Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
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Table of Contents
VOLUME I
3: Description of Construction Methods and Activities
4: Public Outreach and Review Process
5A: Transportation Ridership Modeling
5B: Transportation Subway and Commuter Rail
5C: Transportation Surface Transit
5D: Transportation Vehicular Traffic
5F: Transportation Pedestrians
6: Social and Economic Conditions
8: Displacement and Relocation
19: Indirect and Cumulative Effects
22: List of Agencies and Organizations
23: Response to Comments on the SDEIS
Final Section 4(f) Evaluation and Section 6(f) Evaluation
List of Figures
Executive Summary
S-1 New York City Subway Service with Second Avenue Subway Line
S-3 Proposed Second Avenue Subway Line, Tunnel, and Station Elements
Project Purpose and Need
Project Alternatives
2-1 New York City Subway Service with Second Avenue Subway Line
2-2 Proposed Second Avenue Subway Line, Tunnel, and Station Elements
2-3 Illustration of 125th Street Curve at Second Avenue
2-4 Track Diagram, North of 57th Street
2-5 Track Diagram, South of 57th Street
2-7 Conceptual Drawing of the 125th Street Station
2-8 Conceptual Station Designs
2-10 Existing Ancillary Facility
2-11 Conceptual Ancillary Facility
2-12 Context Map: Train Storage and Maintenance
2-13 Proposed Storage Tracks at 125th Street and 129th Streets
2-14 Proposed Storage Tracks at 21st to 9th Streets
2-15 36th-38th Street Yard (Possible Storage Tracks Created in Existing Yard)
2-16 Proposed Storage Tracks South of Hanover Square Station
2-17 Concourse Yard (Possible Location for Expansion to Maintenance Facilities)
2-18 207th Street Yard (Possible Location for Expansion to Maintenance Facilities)
Description of Construction Methods and Activities
3-1 Example of Underground Construction Activities Performed in Tunnel
3-2 Conceptual Drawing of a Tunnel Boring Machine
3-3 Conceptual Drawing of a Tunnel Boring Process
3-4 Section of a Typical Tunnel
3-5 Photos Illustrating Construction Methods
3-6 Conceptual Drawing of Conventional Mining
3-7 Conceptual Cut-and-Cover Station Construction, Section View
3-8 Cut-and-Cover ConstructionConceptual Drawing and Photograph
3-9 Photographs Illustrating Utility Relocations and Steel Sheeting and Bracing
3-10 Historical Image of Possible Subsurface Obstructions South of Houston Street
Public Outreach And Review Process
Transportation
5D-1 Areas of Severe Vehicular Congestion
5D-2 Roadway Configuration Options During the Decking Installation Construction Phase
5D-3 Roadway Configuration Options During the Tunnel Construction Phase
Social and Economic Conditions
6-1 Second Avenue Subway Study Area
6-2 East Harlem Neighborhood Zone Land Use
6-3 Community Facilities Within One Block of the Project Alignment,East Harlem Neighborhood Zone
6-4 Upper East Side Neighborhood Zone Land Use
6-5 Community Facilities Within One Block of the Project Alignment,
Upper East Side Neighborhood Zone
6-6 East Midtown Neighborhood Zone Land Use
6-7 Community Facilities Within One Block of the Project Alignment, East Midtown Neighborhood Zone
6-8 Gramercy Park/Union Square Neighborhood Zone Land Use
6-10 East Village/Lower East Side/Chinatown Neighborhood Zone Land Use
6-12 Lower Manhattan Neighborhood Zone Land Use
6-13 Community Facilities Within One Block of the Project Alignment,
Public Open Space
Displacement and Relocation
8-1 Properties Where Long Term Displacement Would be Required, 125th Street and Second Avenue
Historic Resources
9-1 East Harlem Known Historic Resources
9-2 Upper East Side Known Historic Resources
