"IT's Thanksgiving, and we are thankful for another completed station renovation here at church Avenue, said Lieber, who lives close by to the station. This is a busy station, folks. I'm going through it every day. The new ADA elevators are always the headline when we do these projects, but we did a ton of other work to upgrade the station."
"Arroyo, who himself uses a wheelchair, said making the accessibility upgrades is about giving those with disabilities the freedom to get out of their houses every morning, so I can go to work, go to school, go to my doctor's appointment, but also to enjoy all that New York has to offer. With these accessibility initiatives, we are telling all New Yorkers that they belong, New Yorkers with access needs that they belong, tourists with access means that they belong, he continued."
The Church Avenue station on the B and Q lines in Flatbush, Brooklyn received two new elevators, one for each direction, bringing the station into Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance. The project also added two new staircases and an additional entrance on East 18th Street between Church and Caton Avenues. MTA CEO and Chair Janno Lieber, Construction President Jamie Torres-Springer, and Chief Accessibility Officer Quemuel Arroyo participated in a Nov. 25 ribbon-cutting. The upgrades are intended to expand mobility, allow people with disabilities to access work, school, medical appointments, and to reinforce that New Yorkers and visitors with access needs belong.
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