User:Kew Gardens 613/List of closed New York City Subway entrances

Closed staircase at Marcy Avenue and Willoughby Street.

This is a list of New York City Subway entrances that have been closed, demolished, or were planned to be closed, and those that have been reopened. This list does not include entrances to stations that have been closed or for stations that have been demolished. Many entrances were closed between the 1970s and 1990s due to concerns over crime, low ridership, and to cut costs by reducing station staffing. The two main waves of closings occurred in 1976 and 1991, as the country was in the midst of recessions. As crime has decreased, and as ridership has gone up, these entrances, for the most part have not been revisited. During some station renovation projects, closed entrances have been reopened.

Much of this information comes from websites such as stationreporter.net (now defunct), subwaynut.com, nycsubway.org, old photos, old tax photos, aerial photos, Google Maps streetview, public hearing notices, NYCTA board materials, newspaper clippings, Google Books, personal observations, whether they are images or memories of using the entrances in question, and through research done as part of Alan Minor's master's thesis. This list is on Wikipedia–a subpage of my userpage–so that this list can be crowdsourced and can be easily added to, and with citations. One of the goals of this list is to migrate the information from here to the relevant articles once they are sufficiently referenced. Another main purpose is to eventually create an article in the mainspace, which would require a lot of research. Proper citations would be appreciated, whether they are newspaper articles detailing their closure, New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) documentation, or images showing their existence. Additional information would be appreciated, including additional locations where closed entrances are located, the locations of demolished/removed entrances, more specific locational information including street corners and on mezzanine, the existence of entrances to private buildings and underground passageways connecting stations, and dates when the entrances in question closed, and if possible, why they closed.

In response to a request made by State Senator Martin Dilan, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) stated that 119 stations either had a closed street stair or closed control area, and that 130 stations had closed entrances. Within these 130 stations, there are 114 closed control areas and 298 closed street stairs. 188 of these were connected to closed control areas, with the remainder connected to control areas that remain open.

A history of closed New York City Subway entrances can be found here: User:Kew Gardens 613/History of closed New York City Subway entrances

Lists

Reopened entrances

Main page: User:Kew Gardens 613/List of reopened New York City Subway entrances

As part of some station rehabilitation projects, closed subway entrances have been reopened. Reopening a subway entrance requires bringing stairs up to existing standards, including adding treads to them and evening them out. Turnstiles, security camera, signage, fare machines and Help Points also have to be installed.

Closed street entrances

Station	Division	Line	Borough	Location/Quantity	Date closed	Control area	Ridership (2017)	Ridership rank out of 425 (2017)	Number of exit points	ADA Accessible?
45th Street	B (BMT)	Fourth Avenue Line	Brooklyn	Southwestern corner of 46th Street and Fourth Avenue (1); stair S1 Southbound only. Blocked by a trapdoor and used as an emergency exit. Leads to a closed mezzanine with one HEET. Partly received new tiling in the station's 1970 renovation, but closed in April 1979 after being destroyed in an accident from the construction of nearby senior citizen housing. A portion of a building being demolished had fallen onto the entrance. Community Board 7 held a meeting on May 16 to determine whether residents wanted the entrance closed. People spoke both for and against the closure of the entrance. The District Manager of CB7 said people complained about the smell of the entrance, and that muggings and purse snatchings had taken place at the exit. The District Manager said his office had not received any complaints about the station, and in May 1979, said he was inclined to believe that more people wanted the exit to stay open. CB7 would make its final vote on the issue on June 10. The board's chairman wanted it to be sealed up, so the entrance was closed at the board's request. Mezzanine partially occupied by a porter's room and signal room.	c. 1979		2,390,684	205	1	No
Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center	A (IRT) B (BMT)	Eastern Parkway Fourth Avenue Line Brighton Line	Brooklyn	South side of Flatbush Avenue, between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street (2); stairs S1 and S3. IRT only. Not accounted for in official MTA FOIL S1 slabbed over, S3 currently used as an emergency exit.	1940-1980		13,571,093	21		Yes
				Both southern corners of Atlantic Avenue and Fourth Avenue (2); stairs S3 and S4 BMT only. Entrances had yellow globes, and were part-time Entrance structure for the southwestern corner entrance still in place in the 1980s Southwestern corner entrance repurposed into RTO office; street stair slabbed over. Southeastern corner entrance repurposed into third rail office; street stair repurposed as an air vent and covered by a grate.	c. 1982
Atlantic Avenue	B (BMT)	Canarsie Line	Brooklyn	Southeastern corner of East New York Avenue and Van Sinderen Avenue (1); stair S2 Staircase to street removed. Blocked by corrugated steel in the mezzanine. Space used for lighting storage Removed by 1948 for widening of East New York Avenue	By 1948		557,103	403	1	No
Avenue M	B (BMT)	Brighton Line	Brooklyn	North side of Avenue M (1); stair S1/P9 To Coney Island-bound platform only Used as an emergency exit. Not accounted for in official MTA FOIL	N/A		1,828,941	261	1 (2 for northbound)	No
Avenue U				South side of Avenue U (1); stair S1/P1 To north end of Coney Island-bound platform Had HEETs; currently used as an emergency exit.	Before 1947	B025A	2,360,833	210	1	No
Bedford–Nostrand Avenues	B (IND)	Crosstown Line	Brooklyn	Both western corners of Bedford Avenue and Lafayette Avenue (2); stairs S7 and S8 In a passageway. Used for storage. Entrances boarded up between November 2016 and September 2017 previously gated shut.	2005	(still open)	2,779,124	186	2	No
				Both eastern corners of Nostrand Avenue and Lafayette Avenue (2), Stairs S1 and S2 In a passageway. Entrance structure at the northeastern corner still in place in the mid-1980s; had a red globe Boarded up by adjacent property owners.	1983-1988	(still open)
Bergen Street	A (IRT)	Eastern Parkway Line	Brooklyn	Northwestern corner of 6th Avenue and Bergen Street (1), Stair S6 Constructed in 1916 Still open in 1980 Used as an electrical/communication room	1980-1986	(still open)	1,180,684	331		No
Bergen Street	B (IND)	Culver Line	Brooklyn	Southwestern corner of Warren Street and Smith Street, Stair S6 (1) Southbound only. Entrance slabbed over Closed area of mezzanine near the entrance used as an electrical room/electrical panel room and for storage, refuse, and communication rooms. Did not open along with the other Warren Street entrances in 1933, and still closed in 1940. The Butler Club requested the opening of the entrances in 1949. Sealed off in 1965 Entrance structure still in place in 1980 Located on a blind corner.	1940-1965	(still open)	3,525,144	143		No
Broadway	B (IND)	Crosstown Line	Brooklyn	Northeastern corner of Montrose Avenue and Union Avenue; stair S8 (1) Closed and slabbed over to allow for the enlargement of a Gulf gas station on the corner.	1941-1958	N411	1,385,797	312	1	No
				Southeastern corner of Montrose Avenue and Union Avenue; stair S6 (1) Slabbed over	1941-1967	N411
				Northwestern corner of Johnson Avenue and Union Avenue; stair S5 (1)	N/A
				Northwestern corner of South 5th Street and Union Avenue; stair S7 (1) Used as an emergency exit; had been sealed previously.	1941-1967
Broadway Junction	B (BMT/IND)	Jamaica Line Canarsie Line Fulton Street Line	Brooklyn	Both eastern corners of Eastern Parkway and Broadway, stairs S1 and S2 (2) Stair to southeastern corner removed. Stair to northeastern corner still exists. Mezzanine used for employee facilities, including offices, Line Superintendent's Office, Electrical Closet, Locker rooms Closed to reduce costs At the time of their closure, these entrances were open from 6:10 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.	1989-1994	J019	2,911,532	179	1	No; planned
Carroll Street	B (IND)	Culver Line	Brooklyn	Northeastern corner of 3rd Street and Smith Street; stair S2 (1) Closed and boarded up due to low usage. Slabbed over in 1949 to allow for the enlargement of a Shell gas station on the corner, over protests of local residents. Used for storage.	1934		3,537,661	142	2	No
