By Gus Saltonstall
Following West Side Rag’s Monday article on the 1 train skipping the 86th Street downtown subway station until the end of June — we thought it might be worth reminding people about the other out-of-commission MTA station on the Upper West Side — but this time, a bus stop.
The northbound M104 stop on Broadway between West 84th and 85th streets, which has already been closed for a period of time, will reopen in early 2026, according to the MTA.
The agency suggests taking the M104 at Broadway at West 82nd Street or West 86th Street for uptown service.
The West 84th Street northbound stop has been closed due to “new building construction” on the block.
It is not immediately clear if the construction has to do with the ongoing creation of the Sunrise Senior Living home at 2330 Broadway, otherwise known as The Apsley, or the Naftali Group’s construction of a condo building at 215 West 84th Street.
The Naftali Group has landed a nearly $130-million construction loan in March to begin building.
The Apsley opened the first half of its building in the summer of 2023, but has yet to open the second half of the address.
Correction: The original version of this story stated that the construction had to do with The Apsley, but West Side Rag was not immediately able to confirm if the work had to do with the senior center, or the Naftali Group development construction project at 215 West 84th Street.
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Going to need to buckle up for the avalanche of comments concerning this bus stop until 2026.
The current construction is not a second part of the Apsley senior home, but a luxury condo development by Naftali Group called 211 W 84th.
This is incorrect. The building currently under construction that is the south half of the east side of Broadway between 84 and 85 is not senior living. The bus stop was where this construction is.
The building that recently opened that is in the picture is senior living (at a very high price point). It is the north half of that block. One would think that they would move the bus stop to the north half of the block but from what I can tell, the senior living building has already taken over a big portion of that area for loading and unloading. I hope they are paying for that privilege.
The construction project is gigantic. They start very early (I usually walk by around 7:45 am and they are well under way) and they have taken over much of 84th between Broadway and Amsterdam so that it is very narrow and frequently gets shut down while trucks are coming and going.
Unlike many here, I am OK with development at all price points, but this project seems to be much more burdensome to the neighborhood than other larger projects. I am looking forward to having my bus stop back – I am able to walk the few extra blocks but it is not as easy for others.
Construction starts at 7:10am and ends at 6pm every weekday. For the past 3 Saturdays, they had an after-hours variance for “public safety” which as far as I can tell has been used to extend their two hoists to the incremental floors added over the week.
Fortunately, it is much less noisy than the horrible 2 years of Apsley construction noise we endured. Naftali Group is using a concrete pump, rather than hoisting concrete up by crane (with air horns being sounded while the crane was lifting its load) like the Apsley construction did. Less noisy and rising much more quickly. Although we still don’t know what the finished building will look like beyond its known dimensions.
Frankly, the whole noise aspect of these construction projects and its quality of life impact to neighbors is under-reported. In this case, there is also the issue of ~150 rental units of the demolished Eagle Court complex being replaced with 45 luxury condos at the same time every politician mouths platitudes about an “affordable housing crisis”. That said, I am thankful the construction is less noisy than what we had just gotten over experiencing with the Apsley which was highly stressful mostly due to the air horns and duration.
Nafatali Group is a reputable developer. They have developed and overseen numerous highend / boutique condos throughout the UWS. They are quick, efficient, and have a good safety record. They are on top of their game when it comes to construction. They use and practice good construction methods, which help minimize noise.
I believe they start early so they can end before school lets out.
If it means the project is done sooner then I am all for it. But I would hate to live in a building facing the construction since they start so early – I thought the rules were 8 am or something like that.
That Sunrise Senior Living home looks very fancy indeed.
I guess it’s legal but I don’t understand why private companies get to disrupt public transportation.
Albert,
Sadly, City DOT proactively disrupts public transportation – City DOT allows Open Streets on avenues with buses and forcing bus diversion.
On the West Side, this means the M7 and M11 are diverted in various places.
It doesn’t take much imagination to understand why public transportation would be affected by special circumstances. Would you be ok with public companies disrupting public transportation? Or municipal agencies?
Speaking of bus stops, does anyone know why the bus stop shelter at 79th Sreet and CPW (when heading East) was removed? It’s one of the busiest stops. And was a well-constructed shelter in excellent shape.
The 84th St M104 stop, uptown, “closed” when construction started on the Naftali 211 W 84th St building (former Eagle Court) started.
During the Apsley construction it was open
Don’t tell anyone – but after a recent evening concert at Lincoln Center – a friendly M104 bus driver who saw his (somewhat) elderly riders confused that the bus wasn’t going to stop on Broadway between 84/85 – smiled, stopped, opened the doors – shhh –
It is disgusting that this new building will only have 45 apartments. This building is going to be massive, but it will have only a few apartments – just for very wealthy people. I strongly support new buildings and developments, but not when they build very few apartments. It should be illegal for the Naftali Group to take this much land and build 18 stories for only 45 apartments.