The MTA is seeking multiple East Harlem properties along 125th Street and/or Second Avenue—both for temporary easements and permanent full taking—in the planned expansion of the Q line.
MTA’s Second Avenue Subway center on 125th Street in East Harlem.
Sign up for our acclaimed free newsletter Editorially Black with the top Racial Equity stories of the day to your inbox! Another attempt to acquire land for the subway line resulted in the Federal Transit Administration’s approval of $82 million in spending to acquire one lot and the space under another. It’s a middle ground. The asking price was more than $100 million. An independent appraiser contracted by the MTA assessed the value at around just $42 million.
Carey King, who directs East Harlem’s Uptown Grand Central nonprofit, said community members her organization encountered are still digesting the information due to the complicated language. She later told theone East Harlem small business owner she spoke with was initially concerned about losing his building due to the eminent domain filing. But he was later relieved to learn the MTA just needed temporary access to dig under his building.
According to Chan, the area is often cut off from the rest of Harlem. She’s currently unsure whether the train extension will connect the neighborhood with its West and Central counterparts or further independence from them. The proposed East Harlem station will also serve as the end of the line.
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