				Southwestern corner of 2nd Place and Smith Street; stair S1 (1) Slabbed over, now covered by a Transit Garden	1933-1949
Chauncey Street	B (BMT)	Jamaica Line	Brooklyn	Southwestern corner of Marion Street and Broadway (1); stair S1/P1 Used as an emergency exit. Mezzanine used for a communications room, two EDRs Signage from 1962 and 1970 shows the entrance as open Not gated off in mid-1980s and still open (as exit-only) by February 1999	After February 2, 1999	J018	1,095,638	340	1	No
				Northwestern corner of Pilling Street and Broadway (1); stair S2/P2 Used as an emergency exit. Mezzanine used for a communications room, two EDRs Still open as exit only in February 1999
Church Avenue	A (IRT)	Nostrand Avenue Line	Brooklyn	Second staircase to southwestern corner of Church Avenue and Nostrand Avenue (1) Slabbed over Southbound only Likely replaced by elevator in the station's 1997 renovation.	c. 1997		2,916,680	178	1	Yes
Church Avenue	B (BMT)	Brighton Line	Brooklyn	East side of East 18th Street between Church Avenue and Caton Avenue (1) Southbound only. Opened in 1965 as part of a project to extend the station's platforms Was exit-only; small brick station house with two HXTs. Likely closed as part of the station's 1982 renovation. Being rebuilt for ADA access to station.	c. 1982		5,455,527	83	2	No; planned
DeKalb Avenue	B (BMT)	Fourth Avenue Line Brighton Line	Brooklyn	Passageway to southeastern corner of Willoughby Street and Flatbush Avenue Extension (1); stair S7 Covered by a grate and used as an emergency exit/air vent. A lot of machinery has been built in the passageway Partially used as a Signal Maintenance Supervisor's Office	April 1991 (emergency) c. 1992					Yes
Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum	A (IRT)	Eastern Parkway Line	Brooklyn	Eastern Parkway between Underhill Avenue and Washington Avenue, stairs S3 and S4 (2) Constructed as part of platform extension project; not yet constructed in 1940. Used as emergency exits.	1966-1985	R620	1,530,635	301	1	Yes
Flushing Avenue	B (IND)	Crosstown Line	Brooklyn	Southeast corner of Walton Street and Union Avenue (1), Stair S3 Built as a temporary easement entrance with pipe railings Features mezzanine that allows for crossovers, now partially occupied by Normal and Emergency Transformer Closets, and an Ejector Pit Entrance structure still in place until 2019 Then-Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams recommended the entrance be reopened as part of the adjacent Pfizer site's rezoning. However, the Final Scope of Work confirmed the MTA had no plans to reopen the entrance. The development was completed and a retail space in one of the new residential buildings abuts the site of the entrance. The entrance remains slabbed over under a recession in the building's facade.	c. 1984	N413	849,840	378	1	No
Fort Hamilton Parkway	B (IND)	Culver Line	Brooklyn	Northeastern corner of Prospect Avenue and Reeve Place (1) In December 1934, the Windsor Terrace Civic League was informed that the entrance would be opened. May have never opened. Slabbed over and covered by part of building.	1934-1941		1,786,458	267		No
Franklin Avenue–Fulton Street	B (IND/BMT)	Fulton Street Line Franklin Avenue Line	Brooklyn	Northeastern corner of Classon Avenue and Fulton Street; stair S4 (1) Has a very small booth; fare control area partially in place. Did not open with the rest of the station, but was open in 1942. Slabbed over. May be reopened, pending funding.	1953-1965	N113A	2,058,258	239	1	Yes
				Southeastern corner of Classon Avenue and Fulton Street; stair S3 (1) Did not open with the rest of the station, but was open in 1942. Entrance structure installed between 1940 and 1942 Proposed to be opened for entries in September 1981 to accommodate transfers to B48 bus with the elimination of the Franklin Avenue Shuttle. Entrance shown as open on 1986 neighborhood map. Entrance had red globes in the 1980s; was exit-only Slabbed over. May be reopened, pending funding.	after August 1992	N114A
Gates Avenue	B (BMT)	Jamaica Line	Brooklyn	Northwest corner of Palmetto Street and Broadway (1), Stair S2/P2 Used as an emergency exit. Leads to a closed mezzanine. The mezzanine is used for a communications room and two Electrical Distribution Rooms (EDRs)	After April 17, 1990	J014	2,262,915	219	1	No
				Southwest corner of Monroe Street and Broadway (1), Stair S1/P1 Used as an emergency exit.
Halsey Street				Eastern corners of Jefferson Avenue and Broadway (2), Stairs S3 and S4 Used as emergency exits.	1965-1986	J015	2,131,177	233	1	No
Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets	B (IND)	Crosstown Line Fulton Street Line	Brooklyn	Passage from the Bond Street exit to the southwestern corner of Bond Street and Livingston Street & now-defunct McCrory Stores (originally Loeser's Department Store), Stair S9 On October 9, 1936, a public hearing was held to discuss the construction of a passageway between the station and the Loeser's Department Store on the north side of Livingston Street. In November 1937, the city Board of Transportation approved the construction of a 250-foot (76 m) passageway between the station and the department store. The passageway opened on December 8, 1938. As part of the project, a stairway was constructed from the passageway to the south side of Livingston Street. Closed on an emergency basis in April 1991 and permanently in 1992. Slabbed over.	April 1991 (Emergency) 1992		3,264,293	157		No; planned
				South side of Schermerhorn Street, west of Hoyt Street (1), Stair S6 Between 1938 and 1950, an entrance and a small store was in this location. Located from a passageway leading to space now occupied by Transit Police Equipment and Supply Leads to somewhere within the parking lot Unclear if it ever opened	By 1950
				North side of Schermerhorn Street, west of Hoyt Street, under 187 Schermerhorn Street (1), Stair S7 Located in passageway off of an open entrance Easement entrance	N/A
				Northeastern corner of Bond Street and Schermerhorn Street, under 33 Bond Street, Stairs S2 (on Schermerhorn Street) and S10 (on Bond Street) (2) One stair, S2, demolished after the development of 33 Bond Street, one stair modified. Were slabbed over The Bond Street stairway was never built The city granted the NYCTA an easement within the bounds of the property, and to slab over the Schermerhorn stair The area was used to store materials, and to transfer materials and equipment via a conveyor belt to the mezzanine, which was extensively used for back office space. Developer enclosed the easement area, rebuilt the stairway, installed a support pit, and installed a new material lift Passageway used for Division of Electrical Systems Tunnel Lighting	After 1942
				Southeastern corner of Bond Street and Schermerhorn Street (1), Stair S1 Led to a parking lot, now occupied by a building Unclear if it ever opened Subway structure designed to accommodate a 1-story loft building on top. Per the 1929 easement agreement, until a building would be constructed on the site, the city would maintain temporary entrance stairways and landings. After a building would be constructed, an entrance would have led out into the building As part of an agreement with a developer, the easement was extinguished, the stair was demolished, and a new emergency exit was constructed across Bond Street.	N/A
				North side of Schermerhorn Street, under 231 Schermerhorn Street, Stair S3 (1) A passage may have led from the bottom of stair M3 to the basement level of a building. Stair M3 leads from the mezzanine to a landing that has a door which may have led into the building. Stair S3 continues to street level after the landing. Gated off on street level.	By 1940
Hoyt Street	A (IRT)	Eastern Parkway Line	Brooklyn	Northwestern corner of Fulton Street and Duffield Street (1), Stair S4 Closed during station modernization. Northeastern corner entrance eventually reopened, but fare control area still identified as closed. Used to be exit only Slabbed over Entrance structure removed 2014-2015.	1985 c. March 1988 (permanent)	(still open)	2,137,478	232		No
Jay Street–MetroTech	B (IND/BMT)	Fulton Street Line Culver Line Fourth Avenue Line	Brooklyn	Southern corners of Fulton Street and Smith Street (IND only) (2), Stairs S1 and Stair S7 Was a part-time booth, only open during rush hours Secondary mezzanine Passages blocked by 1990. Southwestern exit structure removed between 2012 and 2013; now used as an air vent. Southeastern entrance used as an air vent	1980-1986	N105	13,007,176	22		Yes
Junius Street	A (IRT)	New Lots Line	Brooklyn	Western corners of Junius Street and Livonia Avenue (2) Closed due to crime on the bridge over the Bay Ridge Branch; repurposed into employee space. Stairways to street removed between 1999 and 2001. Stair from southbound platform to mezzanine (in addition to part of platform) removed to accommodate the flyover to Linden Shops.	1980-1988	R631	298,119	417	1	No; planned
