Notice of Public Hearing and Availability of Environmental Assessment Second Avenue Subway - 72nd St. & 86th St. Station Entrance Alternatives
Thursday, June 18, 2009 beginning at 6:00 p.m.
(Doors open at 5 PM and project staff will be available at that time)
DoubleTree Metropolitan Hotel
569 Lexington Avenue (Between 51st Street & Lexington Avenue)
Meeting Room: Metro Ballroom
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) & the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), have completed a Supplemental Environmental Assessment to the Second Avenue Subway Final Environmental Impact Statement: 72nd & 86th St. Station Entrance Alternatives (EA) providing the environmental analyses of MTA's proposed entrance modifications at the northern end of the Second Avenue Subway 72nd St. and 86th St. Stations. This EA has been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for FTA as lead federal agency. As described in the EA, the proposed entrance modifications would not result in significant adverse impacts in any impact category.
The EA is available for public review at the following locations:
- MTA Headquarters, 347 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor Law Library
- Federal Transit Administration, One Bowling Green, Room 429
- Manhattan Community Board 8 Offices, 505 Park Avenue, Suite 620
- Online at http://www.mta.info/capconstr/sas/
Directions:
Subway: 
train to 51st Street; 
trains to Lexington Ave/53rd Street
Bus: M27, M50, M98, M101, M102, M103
Anyone wishing to speak at the hearing must register by 7 PM at the Metro Ballroom or by calling 212-878-7483 in advance. Written submissions also may be presented at the hearing or delivered to MTA at the address shown below. All submissions received by MTA before July 1, 2009 will be made part of the record.
For additional information contact:
Douglas Sussman
MTA Director of Community Affairs
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
347 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212-878-7483
Nancy Danzig
Director, Office of Planning & Program Development
Federal Transit Administration, Region II
One Bowling Green, Room 429
NY, NY 10004
212-668-2170
For more details on this hearing, click here (PDF).
For more details on the Supplemental Environmental Assessment to the Second Avenue Subway, click here .