Museum of Natural History’s new Studio Gang-designed science center to open next winter "After years of delays due to legal action, the American Museum of Natural History’s Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation has an official opening date. The museum on Monday announced the Gilder Center, a 230,000 square foot architectural wonder designed by Jeanne Gang’s Studio Gang, will open to the public next winter. The new center will improve circulation in the museum and help fulfill a 150-year-old vision of creating a continuous campus across four city blocks. It will also provide space for new galleries, educational programs, an expanded library, and a theater." (6sqft)
Mayor Adams Says 3rd Ave. Will be His First ‘Bike Superhighway’ "For months, activists have been calling on the city to put the six-lane, car-only roadway on a crash diet — but Adams has gone even further than the advocates: He’ll turn the westernmost four lanes into six bike lanes, plus a buffer. The remaining two travel lanes will be reserved for buses only. The plan will run the length of the one-way portion of Third Avenue from 24th Street to 125th Street. Plans are in the works to change the lower portion of the deadly roadway." (Streetsblog NYC)
Biden to propose $400M for Second Ave. subway extension, Schumer and Espaillat reveal "The MTA previously requested $3.4 billion in total federal funding for the Second Ave. subway extension, which has an estimated $6.9 billion price tag. Last year’s infrastructure package could be tapped for part of the remaining costs, Schumer said." (Daily News)
MTA restores some Metro-North service as ridership continues to lag "Starting on Monday, the MTA will restore 66 weekday trains previously cut from the Hudson, Harlem, and New Haven lines, bringing service to 89% of pre-pandemic levels, the agency said. The new schedules will include more frequent express service at some of the busiest stations, shortening travel times by as much as 13 minutes, according to transit officials." (Gothamist)
A Queens Coastal Community, Vulnerable to Climate Change, Fights a Plan for ‘High Rise Rentals’ "A city proposal to rezone swaths of the Rockaways vulnerable to flooding related to climate change is moving forward in the face of fierce neighborhood opposition over rental apartments that could be built there." (The City)
