# NEW YORK | Second Avenue Subway **URL:** \ **Category:** Parks & Infrastructure\ **Created:** [July 27, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-second-avenue-subway/554 "2014-07-27T21:06:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-second-avenue-subway/554/305 "2026-07-08T18:51:19Z")
> **[Worker falls down hole at 2nd Avenue subway construction site in East Harlem](https://abc7ny.com/post/worker-rescued-falling-down-hole-2nd-avenue-subway-construction-site-east-harlem-nyc/19469897/)** > > A group of other construction workers and firefighters worked together to get the victim out. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-second-avenue-subway/554/306 "2026-08-04T18:37:34Z")
> **[Short-term pain for a long-term train: MTA subway construction upends life in...](https://gothamist.com/news/short-term-pain-for-a-long-term-train-mta-subway-construction-upends-life-in-east-harlem)** > > Heavy construction kicked off earlier this year on the MTA's push to extend the Q line to East 125th Street. ---
**Author:** ![adam\_James](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/adam_james/32/179610_2.png) [@adam\_James](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/adam_James)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-second-avenue-subway/554/307 "2026-08-04T18:49:25Z")
Happy anniversary @Waymond_Womano besides that I think they’re doing great work on the 2nd Ave subway phase 2 ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-second-avenue-subway/554/308 "2026-08-21T22:56:12Z")
> **[What is the real cost of NYC's Second Avenue subway extension? Depends who...](https://gothamist.com/news/what-is-the-real-cost-of-nycs-second-avenue-subway-extension-depends-who-you-ask)** > > The MTA reports the project will cost $6.9 billion. But federal documents show it's expected to run taxpayers a $7.7 billion bill. ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-second-avenue-subway/554/309 "2026-08-22T14:05:16Z")
Probably double that. ---
**Author:** ![ALC11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alc11/32/81254_2.png) [@ALC11](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ALC11)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-second-avenue-subway/554/310 "2026-09-02T01:04:02Z")
The TBMs for the SAS Phase 2 are being built. Fun fact: the same company that built the Gateway Project TBMs is the same builder for the SAS TBMs. [https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcwe8ErBo1q/](https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcwe8ErBo1q/) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/f/cfeb4f0fce9f449f75fe4a48bc6d370b99e1f534.jpeg) [![Imgur](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/8/48f8c3345fabede4bde0a789663ad3f0262bb4b5.jpeg "Second Avenue Subway Tunnel Boring Machine Progress") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/55503106015/) [[Album] This Week in Construction: Vol. 86 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/8/7877cd9977af683628f734c2c7afa056b82a7799.jpeg "This Week in Construction: Vol. 86") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/albums/72177720335407827) Per the MTA, the TBM will be ready and inserted into the ground sometime next year. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-second-avenue-subway/554/311 "2026-09-14T21:47:01Z")
> **[MTA looking for bidders to complete Second Ave Subway extension to 125th St.](https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/14/mta-looking-for-bidders-to-complete-second-ave-subway-extension-to-125th-st/)** > > Called for since the demolition of Harlem’s elevated lines three quarters of a century ago, the Second Avenue Subway has achieved mythical status as an intractable project. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-second-avenue-subway/554/312 "2026-09-18T03:15:46Z")
> **[The Second Avenue subway forced him to move 20 years ago. He almost had to...](https://gothamist.com/news/the-second-avenue-subway-forced-him-to-move-20-years-ago-he-almost-had-to-move-again)** > > Mensche Supply moved from the Upper East Side to East Harlem. Then the second phase of the subway extension began. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-second-avenue-subway/554/313 "2026-10-09T02:00:41Z")
> **[Second Avenue Subway: MTA kicks off environmental review, public comments...](https://www.amny.com/news/second-avenue-subway-mta-review-harlem-tunnels/)** > > The MTA is moving ahead with expanding the Second Avenue Subway stretch of the Q line underneath 125th Street west to Broadway with the same massive drills it [Previous page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-second-avenue-subway/554.md?page=15)