New Subway Line, Awaited Since the 1920s, Is Set to Roll

New Subway Line, Awaited Since the 1920s, Is Set to Roll
In this file photo, Andrew M. Cuomo, work continues on the Second Avenue subway station at 72nd Street in New York. Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of New York Gov. Cuomo via AP
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NEW YORK—It’s been an on-again, off-again, “believe it when you see it” project since the Jazz Age. Construction started 45 years ago.

But New Yorkers’ long wait to take a subway under Manhattan’s far Upper East Side ends Sunday, when a stretch of the new Second Avenue line opens to the public.

A ceremonial first ride took place on Saturday night for an invitation-only crowd of dignitaries, about 90 minutes before the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square.

Workers put the finishing touches on the new 86th Street subway station on the new Second Avenue line in New York on Dec. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Workers put the finishing touches on the new 86th Street subway station on the new Second Avenue line in New York on Dec. 22, 2016. AP Photo/Seth Wenig
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