9-3 East Midtown Known Historic Resources
9-4 Gramercy Park/Union Square Known Historic Resources
9-5 East Village/Lower East Side/Chinatown Known Historic Resources
9-6 Lower Manhattan Known Historic Resources
9-7 207th Street Yard Known Historic Resources
Archaeological Resources
Noise
12-1 FTAs Noise Impact Criteria for Transit Operations
Natural Resources
Coastal Zone Consistency
16-1 Coastal Zone Near Manhattan Alignment
16-2 Coastal Zone Near 207th Street Yard
16-3 Proposed Second Avenue Subway Line, Tunnel, and Station Elements
Environmental Justice
18-1 Second Avenue Corridor Study Area
18-2 Shaft/Staging Site Construction Study Areas
18-3 Storage Tracks Study Areas
18-4 Second Avenue Corridor Study Area Census Tracts with Population of Concern
18-5 Shaft/Staging Site Construction Study Areas Census Tracts with Population of Concern
18-6 Storage Tracks Study Areas Census Tracts with Population of Concern
Final Section 4(f) Evaluation and Section 6(f) Evaluation
3 Conceptual Drawing of Playground 96
4 Western Portion of Playground 96
5 Conceptual Drawing of St. Vartan Park
6 Western Portion of St. Vartan Park
7 Conceptual Drawing of Sara D. Roosevelt Park: Area Affected Along Chrystie and Grand Streets
8 Conceptual Drawing of Sara D. Roosevelt Park: Area Affected Along Forsyth Street
9 Sara D. Roosevelt Park Houston to Delancey Streets
10 Sara D. Roosevelt Park Houston to Delancey Streets
11 Sara D. Roosevelt Park Delancey to Grand Streets
12 Sara D. Roosevelt Park Grand to Hester Streets
VOLUME 2
APPENDIX B: Development of Alternatives
APPENDIX C: Photographs of Shaft Sites
APPENDIX D: Transportation
APPENDIX D.1: Transportation - Ridership Modeling
APPENDIX D.3: Transportation - Supporting Tables and Diagrams for Transportation Analysis
APPENDIX E: Social and Economic Conditions
APPENDIX E.1: Social and Economic Conditions
APPENDIX E.2: Social and Economic ConditionsMaps and Photographs of Station, Staging Area, and Shaft Site Study Areas
APPENDIX E.3: Zoning Background
APPENDIX E.4: Zoning Maps for Neighborhood Zones
APPENDIX F: Displacement and Relocation
Figure F-1: 125th Street Station
Figure F-2: 116th Street Station
Figure F-3: 106th Street Station
Figure F-4: 96th Street Station
Figure F-5: 86th Street Station
Figure F-6: 72nd Street Station
Figure F-7: Lexington Avenue/63rd Street Station
Figure F-8: 55th Street Station
Figure F-9: 42nd Street Station
Figure F-10: 42nd Street Transfer
Figure F-11: 34th Street Station
Figure F-12: 23rd Street Station
Figure F-13: 14th Street Station
Figure F-14: Houston Street Station
Figure F-15: Grand Street Station
VOLUME 3
APPENDIX G: Historic Resources
APPENDIX G.1: Historic Resources
APPENDIX G.2: Historic ResourcesList of Agency Correspondence
APPENDIX H: Archaeological Resources
APPENDIX J: Noise and Vibration
APPENDIX J.1: Noise and Vibration
APPENDIX J.2: Noise and VibrationSupporting Tables for Noise Analysis
APPENDIX K: Contaminated Materials
APPENDIX K.1: Contaminated Materials
APPENDIX K.2: Contaminated MaterialsInventory of Evaluated Sites
APPENDIX K.3: Initial PhaseEnvironmental Boring Program Soil Analytical Results Summary
APPENDIX L: Natural Resources
APPENDIX L.1: Natural Resources
APPENDIX L.3: Natural ResourcesList of Correspondence
APPENDIX L.4: Natural ResourcesBenthic Invertebrate Grab, Vibratory Sampling and Sediment Analysis at Third Avenue Bridge and Pier 6 New York City
APPENDIX M: Coastal Zone Consistency
APPENDIX N: Environmental Justice
APPENDIX O: Response to Comments Received on the 1999 DEIS
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