The Second Avenue subway extension in East Harlem, a $7.7 billion project, will introduce three new stations to the Q line, set to open in 2032. Two stations will be located at East 106th and 116th streets beneath Second Avenue, along with an overhaul of the existing 125th Street-Lexington Avenue station. This extension aims to improve accessibility and safety in a neighborhood marked by crime and drug use. However, concerns about potential gentrification and displacement have emerged among locals, alongside hope for neighborhood revitalization.
The $7.7 billion project is scheduled to open in 2032, adding three new stations to the Q line. Two of them will be beneath Second Avenue at East 106th and 116th streets.
For many locals, the project is a once-in-a-generation chance to make their neighborhood safer and more accessible. For others, it brings the risk of gentrification that could price them out of East Harlem altogether.
The area around the station has long been notorious for open drug use, according to interviews with nearby residents. Since 2021, it's also been home to a controversial safe injection site.
The neighborhood has a series of methadone clinics highly concentrated along a few blocks and ranks as one of the highest areas for psychiatric hospitalizations, according to city health data.
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