West Village Subway Station To Get Spruced Up During Closure: MTA

WEST VILLAGE, NY — Weekend subway station closures are never what New Yorkers want to hear, but the MTA plans to soften the blow by cleaning a 14th Street station while it is out of commission.

The 14th Street L train station on Eighth Avenue is among 12 stops citywide that will be given a deep-clean during their weekend outages in the first quarter of 2023, the MTA said Tuesday.

Dubbed "Station ReNEWvation," the work will entail cosmetic upgrades like power-washing; repainting columns; removing gum from floors, benches, staircases and columns; and retiling platforms and walls.

"We want customers to feel proud of their home station, and this program aims to do just that," New York City Transit President Richard Davey said in a statement. "When we spoke to customers on areas NYC Transit could improve, enhancing the station environment was a popular answer."

The MTA tested out the cleaning-closure combination this summer on B and D train stations in the Bronx, and is now expanding it across the city.

Other stations set to be cleaned next year are:

• DeKalb Avenue (L)
• Morgan Avenue (L)
• Delancey/Essex Streets.(J)
• Canal Street (J)
• Avenue N (F)
• Canal Street (R/W)
• 104th Street (J)
• West 8th Street/New York Aquarium (F)
• Court Square (7)
• Vernon Blvd (7)

MTA did not provide the exact date the 14th Street L train station would be cleaned.

Patch reporter Nick Garber contributed to this report.