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72nd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

Coordinates: 40°46′34″N 73°58′34″W / 40.776154°N 73.976011°W / 40.776154; -73.976011
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For other uses, see 72nd Street (disambiguation).
 72 Street
 "B" train​"C" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Uptown platform on the upper level
Station statistics
AddressWest 72nd Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
BoroughManhattan
LocaleUpper West Side
Coordinates40°46′34″N 73°58′34″W / 40.776154°N 73.976011°W / 40.776154; -73.976011
DivisionB (IND)[1]
Line   IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services   A late nights (late nights)
​   B weekdays during the day (weekdays during the day)
​   C all except late nights (all except late nights)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: M10, M72
Bus transport MTA Bus: BxM2
StructureUnderground
Levels2
Platforms2 side platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks4 (2 on each level)
Other information
OpenedSeptember 10, 1932 (92 years ago) (1932-09-10)[2]
ClosedMay 7, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-05-07) (reconstruction)
RebuiltOctober 4, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-10-04)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20232,343,378[3] Increase 23%
Rank143 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
81st Street–Museum of Natural History
A late nights ​B weekdays during the day ​C all except late nights
via 145th Street
Local 		59th Street–Columbus Circle
A late nights ​B weekdays during the day ​C all except late nights
services split
"D" train does not stop here
Location
72nd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York City Subway
72nd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
72nd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York City
72nd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
72nd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York
72nd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
Track layout

Legend
Upper level
to 81 St–Nat Hist
Lower level
to 59 St–Columbus Cir
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day

The 72nd Street station is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at 72nd Street and Central Park West on the Upper West Side. It is served by the B on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A train during late nights only.

History

R68 B train on the lower level, prior to renovation

The station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND)'s initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street.[2][5] Construction of the whole line cost $191.2 million (equivalent to $4,269.8 million in 2023. While the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line already provided parallel service, the new Eighth Avenue subway via Central Park West provided an alternative route.[6]

Under the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Plan, the station underwent a complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative and was entirely closed for several months. Updates included cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories and maps.[7][8] A request for proposals for the 72nd Street, 86th Street, Cathedral Parkway–110th Street, and 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue stations was issued on June 1, 2017,[9] and the New York City Transit and Bus Committee officially recommended that the MTA Board award the $111 million contract to ECCO III Enterprises in October 2017.[10] As part of the renovations, the station was closed from May 7, 2018,[11] to October 4, 2018.[12]

Station layout

Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Basement 1 Northbound express ← "A" train"D" train do not stop here
Northbound local ← "B" train weekdays toward Bedford Park Boulevard or 145th Street (81st Street–Museum of Natural History)
← "C" train toward 168th Street (81st Street–Museum of Natural History)
← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street late nights (81st Street–Museum of Natural History)
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Basement 2 Southbound express → "A" train"D" train do not stop here →
Southbound local → "B" train weekdays toward Brighton Beach (59th Street–Columbus Circle) →
→ "C" train toward Euclid Avenue (59th Street–Columbus Circle) →
→ "A" train toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue late nights (59th Street–Columbus Circle) →
Side platform

This underground station has two levels, each of which has from west to east, one side platform, one local track and one express track. Northbound trains stop on the upper level while southbound trains stop on the lower level.[13]

Both platforms lack a trim line, but have mosaic name tablets reading "72ND ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a midnight blue background and black border, as well as small "72" tile captions in white numbering on a black background at regular intervals.[14] Directional signs in white lettering on a black background are below the name tablets.[15] Mosaic signs in white lettering on a blue background on the upper level direct passengers to the staircases going down to the lower level.[16] Grey (previously blue) I-beam columns run along the platforms at regular intervals, alternating ones having the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

72nd Street is the closest station to both the Dakota apartment building (which is immediately outside the station) and the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park.[17][18] The 2018 artwork at this station is "Sky", a ceramic artwork by Yoko Ono, who lived in the Dakota. The artwork consists of clouds against a blue backdrop. "Sky" commemorates Ono's late husband John Lennon, who was killed in 1980 outside the Dakota.[19][17]

Exits

Entrance at 72nd Street following the renovations
Closed 71st Street entrance

Both fare control areas are on the upper-level platform and two staircases, one adjacent to each area, go down to the lower level. The full-time one at 72nd Street is at the north end of the platform.[18] A staircase of four steps go down to a bank of three turnstiles that lead to a token booth. The other fare control area at 70th Street, at the station's south end, is unstaffed, containing High Entry/Exit Turnstiles.

