Gov. Kathy Hochul, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the New York City Economic Development Corporation and Delancey Street Associates on Friday announced projects to make the Delancey St–Essex St Station complex accessible and compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and to develop mixed-income housing at the former site of the Essex Market on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

Delancey Street Associates, the development team behind Essex Crossing, will construct a 99 unit mixed-income housing complex and provide an easement to the MTA to allow the construction of an elevator connecting the northeast corner of Delancey and Essex streets to the Delancey–Essex F M J Z station complex, which serves 68,000 subway riders per day. The accessibility improvements will be supported by proceeds from the Congestion Relief Zone.

MTA Construction and Development President Jamie Torres-Springer said, “This announcement demonstrates the power of public-private partnerships in delivering better, more accessible transit. This subway complex will soon be an accessible hub for the Lower East Side and everyone who benefits from this redevelopment.”