The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit has announced the completion of a series of refurbishment projects across the city’s subway system.
Works include the installation of new LED light fixtures across all 472 subway stations, repainting and replacement of tiles, removal of 1,460 tonnes of bagged garbage and nearly 700 tonnes of debris between stations.
New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow, said:NYC Transit is committed to providing safe and reliable service and that effort starts right when customers enter the system with brighter and cleaner stations.
With historically high on-time performance, new ridership milestones and a continued emphasis on reviving stations, 2025 was a great year to be a subway rider.
As part of the overall renovation project; LED lighting began being installed across the New York City subway system from the start of January 2024 as part of Governor Kathy Hochul’s five-point safety plan for subway riders.
In the ensuing period; more than 181,000 fixtures have either been replaced or converted to LED lights – rendering the initiative complete well ahead of its original end date of mid-2026.
The new fixtures are anticipated to save the Authority around 5.9 million USD each year, and offer brighter than fluorescent lighting for nearly 4 million daily subway riders, as well as provide enhanced imaging capability for over 15,000 security cameras across the subway system.
Works have also been carried out to upgrade fluorescent lights in other parts of the subway system, including aboard trains and AC-powered tunnels – with 73% of subway trains now having been equipped with LED lighting.
Thus far, crews have completed 40 Revive projects at stations across the subway system:
- 81st St
- 110th St Cathedral Pkwy
- Beach 67th St.
- 190th St
- Bergen St.
- 50th St.
- Union St.
- Central Ave
- 53rd St.
- Fresh Pond Road
- 207th St
- 176th St
- Broad Channel
- Saratoga Avenue
- Cypress Avenue
- Wall Street
- Mets-Willets Point
- Rockaway Ave
- 23rd St
- Beach 98th St
- 23rd St
- 110th St – Malcolm X Plaza
- 25th Ave
- Dyckman Street-200 Street
- Montrose Avenue
- Bay 50th St
- Forest Hills – 71 Av
- Grand Central
- Simpson Street
- Grand Central
- Grand Central
- Clark Street
- 59th
- Court Square – 23 Street
- 145th St
- Bergen St
- New Lots Av
- 28th St
- Church Av
- Graham Ave
Other works carried out by crews in 2025 include the repainting of 1.1 million square feet of the system, as well as the installation or replacement of over 9,700 square feet of tiles. Communications rooms at the aforementioned stations were also refreshed, alongside the implementation of new lighting, paint, flooring, and a deep clean of the HVAC system also carried out.
