Congestion Pricing’s Promises Never Reached East Harlem

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 getting around [Congestion Pricing’s Promises Never Reached East Harlem]( And now the Second Avenue Subway won’t either. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority The heat drew the retirees and teenagers out of the apartment towers that line Second Avenue near 106th Street in East Harlem and onto the shaded benches in a courtyard below. It’s a bit of respite that sits just feet from where, for two decades, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has promised to build a new subway station as part of a subway expansion that’s been promised on and off for 80 years. The now “indefinitely paused” congestion toll was supposed to provide the local portion of the funding — which the MTA says means the $6.6 billion, three-stop expansion is now paused, too. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Ryan Serhant Was a Hand Model for AT&T The broker and Owning Manhattan reality star on his earliest days in the city.]( As told to Clio Chang [Hot Bird Becomes Chick-fil-A Time marches on for the hulking tower at 809 Atlantic.]( By Clio Chang [A Well-Engineered BQE Plan, Inspiration Not Included The city’s latest proposal rearranges the triple-cantilever section and declines the opportunity to do much more.]( By Christopher Bonanos [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved