Accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Physical accessibility on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is incomplete. Although accessibility on all buses is provided in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, much of the MTA's rail system, including its rapid transit and commuter rail services, were built before wheelchair access was a requirement under the ADA. Consequently, most stations were not designed to be accessible to people with disabilities.
A state law, the New York Human Rights Law, prevents discrimination on the basis of disability. Since 1990, elevators have been built in newly constructed stations to comply with the ADA, with most grade-level stations requiring little modification to meet ADA standards. In addition, the MTA identified 100 "key stations", high-traffic and/or geographically important stations, which must conform to the ADA when they are extensively renovated. One of the key tenets of the Fast Forward Plan to rescue the subway system released in 2018 is to drastically increase the number of ADA-accessible subway stations, adding accessible facilities to 70 stations by 2024.

Context

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been gradually adding disabled access to its key stations since the 1980s, as renovations take place. According to the MTA:
According to the MTA, fully accessible stations have:

elevators or ramps
handrails on ramps and stairs
large-print and tactile-Braille signs
audio and visual information systems, including Help Points or Public Address Customer Information Screens
accessible station booth windows with sills located no more than above the ground
accessible MetroCard Vending Machines
accessible service entry gates
platform-edge warning strips
platform gap modifications or bridge plates to reduce or eliminate the gap between trains and platforms where it is greater than vertically or horizontally
telephones at an accessible height with volume control, and text telephones
accessible restrooms at stations with restrooms, if a 24-hour public toilet is in operation
*Note: not all station buildings have restrooms.

Major bus stops are also required to have bus stop announcements under the ADA. The MTA is required to maintain these components under the ADA law; for instance, buses with malfunctioning lifts will be taken out of service.
The MTA created the New York City Transit ADA Compliance Coordination Committee in June 1992. The committee works to coordinate the MTA's accessibility plan, as well as reaches out to disabled MTA riders. The MTA also provides training to disabled riders, the families of disabled riders, and mobility specialists. Between 1995 and 2019, it has trained 775 passengers.

Criticism

The MTA has been criticized for the lack of accessibility, particularly in the New York City Subway. Only 119 of of all of the subway system's stations are fully accessible to people with disabilities as of 2018, among the lowest percentages of any major transit system in the world. There are some lines where two accessible stations are separated by ten or more non-accessible stops. By contrast, Boston's MBTA subway and the Chicago "L", which are as old or older as than the New York City Subway, have higher rates of accessible subway stations. A report from the New York City Comptroller published in July 2018 found that, out of the 189 neighborhoods officially recognized by the city, 122 have at least one subway station. Of the 122 neighborhoods with subway stations, only half, or 62 neighborhoods, have any accessible stations. Some places such as Woodlawn, South Brooklyn, and Stapleton, as well as neighborhoods with large elderly or young populations, do not have any accessible stations. The Comptroller's report found that approximately 640,000 young, elderly, or disabled residents in the city did not have access to any nearby accessible stations, while another 760,000 residents did have such access. As a result, the unemployment rate tends to be higher among disabled residents of New York City. Additionally, the 25% labor force participation rate among disabled residents is one-third that of non-disabled residents' labor force participation rate of 75%.
Many transfer stations, such as the platforms at Chambers Street; Broadway Junction on the ; Delancey Street/Essex Street on the ; and 14th Street/Sixth Avenue on the are not wheelchair-accessible, making it harder to travel between different parts of the city. The G and Rockaway Park Shuttle each have one accessible station, while the 42nd Street Shuttle is not accessible. Several stations also only contain elevators leading from street level to their respective mezzanines. Additionally, some stations on the LIRR are not accessible, including four consecutive stations on the Babylon Branch, which is entirely above ground.
As per the ADA, if a station is significantly modified, at least 20% of the renovation's cost must be spend on ADA improvements, but this is not always the case in the New York City Subway system. For example, the Smith–Ninth Streets station was renovated for two years and reopened in 2013 without any elevators, and none of the stations being renovated under the Enhanced Station Initiative, which began in 2017, are proposed to include elevators, except for the stations already equipped with them. There have also been several lawsuits over this issue. In 2011, the MTA added a single elevator at the Dyckman Street station after a lawsuit by the United Spinal Association midway during the station's renovation. In 2016, the MTA was sued by another disability rights group for not including an elevator at the Middletown Road station during the 2014 renovation of that subway station. Similarly, in 2017, disability rights groups filed a class-action suit against the MTA because the subway in general was inaccessible, which violated both state and federal laws. The federal government sued the MTA in March 2018 over a lack of elevators at Middletown Road and the Enhanced Station Initiative stops. In March 2019, federal district judge Edgardo Ramos ruled that all subway station renovations that "affect the station's usability" must include upgrades to make the station fully accessible unless it is deemed unfeasible to do so.
Several stations that serve major sports venues in the metropolitan area also have little to no accessibility; the Mets–Willets Point subway station, located adjacent to Citi Field, is only accessible through a ramp at a southern side platform, and is only open during special events. Similarly, the connecting Long Island Rail Road station of the same name is not ADA compliant, nor is the LIRR station serving Belmont Park. The Aqueduct Racetrack subway station, serving the eponymous racetrack in South Ozone Park, was formerly non-accessible until 2013, following a two-year renovation project at the behest of Resorts World Casino, which opened near the racetrack in 2011. Although all New York City buses are accessible, transfers between bus routes, as well as the bus trips themselves, are usually cumbersome because buses run at a much lower frequency than the subway does.
In 2018, as part of the MTA's Fast Forward program to improve subway and bus service, an Executive Accessibility Advisor was hired at Andy Byford's request, reporting directly to Byford. However, the MTA's efforts were still seen as inadequate. After a woman died in January 2019 from falling down a staircase at Seventh Avenue, a station with no elevators, officials criticized the MTA for not adding enough elevators, and one advocacy group released an unofficial map of stations that should receive accessibility upgrades.

Station count

Rapid transit

New York City Subway

In 1983, disability-rights groups filed a lawsuit that sought to block a subway modernization project from proceeding unless elevators were installed in stations, as per a state law that required that access for handicapped riders be provided. In response, a New York State Supreme Court judge officially signed an order that barred the project from proceeding until an agreement reached regarding accessibility in the New York City transit system. Mayor Ed Koch opposed making stations accessible, writing, "I have concluded that it is simply wrong to spend $50 million in the next eight years—and ultimately more—in putting elevators in the subways." A settlement was reached in June 1984, in which Koch and Governor Mario Cuomo agreed to equip 50 stations with elevators. By 1991, a year after the ADA law was passed, ten of 54 key stations were wheelchair-accessible. At least one train car in each subway train had to be accessible by 1993, and major subway stations were supposed to be retrofitted with elevators or ramps by 1995.
On February 25, 1994, the MTA Board approved the submission of a bill to the Governor to expand the Key station obligation from the 54 stations in the plan at the time and 37 additional stations to be completed through 2020. In May 1994, the MTA Board approved the addition of contracts to make seven of the 37 stations accessible during station renovation projects between 1994 and 1996 to the 1992–1996 Capital Program. These stations were 14th Street, Eighth Avenue, 207th Street, Church Avenue, 72nd Street, Lexington Avenue and 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center. The first two were set to be awarded in 1994, the next two in 1995, and the final three in 1996. The contracts were added on the assumption that the bill would be signed so as to not delay the projects and to avoid having to return to the stations after their renovation projects were completed to add elevators. These projects required $60.9 million.
In 1994, the list of 54 stations to be completed by 2010 was amended to a list of 100 stations to be completed by 2020. Of the 100 new stations, 91 were specified immediately. This was due to a modification to the New York Public Buildings Law and Transportation Law. However, this revision also stipulated that the subway and Staten Island Railway were exempt from making accessibility modifications that were, by law, required for other public buildings. Shortly after this modification, 66th Street–Lincoln Center and Prospect Park–Brighton were added to the list of 91 stations. There were also three options for modifying the list of 91 stations. They included adding Broadway–Lafayette Street and Bleecker Street ; replacing Broad Street with Chambers Street and Church Avenue with Kings Highway ; or modifying dates for several key stations. The public supported all of these options.
The Federal Transit Administration approved the list of 95 key stations in June 2000. Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue and East 180th Street were added to the 100-station list in 2000 and 2002, respectively. Subsequently, a new South Ferry station and the existing Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum station were respectively selected in 2003 and 2004. The hundredth station was the subject of some debate, but the MTA ultimately decided to choose Bedford Park Boulevard.
, out of total stations in the New York City Subway system, are accessible to some extent; many of them have AutoGate access. If station complexes are counted as one, then 98 out of the system's stations are accessible to some extent. Additionally, there are 16 more non-ADA-accessible stations with cross-platform interchanges, as well as other same-platform transfers, designed to handle wheelchair transfers. The MTA is primarily working to make 100 "key stations" accessible by 2020 to comply with the ADA law., 89 of these stations are accessible while 10 are under construction and one under design. It has also retrofitted 34 "non-key stations" and is planning to retrofit 11 more non-key stations.
As part of the 2015–2019 Capital Program, $300 million was allocated to enhance station access and provide ADA-accessibility at fifteen stations chosen by the city. Four stations were chosen in January 2018: 170th Street, Broadway Junction, Livonia Avenue, and Queensboro Plaza. Four more stations are being evaluated. These stations are the platforms at Broadway Junction, as well as Union Street, Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue, and East Broadway stations. In April 2018, the MTA added an ADA-accessibility project at Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue as part of the 2015–2019 Capital Program., ADA-accessibility projects are expected to be started or completed at fifty stations as part of the 2020–2024 Capital Program. This would allow one of every two to four stations on every line to be accessible, so that all non-accessible stops would be a maximum of two stops from an accessible station. In June 2018, it was announced that the Sixth Avenue station on the would receive elevators following the 14th Street Tunnel shutdown in 2019–2020. As part of the plan to add fifty ADA-accessible stations, the MTA surveyed the 345 non-accessible stations for possible ADA-accessibility. After the accessibility report was released in February 2019, the MTA indicated that it might possibly only retrofit 36 of 50 stations because of a lack of funding. However, in the draft 2020–2024 Capital Program released in September 2019, it was indicated that 66 stations might receive ADA improvements. Plans for ADA access at another 20 stations were announced that December.
Because of how they were designed, many existing subway stations were built with narrow platforms, as such making it difficult to install wheelchairs in such stations. Nine station complexes in the system have a mix of accessible platforms and non-accessible platforms.

Manhattan

, there are 58 ADA compliant stations in Manhattan out of 151, or 42 if stations in complexes are counted as one. Stations built after 1990 are marked with an asterisk.

Station	Services	Accessible entrance and notes
14th Street/Eighth Avenue		Elevator at northwest corner of 14th Street and Eighth Avenue.
14th Street–Union Square		Elevator at northeast corner of 14th Street and Park Avenue South. Note: platforms are not ADA compliant.
23rd Street		Elevator for northbound service at northeast corner of 23rd Street and Park Avenue South. Elevator for southbound service at northwest corner of 23rd Street and Park Avenue South.
28th Street		Elevator at southwest corner of 28th Street and Park Avenue South. Note: accessible for southbound trains only.
34th Street–Herald Square		MTA elevator at Herald Center building on west side of Broadway south of 34th Street. PATH elevator on west side of Sixth Avenue north of 32nd Street.
34th Street–Hudson Yards*		Elevator near the southwest corner of Hudson Park & Boulevard and 34th Street.
34th Street–Penn Station		Elevator on south side of 34th Street west of Seventh Avenue at LIRR entrance to Penn Station.
34th Street–Penn Station		Wheelchair ramp from the LIRR Concourse inside Penn Station. Elevator at southeast corner of 34th Street and Eighth Avenue to uptown side platform level. * Other elevators inside fare control to the lower mezzanine provide access to other two platforms
47th–50th StreetsRockefeller Center		Elevator at northwest corner of 6th Avenue and 49th Street.
49th Street		Elevator at northeast corner of 49th Street and Seventh Avenue. Note: accessible for northbound trains only.
50th Street		Elevator on northwest corner of 49th Street and Eighth Avenue. Note: accessible for southbound trains only.
Lexington Avenue/ 51st Street		Elevator at northeast corner of 52nd Street and Lexington Avenue
59th Street–Columbus Circle		Elevator at northwest corner of Columbus Circle and Central Park West. Elevator at southwest corner of 8th Avenue and Columbus Circle.
66th Street–Lincoln Center		Elevator for northbound service at southeast corner of 66th Street and Broadway. Elevator for southbound service at southwest corner of 66th Street and Broadway. Wheelchair ramp for southbound service from the lower level of Avery Fisher Hall at southwest corner of Columbus Avenue and 64th Street.
72nd Street		Elevators inside station house on north side of 72nd Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
72nd Street*		Elevators inside building at southeast corner of Second Avenue and 72nd Street.
86th Street		Elevator on northeast corner of 86th Street and Lexington Avenue. Note: accessible for northbound local trains only.
86th Street*		Elevator at southeast corner of 86th Street and Second Avenue.
96th Street		Elevators inside station house in median of Broadway; entrances on south side of 96th Street and north side of 95th Street.
96th Street*		Elevator in plaza on west side of Second Avenue between 95th and 96th Streets.
125th Street		Elevator at northeast corner of 125th Street and Lexington Avenue.
125th Street		Elevator at southwest corner of 125th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue.
135th Street		Elevator for northbound service at northeast corner of 135th Street and Lenox Avenue. Elevator for southbound service at southwest corner of 135th Street and Lenox Avenue.
168th Street		Elevator at southeast corner of 168th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue for only. Note: elevators to platforms are not ADA compliant.
175th Street		Elevator at northeast corner of 177th Street and Fort Washington Avenue.
Bowling Green		Elevator at northeast corner of Broadway and Battery Place. Westernmost accessible station in the system.
Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street		Elevator at northwest corner of Lafayette and Houston Streets.
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall		Elevator on west side of Centre Street south of Chambers Street. Note: platforms are not ADA compliant.
Canal Street		Elevator for northbound service at northeast corner of Canal Street and Lafayette Street. Elevator for southbound service at northwest corner of Canal Street and Lafayette Street. Note:, platforms are not ADA compliant.
Chambers Street		Elevator at northwest corner of Hudson and Chambers Streets.
Cortlandt Street/World Trade Center		Elevators at southwest corner of Dey Street/Broadway and northeast corner on John Street/Broadway, shared by trains. Elevator inside World Trade Center Transportation Hub at northwest corner of Church and Dey Streets. Elevator inside 4 World Trade Center on west side of Church Street between Cortlandt and Fulton Streets. Elevator at southeast corner of Church Street and Park Place. Note:, platforms are not ADA compliant.
Dyckman Street		Elevator at southwest corner of Hillside Avenue and St. Nicholas Avenue/Ft. George Hill. Note: accessible for southbound trains only.
Fulton Street		Elevators at southwest corner of Dey Street/Broadway and northeast corner on John St/Broadway for trains, connection to trains. Elevator at northeast corner of Fulton and Nassau Streets for, trains Elevator at southwest corner of Fulton and William Streets for, trains.
Grand Central–42nd Street		Elevator to mezzanine inside main entrance, immediately to the right of Grand Central Terminal entrance. Elevator at northwest corner of East 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Note: 42nd Street Shuttle platform at Times Square is not ADA compliant.
Inwood–207th Street		Elevator at northwest corner of Broadway and 207th Street.
Lexington Avenue–63rd Street		Elevator on north side of 63rd Street west of Lexington Avenue. Elevator at northwest corner of 63rd Street and Third Avenue
Roosevelt Island		Elevators at station house.
South Ferry*		Elevator at SW corner of Whitehall and State Streets. Note: platforms are not ADA compliant.
Times Square–42nd StreetPort Authority Bus Terminal		Elevator at southeast corner of 7th Avenue and 42nd Street for service. Elevator inside north wing of bus terminal at 8th Avenue between 41st Street and 42nd Street, near airport bus ticket office, for service. South wing entrance for service is also accessible via elevator and passageway from the north wing of the terminal. Elevator and manually operated lift at southwest corner of 8th Avenue and 44th Street, for service only. Notes: 42nd Street Shuttle platforms are not ADA compliant. The passageway ramp used to transfer to and from and trains is not ADA compliant.
West 4th Street–Washington Square		Elevator at northeast corner of 6th Avenue and 3rd Street.
WTC Cortlandt*		Elevators inside World Trade Center Transportation Hub at southeast corner of Fulton and Greenwich Streets. Leads directly to northbound platform; southbound service accessible via crossunder inside fare control. Elevator at southwest corner of Greenwich and Vesey Streets. Leads directly to southbound platform; northbound service accessible via crossunder inside fare control. * Note: Elevator out of service for Port Authority construction until September 2021.

The Bronx

, there are 13 ADA compliant stations in the Bronx out of 70, or 12 if stations in complexes are counted as one.

Station	Services	Accessible entrance and notes
Third Avenue–149th Street		Uptown elevator at southwest corner of 149th Street and 3rd Avenue. Downtown elevator at northwest corner of 149th Street and Melrose Avenue.
161st Street–Yankee Stadium		Elevator at northeast corner of 161st Street and River Avenue.
231st Street		Uptown elevator at southeast corner of 231 Street and Broadway. Downtown elevator at southwest corner of 231 Street and Broadway.
233rd Street		Elevator at northwest corner of White Plains Road and 233rd Street. Northernmost accessible station in the system.
East 180th Street		Elevators inside station house at northwest corner of East 180th Street and Morris Park Avenue.
Fordham Road		Elevator at southeast corner of Jerome Avenue and Fordham Road.
Gun Hill Road		Elevators inside main entrance in White Plains Road median between Gun Hill Road and 211th Street.
Hunts Point Avenue		Elevator on the Monsignor Del Valle Square at the northwest corner of Hunts Point Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard.
Kingsbridge Road		Elevator at northeast corner of Grand Concourse and E Kingsbridge Road.
Pelham Bay Park		Elevator at back of station beyond escalators, near corner of Westchester Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard Wheelchair ramp overpass crossing over the Bruckner Expressway at the far east side of Bruckner Boulevard.
Pelham Parkway		Elevator at southwest corner of Pelham Parkway and White Plains Road.
Simpson Street		Uptown elevator at southwest corner of Simpson Street and Westchester Avenue. Downtown elevator at northeast corner of Simpson Street and Westchester Avenue.

Brooklyn

, there are 31 ADA compliant stations in Brooklyn out of 170, or 25 if stations in complexes are counted as one.

Station	Services	Accessible entrance and notes
62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue		Elevators in station headhouse at southeast corner of 62nd Street and New Utrecht Avenue.
86th Street		Elevator at southeast corner of 86th Street and 4th Avenue.
Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center		Elevator at southeast corner of Pacific Street and Fourth Avenue. Elevators at Hanson Place and Flatbush Avenue in Atlantic Terminal mall; shared with LIRR station. Elevator at southeast corner of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues, adjacent to the Barclays Center.
Avenue H		Ramp on north side of Avenue H and East 15th Street. Note: accessible for southbound trains only.
Bay Parkway		Elevator at northwest corner of Bay Parkway and 86th Street.
Borough Hall		Elevator in front of Supreme Court Building at Court Street and Montague Street for and northbound. Notes: * southbound platform is not ADA compliant. *The elevators to the platform are not ADA-compliant.
Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway		Station at street level.
Church Avenue		Elevator for northbound service at southeast corner of Church Avenue and Nostrand Avenue. Elevator for southbound service at southwest corner of Church Avenue and Nostrand Avenue.
Church Avenue		Elevator at northwest corner of Church Avenue and McDonald Avenue.
Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue		Elevator and ramps in station house at northeast corner of Surf Avenue and Stillwell Avenue. Southernmost accessible station in the system.
Crown Heights–Utica Avenue		Elevator at northwest corner of Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway, in Eastern Parkway median.
DeKalb Avenue		Elevator at southeast corner of DeKalb Avenue and Flatbush Avenue Extension.
Eighth Avenue		Elevator inside station house at northwest corner of Eighth Avenue and 62nd Street. Note: accessible for northbound trains only.
Euclid Avenue		Elevator at northeast corner of Euclid and Pitkin Avenues.
Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College		Elevator at southeast corner of Flatbush Avenue and Nostrand Avenue.
Flushing Avenue		Elevator at southwest corner of Flushing Avenue and Broadway. Elevator to each platform from station house.
Franklin Avenue–Fulton Street		Elevator at southwest corner of Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street.
Jay Street–MetroTech		Elevator at northwest corner of Jay and Willoughby Streets, for all train services.
Kings Highway		Elevators to platforms inside station house on south side of Kings Highway between 15th and 16th Streets.
Marcy Avenue		Elevator for Queens bound service at southwest corner of Marcy Avenue and Broadway. Elevator for Manhattan bound service at northwest corner of Marcy Avenue and Broadway.
Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues		Elevators to platforms inside station house at the triangle formed by Gates, Myrtle, and Wyckoff Avenues.
Park Place		Ramp from Prospect Place west of Franklin Avenue; service in both directions on single track.
Prospect Park		Entrance ramp on Lincoln Road between Flatbush Avenue and Ocean Avenue; elevators after fare control.
Utica Avenue		Elevator at northwest corner of Fulton Street and Malcolm X Boulevard.
Wilson Avenue		Wheelchair ramp at dead-end of Wilson Avenue east of Moffat Street. Note: accessible for northbound trains only.

Queens

, there are 24 ADA compliant stations in Queens out of 81, or 21 if stations in complexes are counted as one.

Station	Services	Accessible entrance and notes
21st Street–Queensbridge		Elevator at northwest corner of 21st Street and 41st Avenue.
61st Street–Woodside		Elevator at northeast corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 61st Street; shared with LIRR station.
Aqueduct Racetrack		Elevator next to south staircase down to Resorts World Casino Parking Lot. The Sky Bridge entrance to the Casino is also accessible.
Astoria Boulevard		Elevators at southeast corner of Hoyt Avenue South and 31st Street, and northwest corner of Hoyt Avenue North and 31st Street.
Court Square		Elevator at northeast corner of 23rd Street and Jackson Avenue; Note:, and platforms are not ADA compliant.
Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue		Elevators to platform level inside station house at northeast corner of Mott Avenue and Beach 22nd Street. Easternmost accessible station in the system.
Flushing–Main Street		Elevator on Roosevelt Avenue east of Main Street, north side.
Forest Hills–71st Avenue		Elevator on south side of Queens Boulevard between 70th Road and 71st Avenue.
Howard Beach–JFK Airport		Elevators at Coleman Square and 159th Avenue.
Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/ 74th Street		Elevator after fare control in station house on Roosevelt Avenue between 74th and 75th Streets, or enter on Broadway between 74th and 75th Streets.
Jamaica–179th Street		Elevator at southeast corner of 179th Place and Hillside Avenue.
Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer		Elevator on south side of Archer Avenue at Parsons Boulevard.
Jamaica–Van Wyck		Elevator at corner of 89th Avenue and Van Wyck Expressway south service road, adjacent to Jamaica Hospital.
Junction Boulevard		Elevator at northeast corner of Junction Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue.
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike		Elevator at southeast corner of Union Turnpike and Kew Gardens Road.
Mets–Willets Point		Ramp to overpass on south side of Roosevelt Avenue. Note: Only the northbound side-platform is accessible; service at this platform is available only to Main Street-Flushing on Mets baseball game, USTA game, or special events.
Middle Village– Metropolitan Avenue		Station at street level.
Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard		Elevator at northwest corner of Liberty Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard.
Queens Plaza		Elevator at southwest corner of Queens Plaza South and Jackson Avenue.
Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street		Station at street level.
Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport		Elevator off southeast corner of Sutphin Boulevard at Archer Avenue near elevated LIRR tracks; shared with LIRR station.

Staten Island Railway

, there are five ADA-accessible stations on the Staten Island Railway out of 21. Stations built after 1990 are marked with an asterisk.

Station	Accessible entrance and notes
St. George	North side elevator for bus, taxi, ferry or railway levels. South side elevator for passenger drop-off, or ferry levels.
	Ramps on both sides of the station.
	Ramps on both sides of the station.
*	Ramps on both sides of the station.
	Ramp at south end of the station.

Commuter rail

, 185 out of the 248 stations in the entire MTA commuter rail system are accessible by wheelchair. Many of them are ground or grade-level stations, thus requiring little modification to accessibility. A few stations, including the entire Babylon Branch, are above ground, but some have been renovated or retrofitted with elevators to meet ADA standards. of the accessible stations in the MTA's railroad system are Long Island Rail Road stations. During the late 1990s, the LIRR began converting much of its low-floor, at-grade stations into high-floor platforms. Rather than renovate to meet ADA standards, ten low-floor stations, including the surviving five on the Lower Montauk Branch were closed on March 13, 1998, due to low patronage, and incompatibility with then-new C3 bi-level coach cars that can only use high platforms. Five of the LIRR's branches are entirely accessible from east of Jamaica: the Long Beach Branch, Montauk Branch, Oyster Bay Branch, Port Jefferson Branch, and Ronkonkoma Branch. The West Hempstead Branch has only one non-accessible station along its line, St. Albans.
On January 8, 2020, as part of the 2020–2024 Capital Plan, the MTA announced the three additional Metro-North stations to receive elevators.

Long Island Rail Road

, 106 of the 124 LIRR stations are accessible by wheelchair ramp and/or elevator. Stations that meet full ADA requirements are highlighted in bold..

, 79 of the 124 Metro-North stations are accessible by wheelchair ramp and/or elevator. Stations that meet full ADA requirements are highlighted in bold.. Stations built after 1990 are marked with an asterisk.

Ardsley-on-Hudson
Beacon
Bedford Hills
Bethel*
Botanical Garden
Branchville
Brewster
Bridgeport
Bronxville
Campbell Hall
Cannondale
Chappaqua
Cold Spring
Cortlandt*
Crestwood
Croton Falls
Croton–Harmon
Danbury*
Darien
Dobbs Ferry
Dover Plains
Fairfield Metro*
Fleetwood
Fordham
Garrison
Glenwood
Goldens Bridge
Grand Central Terminal
Greenwich
Greystone
Harlem–125th Street
Harlem Valley–Wingdale
Harriman
Hartsdale
Hastings-on-Hudson
Hawthorne
Irvington
Katonah
Larchmont
Ludlow
Middletown–Town of Wallkill
Morris Heights
Mount Kisco
Mount Vernon East
Mount Vernon West
Nanuet
New Canaan
New Haven
New Haven State Street*
New Rochelle
North White Plains
Ossining
Patterson
Pawling
Peekskill
Pleasantville
Port Chester
Poughkeepsie
Purdy's
Redding
Riverdale
Rye
Salisbury Mills–Cornwall
Scarborough
Scarsdale
South Norwalk*
Southeast
Spring Valley
Spuyten Duyvil
Stamford
Tarrytown
Tenmile River*
University Heights
Wassaic*
West Haven*
Waterbury
White Plains
Yankees–East 153rd Street*
Yonkers
Buses

All MTA buses and routes are wheelchair accessible, since all current fleet were built and entered service in the 2000s or later, after the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990., all fleet of non-express buses consists of semi-low floors with wheelchair ramps, while all express buses have high floors and contained lifts. Many retired fleet are high-level buses, and many of the fleet built before 1990 do not comply with ADA standards.
The federal government started requiring that half of all MTA buses be accessible in 1981. However, the wheelchair lifts on the earliest wheelchair-accessible buses were unreliable. By 1983, less than a third of the 3,600-vehicle MTA fleet were accessible, and it was impossible to tell which routes had accessible buses because they were dispatched randomly. Drivers sometimes refused to pick up handicapped passengers, or they did not carry keys for lift-equipped buses, or the lifts were operated improperly. As part of a disability-lawsuit agreement in June 1984, Governor Mario Cuomo agreed to equip 65% of MTA buses with wheelchair lifts.
The number of handicapped riders on MTA buses rose eleven-fold between 1986 and 1991. By 1991, a year after the ADA law was passed, the bus system saw 120,000 disabled passengers per year. 90% of the fleet was wheelchair-accessible, compared to other cities' transit systems, which had much lower percentages of accessible buses in their fleets. The last non-accessible bus in MTA New York City Bus's fleet was retired in 1993. However, private operators retained non-accessible buses. The last non-accessible bus on any New York City public transit, Motor Coach Industries' Classic, ran on these private routes until it was retired in 2007.
In the calendar year of 2019, the MTA recorded over 1.5 million bus customers who used wheelchair ramps or lifts. All MTA Bus operators are required to have ADA training. The newest buses have hands-free intercom systems for drivers.

Access-A-Ride

The New York City Transit Authority also operates paratransit services branded as Access-A-Ride for disabled customers who cannot use regular bus or subway service in New York City, and nearby areas in Nassau and Westchester counties, within MTA's three-quarter mile service area. AAR is available at all times. In addition, AAR has dedicated pickup locations around the city. Passengers are charged the same $2.75 fare on AAR as on regular transit.
The paratransit system began as a $5 million pilot program following the passage of the ADA law. The services are contracted to private companies. In 1993, because many disabled riders were being refused service in violation of the ADA, the MTA announced an expansion of the program. The service was carrying 300,000 yearly riders back then. In 1998, in response to a discrimination lawsuit, the Access-A-Ride program underwent another expansion. At the time, despite having 1 million annual customers the program only had 300 vehicles and Access-A-Ride journeys often took several hours, while only twenty-six subway stations were ADA-accessible.
The paratransit system has come under scrutiny by the media for being unwieldy: rides must be booked 24 to 48 hours in advance; it is costly to operate; and vehicles often show up late or fail to show up at all. AAR vehicles were defined as being "on time" when they arrived within 30 minutes of the scheduled time, and in 2017, two pilot programs were implemented to speed up AAR service. Nonetheless, its operating cost was $461 million per year as of 2015, which is relatively high considering that only 150,000 people use it every year. Howard Roberts, a former high-ranking MTA official, was quoted as saying that "it probably has turned out to be … a hundred times more expensive to go with buses and paratransit than it would have been to bite the bullet and simply rehabilitate the stations and put elevators in." The Access-A-Ride service competes with options such as accessible taxis, although accessible taxis only make up a small percentage of the city's entire taxi fleet. As part of the 2018 MTA Action Plan, the MTA would improve the Access-A-Ride interface to make the ride-hailing, vehicle scheduling, and traveling processes easier.

Future accessible stations

The following is a table of stations that may or will become ADA-accessible in the future.

Renovation in progress: Station is currently undergoing renovations to put it in compliance with ADA standards
Under construction: Station is currently being built; all new stations must be compliant with ADA standards
Proposed station: Station to be built on existing lines
Contract award pending: Station will undergo renovations to put it in compliance with ADA standards once a contract for these renovations has been awarded
In design: Station is currently being planned to receive ADA improvements, and a design process for an elevator or ramp installation is underway
In planning : Station is currently being planned to receive ADA improvements, but a design process for an elevator or ramp installation is not yet underway. However, funding is available for the design and potential construction of such improvements in the next five-year capital program.
In planning: Station is currently being planned to receive ADA improvements, but a design process for an elevator or ramp installation is not yet underway
In pre-planning: Station has tentatively been identified as a candidate to receive ADA improvements, but a design process for an elevator or ramp installation is not yet underway

, there are 2 commuter rail and 11 subway stations where ADA renovations are underway; 1 station under construction; and 7 proposed stations across the MTA's commuter rail and rapid transit systems. Four of the stations listed below are already partially accessible. In addition, there are 39 subway stations where final contracts, design or planning is underway, as well as 2 commuter rail stations where design is underway. Another 46 subway stations and 8 commuter rail stations are in pre-planning.
There were several "station groupings" that were proposed by the MTA in February 2019. At least one station in each grouping is slated to receive ADA improvements. In total, 24 groupings were proposed: three each in Queens and Staten Island, four each in the Bronx and Manhattan, and 10 in Brooklyn. An internal MTA list in July 2019 narrowed down these choices. These stations were included in the list of 48 stations that were confirmed as being under consideration for ADA-accessibility in an announcement in September 2019.
The following listing excludes stations that are already accessible but will receive ADA renovations anyway. These stations include Forest Hills on the LIRR Main Line in Queens and Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway on the in Brooklyn.