Kosciuszko Street	B (BMT)	Jamaica Line	Brooklyn	Eastern corners of DeKalb Avenue and Broadway, Stairs S3/P3 and S4/P4 (2) Closed mezzanine Used as emergency exits. Entrance to northeastern corner across B38 bus stop.	1974-1986	J011	1,979,192	248	1	No
Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street	B (IND/BMT)	Crosstown Line Canarsie Line	Brooklyn	Northern corners of Grand Street and Union Avenue (IND only) (2), Stairs S1 and S2 Exit-only staircases from a passage. Last open between 5:20 a.m. & 10:55 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays, and between 5:15 a.m. and 11:50 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Done to improve security by concentrating riders at the full-time booth at Metropolitan Avenue 300 daily riders (at these exits and at Powers Street) required to walk an additional 500 feet (150 m). Closed during station renovation project. Closure approved in 1995	2000	(still open)	5,010,601	97	3	Yes
				Southeastern corner of Union Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue, stair S8. Not accounted for in official MTA FOIL Closed during station renovation project. The other staircase at this corner, which is on the opposite side of this staircasem was also supposed to be closed. Intended to help reconfigure the mezzanine to improve the transfer at the station for 13,000 riders To improve the transfer, a connection would have needed to be created in the mezzanine by putting into place a corridor within fare control across the free zone that was served by the pairs of street staircases on both side of Union Avenue, requiring the closure of one pair. It was decided to close the eastern staircases because they were much less used than the western staircases and because having the booth located adjacent to the western pair would allow transfer movement to be done more smoothly. 1,400 daily riders would have been required to walk an additional 90 feet (27 m) to the exits on the west side		(still open)
Morgan Avenue	B (BMT)	Canarsie Line	Brooklyn	Northeastern corner of Morgan Avenue and Harrison Place (1), Stair S2 Exit structure remains at street level.	2011 or earlier	(still open)	2,594,607	195	2	No
Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues	B (IND)	Crosstown Line	Brooklyn	Northwestern corner of Willoughby Avenue and Marcy Avenue, stair S1 (1) Southbound only. Slabbed over and remained closed when the station was opened. In 1940, there was still no entrance structure. On December 11, 1943, the Board of Transportation announced that it would open the entrance. Boarded over and missing entrance globes.	c. 1976-1977	N415A	1,765,653	268	1	No
				Southeastern corner of Willoughby Avenue and Marcy Avenue, stair S2 (1) Northbound only. Slabbed over and remained closed when the station was opened On December 11, 1943, the Board of Transportation announced that it would open the entrance. Slabbed over		N416A
Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues	B (BMT)	Canarsie Line Myrtle Avenue Line	Brooklyn	Northern side of Myrtle Avenue between Gates Avenue and Wyckoff Avenue Closed in station renovation that rebuilt the headhouse	2007
Prospect Park	B (BMT)	Brighton Line Franklin Avenue Line	Brooklyn	East side of Ocean Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and Lincoln Road, stair S1. Accessed from northern (former full-time) mezzanine via alleyway. Not accounted for in MTA FOIL Used as an emergency exit. Intermittently reopened for access to shuttle buses. Southwestern corner of Ocean Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, stair S4. Accessed from northern (former full-time) mezzanine via "northern most stairway to Flatbush Avenue." Not accounted for in MTA FOIL	c. 1992					Yes
Ralph Avenue	B (IND)	Fulton Street Line	Brooklyn	Western corners of Howard Avenue and Fulton Street (2), Stairs S1 and S2 Northwestern corner entrance boarded up, southwestern corner slabbed over between 2014 and 2016. From a closed passageway leading to a closed half of the station mezzanine	c. 1992	N121C	1,894,817	258	1	No
				Southwestern corner of Ralph Avenue and Fulton Street (1), Stair S5 Slabbed over. Entrance directly at the B47 bus stop.
