NEW YORK — The city’s first new subway station in a quarter-century opened Sunday, linking Times Square to a booming neighborhood on Manhattan’s far West Side.

“This is really a monumental day for the city,” Mayor Bill de Blasio told hundreds of guests at the inauguration for the gleaming No. 7 station at 34th Street, part of the transformation of a once-desolate industrial area.

Two transit workers hug during the opening of the 34th Street and 11th Avenue subway station, New York’s first new station in a quarter-century, Sunday. The station links Times Square to a booming neighborhood on Manhattan’s far West Side at 34th Street.
Two transit workers hug during the opening of the 34th Street and 11th Avenue subway station, New York’s first new station in a quarter-century, Sunday. The station links Times Square to a booming neighborhood on Manhattan’s far West Side at 34th Street. The Associated Press

The extension is expected to bring more than 30,000 riders a day to a neighborhood where construction is underway for the 50 million-square-foot Hudson Yards complex of office towers and residential high-rises.

The mayor called the neighborhood “a whole new city being created within our city, connected with thousands of jobs.”

A short walk away is the popular High Line elevated park built on defunct rail tracks.

The $2.4 billion extension was funded by the city under de Blasio’s predecessor, Michael Bloomberg.

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