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Project: Overhaul for 14th Street around Union Square

Mayor Eric Adams, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President and CEO Andrew Kimball, and leaders from the Union Square Partnership and the Meatpacking District Management Association recently announced $3 million in public-private funding to upgrade the 14th Street corridor in Manhattan. An extra $2 million will come from the City, while another $1 million will come from Local Business Improvement Districts. Marvel is the designer of the street and sidewalk improvements.

Renderings above and below reveal the scope of the expanded public plaza spaces and revamped sidewalks around Union Square. Design features will include new landscaping, upgraded pedestrian space, greenery, and safety enhancements that all still preserve existing busway operations.

The 14th Street corridor project will follow the public-private model of the City’s $400 million proposal to transform Fifth Avenue with wider sidewalks, more greenery, dedicated bus lanes, and more. The DOT, NYCEDC, and the Union Square and Meatpacking District Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) will conduct a study to evaluate transformational upgrades to the pedestrian and transit rider experience along 14th Street in Manhattan.

The $1.5 million investment in the fiscal year (FY) 26 Adopted Budget, which builds on Mayor Adams’ FY 2026 Executive Budget, along with $500,000 in funding from the NYCEDC, will help provide funding for the entire 14th Street corridor, which sees 28,000 daily bus riders and thousands of locals and visitors seen along the street each day.

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