Assuming no surprises, the 2nd Avenue Subway will open on January 1, 2017. What a way to start the new year! The first subway train will leave the new station at 96th Street on the UES at 6:04am. And when commuters descend into the new station on 96th Street as well as 86th, 72nd and 63rd, they will discover the fruits of MTA’s contemporary art projects. Now who says, subway can’t be a museum of sorts?