Fort Hamilton Avenue Subway Station to Receive Upgrades, Repairs, and Deep Cleaning

By Yehudit Garmaise  

The Fort Hamilton Avenue subway station, by East 6th Street, at the outskirts of Boro Park, is next on the list to receive the upgrades, repairs, and deep cleanings that are part of the Re-NEW-Vation enhancements the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has initiated citywide since the summer of 2022.

The Fort Hamilton station is one of 13 stations that the MTA said will receive intensive repairs and improvements by March 31.

Sometime in the next two months, MTA workers will descend upon the Fort Avenue Station during planned service outages to perform the following tasks:

• Scrape off old paint before applying new primer and fresh coats of paint.

• Replace old lighting fixtures, add some new lighting fixtures, and replace bulbs with LED lights.

• Refinish benches on platforms and mezzanines. 

• Replace outdated signs with signs that provide clearer messaging.

• Complete repairs specific to each location’s needs, which can include:

• Rebuilding and rehabilitating stairways.
• Installing new draining systems to prevent flooding during heavy rain and snow.
• Repairing subway tiles.
• Fixing track ceilings. 

Once MTA workers complete their Re-NEW-Vations, customers will return to a cleaner and brighter station environment, the MTA claims. 

“The Re-NEW-Vation Program is the key to delivering on our North Star of faster, cleaner, safer service for our customers across the transit system,” says NYC Transit President Richard Davey, who plans to improve 50 stations in all before the end of 2024.