Rockaway Avenue	B (IND)	Fulton Street Line	Brooklyn	Eastern corners of Thomas S Boyland Street and Fulton Street (2), Stairs S5 and S6 Did not open when station was opened. Removed by 1980 Slabbed over. Northeastern corner (S6) area used by the Station Department. Entrance to southeastern corner directly at B7 bus stop.	1968-1980		1,794,365	264	2	No
Seventh Avenue	B (BMT)	Brighton Line	Brooklyn	Northern corners of Sterling Place and Flatbush Avenue (2), stairs S1 and S2 Slabbed over Southern mezzanine and two passageways connecting to the open mezzanine are closed off, and were formerly used for storage. Two stairs lead from each platform to the closed mezzanine Closed booth is still in place 2 HXTs lead from the closed fare control area These entrances were not open during middays in 1930. South side staircase (S1) may be reopened as part of the station's accessibility solution NYCT Operations Planning recommended reopening the south side entrance and adding a new staircase next to it	1965-1980	B005	5,105,535	90	1	No
Sutter Avenue	B (BMT)	Canarsie Line	Brooklyn	Eastern corners of Belmont Avenue and Van Sinderen Avenue (2) Erroneously identified as three stairs. Entrance remnants used as emergency exits and equipment rooms Street stairs removed between 1980 and 1986 Mezzanine still exists	1980-1986	H036	1,394,283	311	1	No
				Pedestrian footbridge to western corners of Junius Street and Belmont Avenue (2) One stair not accounted for in MTA FOIL 300-foot long footbridge built as part of the grade-separation of the Bay Ridge Branch in 1910 Removed between 1980 and 1986 Mezzanine still exists
Utica Avenue	B (IND)	Fulton Street Line	Brooklyn	Northwestern corner of Stuyvesant Avenue and Fulton Street (1) Not accounted for in MTA FOIL May not have been opened. Slabbed over.	N/A				2	Yes
				North side of Fulton Street between Stuyvesant Avenue and Utica Avenue (1) Not accounted for in MTA FOIL May not have been opened.
5th Avenue/53rd Street	B (IND)	Queens Blvd Line	Manhattan	Southeast corner of 53rd Street and Fifth Avenue (1) Will be reopened as part of station accessibility improvements	Before 1953				2	No; planned
14th Street/ Eighth Avenue	B (IND/BMT)	Eighth Avenue Line Canarsie Line	Manhattan	Southern corners of 17th Street and Eighth Avenue (2), Stairs S9 and S10 Closed as a part of a station renovation project. Entrance structures removed after 1995. Used as emergency exits.	1994-1995		14,153,266	19	3	Yes
14th Street/Sixth Avenue	B (BMT)	Canarsie Line	Manhattan	North side of 14th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue. Not accounted for in MTA FOIL Easement entrance Passageway used for Lighting shop and storage	by 1931				2	No; planned
28th Street	B (BMT)	Broadway Line	Manhattan	Eastern corners of 29th Street and Broadway (2), Stairs S5 and S7 Northeastern exit blocked by steel trapdoor and used as emergency exit Southeastern exit slabbed over Space partially used for a Communications Room	After 1953	A026	4,065,263	126	1	No
				Western corners of 29th Street and Broadway, Stairs S6 and S8 (2) Northwestern exit blocked by steel trapdoor and used as emergency exit Southwestern exit slabbed over		A028
(passage between 14th Street/Sixth Avenue and 14th Street/Eighth Avenue)			Manhattan	No exits	April 1991				0
(passage between 34th Street–Herald Square and 34th Street–Penn Station)	A (IRT)/ B (IND)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Sixth Avenue Line	Manhattan	To Pennsylvania Station under 33rd Street. Located next to the basements of the Gimbels department store and the Hotel Pennsylvania. Passengers now must walk at street level to connect to the commuter railroads. A real estate developer, Vornado Realty Trust, proposed in 2010 to reopen the passageway in exchange for variances to build office towers replacing existing structures in the area.	1986				0
