Intermodal Transfer, Bleecker Street Station (Lex Line)

Intermodal Transfer, Bleecker Street Station (Lex Line) and Broadway-Lafayette Station (6th Ave IND Line) and Accesibility (ADA) Project Contracts A-35926, A-35942, and A-35943

PROJECT PURPOSE The project will rehabilitate the historic Bleecker Street Station on the Lexington Ave line, construct a free transfer between the uptown platform of that station and the Broadway-Lafayette Station on the Sixth Ave line and make both Key-ADA stations accessible by providing five elevators. The Bleecker St. Station downtown platform is already connected to the Broadway-Lafayette IND Station. The work is packaged in three contracts; A-35942 - the Bleecker Street Station Rehabilitation, A- 35926 – the transfer connection, and A-35943 – the ADA accessibility.

PROJECT ELEMENTS 1. The Bleecker Street IRT Station: • Repair structural deficiencies • Restore historic elements • Upgrade station finishes, electrical service, communications, lighting and plumbing • Rehabilitate street entrances and station operating facilities • Widen the southbound platform 2. The transfer connection: • Expand and reopen an existing abandoned mezzanine (Upper East Mezzanine) • Extend the IRT uptown platform to the Upper East Mezzanine • Provide an escalator from the IND uptown platform to the Upper East Mezzanine • Construct two new staircases linking the IND and IRT levels • Refurbish an existing stairway linking the IND and IRT levels • Install two ADA compliant elevators linking the IND and IRT levels via the Upper East Mezzanine 3. ADA accessibility: • Install three ADA compliant elevators at the Broadway- Lafayette Station, one from the mezzanine to the street and one from each of the two platforms to the mezzanine. • Modify the platform edges, fare control areas and service booth to ADA requirements • Install Braille/Tactile signage and TTY public telephones

PROJECT BUDGET DATA AND FUNDING SOURCES Total project construction cost is estimated at over $57 million. This includes construction work plus agency support costs. The project is federally funded.

PROJECT SCHEDULE Construction duration is 40 months.

PROJECT COORDINATION Coordination with outside agencies, including New York City Department of Transportation, Department of Parks and Recreation, the New York City Art Commission and Community Board 2 is required. Coordination with adjacent property owners is also included.

SOLICITATION OF BIDS The project will be advertised in August 2007.