Modern subway fare gates are coming to 20 more stations. Here's the list.

Sliding-door fare gates are coming to 20 more subway stations, from Coney Island-Stillwell Av to 161 St-Yankee Stadium, after a pilot that the MTA says cut fare evasion by an average of 35%.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the next stations on Oct. 7. Early preparation work is expected to start this month, and new gates are expected to begin going in by the end of 2026, according to the governor's office.

The next 20 stations

Brooklyn

• 36 St (D, N, R)
• Bedford Av (L)
• Coney Island-Stillwell Av (D, F, N, Q)
• Hoyt-Schermerhorn (A, C, G)
• Myrtle Av (J, M, Z)
• Newkirk Plaza (B, Q)

Bronx

• 3 Av-149 St (2, 5)
• 161 St-Yankee Stadium (4, B, D)
• Fordham Rd (B, D)
• Parkchester (6)

Manhattan

• 14 St-Union Sq (4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W)
• 72 St (1, 2, 3)
• 86 St (4, 5, 6)
• 125 St (4, 5, 6)
• Chambers St (1, 2, 3)
• Spring St (C, E)

Queens

• Astoria Blvd (N, W)
• Flushing-Main St (7)
• Forest Hills-71 Av (E, F, M, R)
• Sutphin Blvd/Archer Av-JFK Airport (E, J, Z)

What changes for riders

The new gates use long glass doors and sensors in place of the three-arm turnstiles the MTA began installing in the early 1990s. They are wider, so riders using wheelchairs, pushing strollers or carrying luggage can pass through without the emergency exit gate, which the governor's office says has become a "superhighway" for fare evasion.

In the pilot, the MTA swapped out a single fare array at each station. At the next 20 stations, every array will be replaced, MTA Construction and Development President Jamie Torres-Springer said, according to amNewYork.

What the pilot found

Fare evasion dropped an average of 35% at the 20 pilot stations, with the biggest declines at Hoyt St (2, 3) and Nostrand Av (A, C), both down 72%, and 3 Av-138 St (6), down 65%, according to the governor's office. Riders have made roughly 29 million entries and 34 million exits through the new gates since the pilot began.

Three companies, Cubic, STraffic and Conduent, tested gates at no cost to the MTA and have qualified to bid on the next phase, with bids due this month. The MTA has not said which design worked best; MTA Chair Janno Lieber said the companies tested at different stations, so a direct comparison isn't possible yet, amNewYork reported.

The bigger plan

Fare evasion costs the MTA an estimated $400 million a year, Gothamist reported, and Hochul said the gates could save nearly $100 million a year. The MTA plans 30 more stations in 2027, for 70 including the pilot sites. The full program, funded with $1.1 billion in the MTA's 2025-2029 capital plan, covers 150 stations that serve nearly three quarters of daily subway riders, according to the governor's office.