Columbia University Will Pay for Elevator at 125th Street Subway Stop

Columbia University Will Pay for Elevator at 125th Street Subway Stop

After more than five years of prodding from local residents, elected officials and the MTA, Columbia University will partially pay for accessibility upgrades to the No. 1 line’s towering 125th Street station, THE CITY has learned. The Ivy League school will contribute $33 million for an elevator linking the street with the stop’s mezzanine level and to widen escalators at the southwest corner of Broadway and West 125th Street. The MTA will cover…