(passage between 34th Street–Herald Square and 42nd Street–Bryant Park)	B (IND)	Sixth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Northwestern, northeastern, & southeastern corners of Sixth Avenue and 38th Street (3); stairs S1, S2, & S3 Intended to relieve passenger flow at the two stations. Fourth stair to southwestern corner (possibly in a building) either unfinished or demolished before 1991. 30 felonies occurred in the tunnel in 1990. It was used by 400 people daily. After a rape in July 1990, transit police had tried to close it, but got stuck in bureaucracy. Initially closed on March 21, 1991, after another rape; the TA declared an emergency to close the tunnel. Permanently closed after a public hearing was held. Northern portion (from 42nd Street to 38th Street) converted to master signal tower for the Sixth Avenue Line starting in 2017.	March 21, 1991				0
(passage between 50th Street and 50th Street)	A (IRT) B (IND)	Broadway—Seventh Avenue Line Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Paramount Plaza at the Northwestern corner of 50th Street and Broadway Runs between Broadway and Eighth Avenue Opened in 1970 Reopened in December 2010 Was open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Friday Blocked off by a roll down gate	After September 11, 2001, 2011-2017
34th Street–Herald Square	B (BMT/IND)	Broadway Line Sixth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southwestern corner of 33rd Street and Sixth Avenue (1) Near passage to Penn Station.	After 1940		39,672,507	3		Yes
				Northwestern corner of 33rd Street and Sixth Avenue; stair SB2 (1) Featured easement into Korvette's (later Modell's) Partly demolished.	N/A
				Southeastern corner of Sixth Avenue and 34th Street; stair S3 (BMT) (1) Near Hotel McAlpin Slabbed over	c. 1941
34th Street–Penn Station	A (IRT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	Manhattan	Passage to Amtrak concourse of Penn Station, B level (1) Possibly fare control area R136. Shown as open as late as 1985. Near foot of escalators leading to 32nd Street; blocked by Amtrak homeless outreach office. To be reopened.	early 1990s		26,034,238	6	3	Yes
				Stair down to LIRR concourse of Penn Station; stair O7 and (2) Possibly fare control area R136. Likely demolished and sealed; bottom of stair likely site of former Tracks bar.
				Passage to southeastern corner of 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue (1) Used by the Divison of Stations	1995
34th Street–Penn Station	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southwestern corner of 33rd Street and Eighth Avenue (1) May have been closed when opposing stair was widened	N/A	(still open)			3	Yes
				Southeastern corner of 34th Street and Eighth Avenue (1) Replaced by two elevators	N/A	(still open)
42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue	A (IRT) B (IND)	Flushing Line Sixth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southwestern corner of Sixth Avenue and 40th Street, Stair S4 Shown on 2015 neighborhood map, but closed after 2011 Entrance demolished and replaced by a new passageway entrance at 39th Street in 2015	2012-2013		16,594,289	14	4	No; planned
49th Street	B (BMT)	Broadway Line	Manhattan	Southeastern corner of 47th Street and Seventh Avenue (2) One of the two staircases was added in February 1931. Two street staircases replaced by entrance underneath Plaza Hotel as part of a new development project	c. 1989		8,626,669	38	2	Partially (Uptown-only; Downtown planned)
50th Street	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line Queens Boulevard Line	Manhattan	Southeastern corner of 52nd Street and Eighth Avenue (1) Moved into the building line and flipped in the other direction	N/A	N052	6,694,422	65	2	Partially (Downtown-only)
				Eastern corners of 52nd Street and Eighth Avenue (3), Stairs S15, S16, and S17 Two at the northeastern corner. Southeastern corner entrance in a building and gated off; northeastern corner entrances slabbed over.	April 1991 (emergency) 1992 (finalization)
				Western corners of 52nd Street and Eighth Avenue (2), Stairs S13 and S14 Was open 4 a.m. to 10:25 p.m.. Slabbed over. Northwestern corner entrance now used as an air vent.		N053
				Southwestern corner of 51st Street and Eighth Avenue (southbound only) (1), Stair S11 Slabbed over. To be reopened pending funding.	1992	N055
				Southeastern corner of 50th Street and Eighth Avenue (2) Replaced by one entrance within the building line
				Northwestern corner of 50th Street and Eighth Avenue (1) Moved into the building line
				Southwestern corner of 50th Street and Eighth Avenue through Madison Square Garden (1)	Before 1969
				Madison Square Garden (1)
