86th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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| Address | East 86th Street & Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10028 |
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| Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Upper East Side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°46′46″N 73°57′20″W / 40.779469°N 73.955626°WCoordinates: 40°46′46″N 73°57′20″W / 40.779469°N 73.955626°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IRT Lexington Avenue Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | 4  (all times)5  (all except late nights)6 (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) |
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| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 side platforms (2 on each level) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 on each level) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 17, 1918 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 19,147,021[1]  1.4% |
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| Rank | 9 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | 96th Street (local): 4  6 <6>125th Street (express): 4 5 |
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| Next south |
77th Street (local): 4 |
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86th Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT)
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| MPS: | New York City Subway System MPS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP Reference#: | 05000236[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP: | March 30, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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86th Street is an express station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 86th Street, it is served by the 4 and 6 trains at all times, the 5 train at all times except late nights, and the <6> during weekdays in peak direction. With almost 61,000 entries per weekday, 86th Street is the ninth-busiest station of the subway.[3]
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[edit] History
86th Street opened on July 17, 1918, as part of a northward expansion of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, coinciding with the end of the original subway's service pattern and the transformation to the "H" system. Whereas the subway before this point operated from Brooklyn Bridge to 96th Street on the Upper West Side, trains now ran from Brooklyn Bridge to the Upper East Side and eventually to the Bronx, merging with the already-opened Jerome Avenue Line.
[edit] Layout
The station has four side platforms, two on an upper level, serving local trains, and two on a lower level, serving express trains. There is no express service during late nights, and the lower level is closed during that time. Old-style wall and ceiling lights have been removed. The initial renovation of this station took place with the opening of Gimbels just above in the early 1970s. The renovation consisted primarily of the stairwells from the street, the token booth, and the turnstile area. An additional renovation was completed in the fall of 2005. There is no crossover between the uptown and downtown directions; fare control is at the upper platform level. Like many stations that have trains running in the same direction on different levels, there was an information device on the upper level that gave advance notice of an express train on the lower level; however, since the completion of renovations in 2005, this device ceased to operate and was subsequently removed. It was later replaced with countdown clocks performing the same function.[4][5]
Before recent renovations, the downtown side had two token booths. In 2003, the smaller of the two was removed and replaced with four automated kiosks.
[edit] Notable places nearby
- Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
- Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- National Academy of Design
- Neue Galerie New York
- Regis High School
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
[edit] Image gallery
[edit] References
- ^ "Facts and Figures: 2010 Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ^ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ Average weekday subway ridership MTA Retrieved 2010-05-25
- ^ "Learn More about Countdown Clocks...". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://www.mta.info/countdwn_clocks.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ^ "Countdown Clocks Station List". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://www.mta.info/cclocks_stations.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 86th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) |
- nycsubway.org — IRT East Side Line: 86th Street
- nycsubway.org — Happy City Artwork by Peter Sis (2004)
- Station Reporter — 4 Train
- Station Reporter — 5 Train
- Station Reporter — 6 Train
- MTA's Arts For Transit — 86th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
- 86th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