Two staircases connect the two platforms, one at each fare control area, and one more used to connect the platforms in the center of the station. There are staircases to both western corners of West 72nd Street and Central Park West. The northwest staircase, outside the Dakota apartment building, is made of stone and is embedded within the Dakota's recessed areaway.[20] In addition, there is an entrance to the southwestern corner of West 70th Street and Central Park West.[18] This entrance had previously been closed,[21] but reopened in September 2002.[22][23]

Blue plywood walls and new tiling with a door[24] on the upper level indicate there was a third exit that led to West 71st Street.[25][26] Prior to the renovation of the station, further evidence of this exit's existence included directional signs with "71" that were covered or replaced with newer tiling and a fenced off staircase on the lower level.[27][28] During the renovation of the station, the exit and its accompanying staircase between the two platform levels was temporarily uncovered and used as an area to haul out construction debris; the street staircase has since been re-sealed and the staircase between the two platform levels was closed again.

In film

The station entrance is seen in the Blue's Clues episode "Shape Searchers" during mail time as kids look for shapes.[29]

References

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "List of the 28 Stations on the New 8th Av. Line". The New York Times. September 10, 1932. p. 6. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  5. ^ Crowell, Paul (September 10, 1932). "Gay Midnight Crowd Rides First Trains In The New Subway: Throngs at Station an Hour Before Time, Rush Turnstiles When Chains are Dropped" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  6. ^ Duffus, R. l (September 9, 1932). "NEW LINE FIRST UNIT IN CITY-WIDE SYSTEM; 8th Av. Tube to Ease West Side Congestion at Once -- Branches to Link 4 Boroughs Later. LAST WORD IN SUBWAYS Run From 207th to Chambers St. Cut to 33 Minutes -- 42d St. Has World's Largest Station. COST HAS BEEN $191,200,000 Years of Digging Up City Streets, Tunneling Rock and Building Road Finally Brought to Completion". The New York Times. p. 12. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  7. ^ "MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long "Revamp"". Gothamist. January 8, 2016. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  8. ^ "MTAStations" (PDF). governor.ny.gov. Government of the State of New York. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  9. ^ "Enhanced Stations Initiative Program; Contract A·36622C (Package 3) for Design & Construction at 72nd Street, 86th Street, Cathedral Parkway (110th Street), and 163rd Street - Amsterdam Avenue Stations on the 8th Avenue Line (IND), Manhattan" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 1, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  10. ^ "New York City Transit and Bus Committee Meeting" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 23, 2017. p. 131. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  11. ^ Warerkar, Tanay (February 19, 2018). "MTA will shutter 4 Upper Manhattan subway stations for repairs". Curbed NY. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  12. ^ "72 St BC Station Reopens After Major Repairs to Steel and Concrete Structure, Functional Improvements". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  13. ^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (June 24, 2011). "The tiled off area of the former 71 Street entrance". subwaynut.com. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  15. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (June 22, 2009). "A 72ND St name tablet". subwaynut.com. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  16. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (June 22, 2009). "A downtown mosaic (the stop has none for uptown since fare control is on that platform)". subwaynut.com. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  17. ^ a b "MTA - Arts & Design | NYCT Permanent Art". web.mta.info. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  18. ^ a b c "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Upper West Side" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  19. ^ Martinez, Jose (October 8, 2018). "The New 72nd Street Subway Station Features Art Designed by Yoko Ono". Spectrum News NY1 | New York City. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  20. ^ Alpern, Andrew (2015). The Dakota: A History of the World's Best-Known Apartment Building. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-61689-437-5. OCLC 915135755.
  21. ^ "Reopening Closed Subway Entrances" (PDF). pcac.org. New York City Transit Riders Council. November 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  22. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Map Upper West Side". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 1999. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  23. ^ Gottfried, Dick (November 2002). "Assembly Member Dick Gottfried - Community Update - November 2002". New York State Assembly. Archived from the original on September 19, 2022. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  24. ^ "72nd St".
  25. ^ Review of the A and C Lines (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  26. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (June 24, 2011). "A 72ND St name tablet with a 71 arrow that has had its sign covering removed beneath". subwaynut.com. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  27. ^ Cox, Jeremiah (June 22, 2009). "The dirty closed off staircase from the downtown platform to 71 Street". subwaynut.com. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  28. ^ Cox, Jeremiah. "The newer less yellowed wall with doors in it that was once the exit to 71 Street". subwaynut.com. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  29. ^ "Watch cartoons online free in high quality kisscartoon".
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