Queens residents with electric vehicles will soon have more places to charge.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Monday that 267 new fast-charging stations will be established at nine locations across the city by 2027, with 128 of them located in Queens. Many of these stations are set to open within the next 12 months.
The first set of charging stations includes 60 stalls in Maspeth, which will become the largest fast-charging station in the Northeast United States. Additional stations are planned at LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst, which will feature 44 charging stalls, and at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in Jamaica, where 24 charging stalls will be available.
Other locations in the initial rollout include 30 stalls in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and 20 stalls in the Port Morris section of the Bronx.
This expansion is part of the state’s broader efforts to increase access to electric vehicle infrastructure across the city.
NY Green Bank (NYGB), the state’s clean energy investment fund and a division of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, gave a $60 million loan to public EV provider Revel to complete the project.
It is unclear right now which agency will pay back the loan.
The announcement represents NYGB’s first EV charging infrastructure transaction. According to the governor’s office, the project supports the expansion of investments in clean transportation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while increasing access to charging infrastructure necessary for the wider adoption of EVs.
“In support of the transition to a clean energy economy, it is critical that we continue to build electric vehicle infrastructure to ease the shift to EV ownership for more New Yorkers, especially those in urban areas,” Hochul said. “This significant investment addresses the key need of providing electric vehicle users in New York City with much-needed public charging options while reducing local emissions.”
New Yorkers will not have to wait too long for the first batch of Revel chargers to open. The Brooklyn-based company said in December that the JFK chargers will open in early 2025 and will more than double the current EV charging capacity at the airport. The new chargers will be adjacent to the main rideshare vehicle waiting area.
“It’s impossible to electrify rideshare without an abundance of charging near the airports,” Frank Reig, co-founder and CEO of Revel, said at the end of 2024. “In partnering with the Port Authority at JFK, Revel has now cemented plans for the largest public fast charging stations at both of New York’s home turf airports.”
The NYC Department of Transportation operates three fast-charging stations, has two in construction and over a dozen in the pipeline, according to an agency spokesperson. The DOT also operates 70 L2 chargers, which take about 3 to 5 hours for 80% charging, across its network of public parking facilities and 98 public curbside L2 chargers.
The DOT also has plans to add 600 more curbside chargers as well as more chargers in public parking facilities.
The new Revel charging stations will be open 24/7 and available for any make and model of electric vehicle. The governor’s office said all chargers installed at future locations will have speeds of at least 320 kilowatts (kW), which can charge an EV in as little as 15 minutes.
“For the past few years, Revel has been preparing a strategic portfolio of the most lucrative fast-charging locations in New York City,” Reig said. “These sites are now shovel-ready. With the critical support from NY Green Bank, we are ready to take New York’s EV economy to the next level with a fast-charging network rivaling any other top-tier city.”
