MTA NYCT Electronic Security System (ESS) at West 4th Street Station
As part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's push to blanket every one of its 472 subway stations with video coverage, the West 4 Street hub in Manhattan—serving eight lines and more than 100,000 daily riders—received a full communications overhaul in 2021. The MTA program accelerated camera deployment system-wide, citing safety gains and a measurable drop in major felonies.
Industry
Transportation
Owner
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit (NYCT)
Service/Expertise
Network & Communications Infrastructure
Security Systems Integration
Project Delivery Type
Design-Bid-Build
VI Contribution
Vasquez Integrators delivered the station's IP backbone for surveillance, building new application nodes and Layer 2/Layer 3 switching clusters that support high-definition CCTV feeds without disrupting existing train-control traffic. Our engineers produced detailed network and power schematics, replaced legacy access-node switches with next-generation platforms, and provisioned every new camera, encoder, and VLAN - integrating the expanded video load into NYCT's wider infrastructure.
Vasquez Integrators delivered the station's IP backbone for surveillance, building new application nodes and Layer 2/Layer 3 switching clusters that support high-definition CCTV feeds without disrupting existing train-control traffic. Our engineers produced detailed network and power schematics, replaced legacy access-node switches with next-generation platforms, and provisioned every new camera, encoder, and VLAN - integrating the expanded video load into NYCT's wider infrastructure.
The upgrade closed with a three-stage verification cycle—FOV confirmation, Site-Installation Tests for network resilience, and final Site-Acceptance Tests witnessed by NYCT security. The result: a resilient, low-latency video network that delivers real-time feeds to the Rail Control Center while giving West 4 Street riders a safer, more secure station experience.