Rail | Nicholas William Bodouva Design

Times Square Station Rehabilitation

New York, NY · $100 Million

The rehabilitation of the world's most famous subway station improves circulation and security, enhances the station's overall visual quality, upgrades connections between the IRT and BMT lines, and improves visibility and access to the Times Square Shuttle. The $100 million effort also modifies and improves the mezzanine and platform levels, rebuilds street entrances, and adds five new elevators providing ADA-compliant transfers within the station.

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Herald Square Subway Complex

New York, NY · $60 Million

One of the three largest station complexes in the New York City Transit system, this $60 million modernization of the Sixth Avenue IND, Broadway BMT, and PATH 34th Street Station improved platforms, mezzanines, passageways, and street-level entrances. Rehabilitated finishes, new visual connections between levels, and new lighting and signage dramatically improved the station environment and passenger orientation.

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Brighton Line Stations

Brooklyn, NY · Six Stations

For New York City Transit, the studio rehabilitated the Prospect Park, Parkside Avenue, Beverly Road, Cortelyou Road, Brighton Beach, and Ocean Parkway stations — comprehensive improvements to passenger movement, finishes, lighting, signage, power, structure, mechanical systems, and ADA compliance. The designs received the prestigious New York Bard Award and a Transportation Design Award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Journal Square Transportation Center

Jersey City, NJ · Intermodal

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey wished to consolidate a train station, bus depot, and parking facility into a combined transportation center. The studio designed a major new structure bridging the 80-foot open-cut railroad, connecting the isolated business district with the remainder of Jersey City. Station platforms were realigned, a street-level bus terminal created, a parking garage added, and a new 10-story office tower constructed — an innovative suspended structural solution built without impact on existing rail operations.

Project reference: Journal Square Transportation Center →

LaGuardia Airport Subway Access Study

New York, NY · Planning Study

This project's goal is to bring subway access to LaGuardia Airport from New York City by extending the existing N line. As part of a consortium with Parsons Transportation Group, URS Greiner, and Frederic R. Harris, the studio is responsible for all design work for the study as well as on-airport planning — station designs and alignment alternatives with the least impact on airport operations, a first-class level of passenger service, and integration with the functional and aesthetic environment of the airport.

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Queens Plaza Station

Queens, NY · $40 Million

The $40 million rehabilitation of Queens Plaza Station focuses on four objectives: access for the elderly and disabled to all levels of the station; consolidation of disparate NYCT spaces and service rooms; comprehensive rehabilitation of finishes and services to the latest NYCT Design Guidelines; and reclaiming underutilized areas of the mezzanine, passageways, and platforms to create a more efficient and safe customer environment.

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Newark Pennsylvania Station

Newark, NJ · Historic Restoration

Built in 1932 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Newark Penn Station serves Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, New Jersey Transit, PATH, the Newark Subway, and regional buses. The project encompassed restoration of the historic main waiting room and ticket rooms, rehabilitation of concourses, new escalators to the platforms, restored platform waiting areas, rehabilitation of the train shed roof and skylights, facade restoration, and new signage and passenger information systems.

Project reference: Newark Penn Station →

East Side Access

New York, NY · Regional Connectivity

The East Side Access project is the first step in a long-overdue integration of the region's web of mass transit facilities. It eases rail and pedestrian congestion in New York's Penn Station and provides direct travel between Long Island and Manhattan's East Side, reducing automobile traffic on the Long Island Expressway and improving regional air quality. Overall, some 162,000 riders are anticipated to travel to and from Grand Central Terminal on an average weekday, with daily ridership to and from Penn Station of approximately 161,000.

Project reference: East Side Access →