mayor Eric Adams, the former Brooklyn Borough President, said in a statement that he “fought to bring investments” to his home borough.
“Growing up in Brownsville, using the J line, the A line, the L, double L, to move throughout the city, for far too long this amazing connection of our subway system has been ignored,” the mayor said. “I am who I am because of this neighborhood. And I’ve seen how members of this community have been left behind for too long. Too often government has made promises and then broken them. That ends in this administration.”
Adams added that the investment will create 2,300 construction jobs and bring greater accessibility to the more 400 homes recently built nearby, with “more than” 1,700 additional homes scheduled to be built.
Current Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso said that he’s “excited that the Broadway Junction station and surrounding area will experience the power of collective action all the way from the local to the state level.”
Of course, like any city project, it won’t happen overnight. Design will begin this summer, with an “anticipated” groundbreaking happening in 2027 and completion scheduled by 2030.