Station	Current service	Location	Status	Notes
1st Avenue		Manhattan	Renovation in progress
8th Avenue		Brooklyn	Renovation in progress	Southbound platform only; northbound platform already accessible
57th Street–7th Avenue		Manhattan	Renovation in progress
59th Street		Brooklyn	Renovation in progress
Bedford Avenue		Brooklyn	Renovation in progress
Bedford Park Boulevard		The Bronx	Renovation in progress
Chambers Street		Manhattan	Renovation in progress
Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum		Brooklyn	Renovation in progress
Greenpoint Avenue		Brooklyn	Renovation in progress
Gun Hill Road		The Bronx	Renovation in progress
Floral Park	LIRR: Main Line	Nassau County	Renovation in progress	Renovations planned as part of the Main Line third track project
Port Jervis	MNRR: Port Jervis Line	Orange County	Renovation in progress
Times Square		Manhattan	Renovation in progress	42nd Street Shuttle platforms only; rest of station complex accessible
Grand Central Terminal	LIRR: 63rd Street Branch	Manhattan	Under construction	Being built as part of the East Side Access project
Co-op City	MNRR: New Haven Line	The Bronx	Proposed station	Planned as part of the Penn Station Access project
Elmhurst	LIRR: Port Washington Branch	Queens	Proposed station
Elmont	LIRR: Hempstead Branch	Queens/Nassau County	Proposed station
Hunts Point	MNRR: New Haven Line	The Bronx	Proposed station	Planned as part of the Penn Station Access project
Morris Park	MNRR: New Haven Line	The Bronx	Proposed station	Planned as part of the Penn Station Access project
Parkchester	MNRR: New Haven Line	The Bronx	Proposed station	Planned as part of the Penn Station Access project
Republic	LIRR: Ronkonkoma Branch	Suffolk County	Proposed station
Sunnyside	LIRR: Main Line	Queens	Proposed station	Planned as part of the East Side Access project
68th Street–Hunter College		Manhattan	Contract award pending
149th Street–Grand Concourse		The Bronx	In design
Bay Ridge–95th Street		Brooklyn	Contract award pending
Queensboro Plaza		Queens	Contract award pending	MTA "City Station" candidate
Court Square		Queens	Contract award pending	Stair installation complete; elevators in design
Woodhaven Boulevard		Queens	Contract award pending
14th Street/Sixth Avenue		Manhattan	Contract award pending
170th Street		The Bronx	Renovation in progress	MTA "City Station" candidate
Livonia Avenue		Brooklyn	Renovation in progress	To be made into a station complex with Junius Street; MTA "City Station" candidate
Mets–Willets Point	LIRR: Port Washington Branch	Queens	In design
Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue		The Bronx	Contract award pending
77th Street		Brooklyn	In planning
Avenue H		Brooklyn	Contract award pending	Northbound platform only; southbound platform already accessible
Avenue I		Brooklyn	In planning	In Borough Park station grouping
Broadway Junction		Brooklyn	In planning	MTA "City Station" candidate
Kings Highway		Brooklyn	In planning	In second Bensonhurst station grouping
Neptune Avenue		Brooklyn	In planning	In second Bensonhurst station grouping
Tremont Avenue		The Bronx	In design	In Tremont station grouping
36th Street		Brooklyn	In planning
Beach 67th Street		Queens	Contract award pending
Borough Hall		Brooklyn	In planning	Southbound platform only; northbound platform already accessible
42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue		Manhattan	In planning
Broad Street		Manhattan	In planning
Church Avenue		Brooklyn	In planning
Delancey Street/Essex Street		Manhattan	In planning
Dyckman Street		Manhattan	Contract award pending	Northbound platform only; southbound platform already accessible
East Broadway		Manhattan	In planning	Will be developed along with the 247 Cherry, 269 South Street, and 259 Clinton Street skyscrapers
Junius Street		Brooklyn	In planning	To be made into a station complex with Livonia Avenue
Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street		Brooklyn	Contract award pending
Rector Street		Manhattan	In planning	Downtown platform only
Seventh Avenue		Brooklyn	Contract award pending	In Carroll Gardens/Park Slope station grouping; previously unfunded
Union Street		Brooklyn	In planning
Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue		Queens	In planning
Third Avenue–138th Street		The Bronx	In pre-planning
Seventh Avenue		Manhattan	In pre-planning
18th Avenue		Brooklyn	In pre-planning
33rd Street–Rawson Street		Queens	In pre-planning
46th Street–Bliss Street		Queens	In pre-planning
110th Street		Manhattan	In pre-planning
137th Street–City College		Manhattan	Contract award pending	In Harlem station grouping
167th Street		The Bronx	In pre-planning
168th Street		Manhattan	In pre-planning	In Washington Heights/Inwood station grouping
181st Street		Manhattan	Contract award pending
81st Street–Museum of Natural History		Manhattan	In pre-planning
86th Street		Manhattan	In pre-planning	In Upper East Side station grouping
96th Street		Manhattan	In pre-planning	In Upper West Side station grouping
Amityville	LIRR: Babylon Branch	Suffolk County	In pre-planning	As part of a lawsuit settlement
Briarwood		Queens	In pre-planning
Broadway		Queens	Contract award pending
Brook Avenue		The Bronx	Contract award pending	In Mott Haven station grouping
Burnside Avenue		The Bronx	In pre-planning
Classon Avenue		Brooklyn	Contract award pending	In Bedford–Stuyvesant station grouping
Clifton	Staten Island Railway	Staten Island	In pre-planning	In Fox Hills/Rosebank station grouping
Copiague	LIRR: Babylon Branch	Suffolk County	In pre-planning
Court Square–23rd Street		Queens	Contract award pending
East 149th Street		The Bronx	Contract award pending	In Mott Haven station grouping
Grand Street		Brooklyn	Contract award pending	In Maspeth station grouping
Harlem–148th Street		Manhattan	Contract award pending
Hollis	LIRR: Main Line	Queens	In pre-planning
Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets		Brooklyn	In pre-planning
Huguenot	Staten Island Railway	Staten Island	In pre-planning	In Woodrow station grouping
Hunterspoint Avenue	LIRR: Main Line	Queens	In pre-planning
Jefferson Street		Brooklyn	In pre-planning
Kings Highway		Brooklyn	In pre-planning	In first Bensonhurst station grouping
Kingsbridge Road		The Bronx	In pre-planning
Lexington Avenue/59th Street		Manhattan	In pre-planning
Lindenhurst	LIRR: Babylon Branch	Suffolk County	In pre-planning	As part of a lawsuit settlement
Locust Manor	LIRR: Atlantic Branch	Queens	In pre-planning
Ludlow	MNRR: Hudson Line	Westchester County	In pre-planning
Mosholu Parkway		The Bronx	Contract award pending	In Woodlawn station grouping
Myrtle Avenue		Brooklyn	In pre-planning	In Bushwick station grouping
New Dorp	Staten Island Railway	Staten Island	In pre-planning	In New Dorp Beach/Richmondtown station grouping
New Lots Avenue		Brooklyn	In pre-planning	In second East New York station grouping
Northern Boulevard		Queens	In pre-planning
Norwood Avenue		Brooklyn	In pre-planning	In first East New York station grouping
Nostrand Avenue		Brooklyn	In pre-planning
Parkchester		The Bronx	In pre-planning	In Parkchester/Soundview station grouping
Parsons Boulevard		Queens	In pre-planning
Rockaway Boulevard		Queens	In pre-planning	In Ozone Park station grouping
Sheepshead Bay		Brooklyn	In pre-planning	In Brighton Beach station grouping
St. Albans	LIRR: Montauk Branch	Queens	In pre-planning
Steinway Street		Queens	Contract award pending	In Jackson Heights station grouping
Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street		The Bronx	In pre-planning
Wakefield	MNRR: Harlem Line	The Bronx	In pre-planning
Wakefield–241st Street		The Bronx	Contract award pending
Williams Bridge	MNRR: Harlem Line	The Bronx	In pre-planning
Woodhaven Boulevard		Queens	Contract award pending	In Rego Park station grouping
Woodlawn	MNRR: Harlem Line	The Bronx	In pre-planning

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