in 2002, it was announced that 231st street would be one of ten subway stations citywide, as well as one of five on the irt broadway–seventh avenue line, to receive renovations. the station was extensively renovated in 2003–2004, which included installation of elevators for both platforms to make it fully ada-accessible and replacing the exit-only turnstiles on the 242nd street-bound platform with high entry/exit and exit-only turnstiles ones, allowing both access and exit from that side.