September 5, 2018 Community News

Destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, the Cortlandt Street 1 train subway station at the World Trade Center will finally reopen this Saturday, according to the guards I spoke with today. (“We’re close to the finish line and we expect to announce a date soon,” was all an Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesperson would say, but the guards were emphatic, so I’m going with it.) I would assume this includes the entrances on the 9/11 Memorial plaza, but we’ll have to wait and see. I’ll be away on Saturday, so please report back…. P.S. There was recent conjecture that the station would be dropping the Cortlandt Street name in favor of World Trade Center.

UPDATE: “Passed through it on the 1 train today and the construction sheets are down,” tweeted Elizabeth Ginsburg (along with the video below). “As for the station name, the columns say WTC/Cortlandt St.”

First look at the new World Trade Center/Cortlandt Street station on the 1 line. Reportedly opening later this week, 17 years after it was destroyed on 9/11 @NYCTSubway @2AvSagas pic.twitter.com/NajnPfB6jV — Elizabeth Ginsburg (@ElizGins) September 5, 2018

UPDATE 9/7: “The MTA announced today [Friday] that the new subway stop, dubbed WTC Cortlandt, will open to the public at noon on Saturday, September 8, just three days before the 9/11 anniversary.” —Curbed