				Southeastern corner of 49th Street and Eighth Avenue (northbound only) (1), Stair S3 Likely closed after closure of third Madison Square Garden. Exit temporarily unsealed in 2019 for construction access	Before 1969	N058
59th Street–Columbus Circle	A (IRT)/ B (IND)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Northwestern corner of 61st Street and Central Park West; stair S6 Closed sometime before 1980; reopened before 1990. Entrance played a pivotal role in the lawsuit Corinno Civetta Construction Corp V. City of New York, in which Civetta sued the city for damages for delays. Civetta claimed that the city failed to inform them of the existence of an abandoned subway entrance at this location, where there were constructing a storm sewer, even though the city was in possession of drawings showing the staircase. Work on the project was halted on January 15, 1980, upon its discovery. The NYCTA refused to allow the contractor to remove them since it was being used for the storage of equipment. Though the contractor proposed to underpin the entrance on February 8, written approval was not provided by the NYCTA for 252 days. Had four staircases to the two IND platforms. In October 1991, the MTA Board approved the NYCTA's proposal to close the high entrance turnstile at this location. Only 4 people used the entrance per day. A public hearing had been held on February 19, 1991. Was operated part-time, closing at nights, consisted of a high exit turnstile, and was used by 2400 daily passengers. Closed again along with the reopening of S2 at 60th Street & Central Park West for an expansion of the Transit Police District Command; proposed at a public hearing in October 1992. It was located in a remote unmonitored portion of the station, making safety an added consideration for its closure. Now used as an emergency exit	1937-1980 c. 1994-1995	N048	22,929,203	8		Yes
72nd Street	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southwestern corner of 71st Street and Central Park West, with a connection between platforms concurrent with former exit location, Stair S2 (1) Slabbed over No change booth-just one entry and one exit turnstile Temporarily uncovered to remove debris during station renovation in 2018.	1932-1970s	N046A	2,799,974	183	2	No
96th Street	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Western corners of 95th Street and Central Park West, with a connection between platforms concurrent with former exit location (2), stairs S1 and S2. Entrance structure at NW corner entrance still in place in 1940, but subway globe removed and signage removed Slabbed over Used as a communications room Had a pair of High Entry/Exit Turnstiles	November 1932	N041	2,887,965	180	2	No; planned
103rd Street				Western corners of 104th Street and Central Park West, with a connection between platform concurrent with former exit location (2), Stairs S4 and S5 Entrance structures in place in 1940, but stairways slabbed over Fare control area still in place, with a HXT Used as employee space	November 1932	N036	1,470,838	309	1	No
				Southwestern corner of 102nd Street and Central Park West, with a connection between platforms concurrent with former exit location (2), Stairs S1 and S2 Sealed and paved over, but tiling from the entrance is still visible Fare control area still in place, with a HEET and a HXT Used as a communications room	After 1940	N038
110th Street	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southeastern corner of 111th Street and Lexington Avenue, Stair S6 Originally exit only. Exit unstaffed. Northbound only Slabbed over Used for support space by Station Department	April 1991 (emergency) c. 1992	R253X	3,734,660	135	1	No; planned
				Southwestern corner of 111th Street and Lexington Avenue, Stair S5 Originally exit only; unstaffed Southbound only Slabbed over Used for support space by Station Department	1965-1980s	R255
110th Street	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Northwestern corner of 109th Street and Central Park West, Stair S3 (1) Used as a scrubber room. Slabbed over.	1995-1997		2,377,135	207	1 (2 for downtown)	No
				Northwestern corner of 111th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Stair S6 (1) Downtown only. Had entry turnstiles & high-exit turnstile. Slabbed over.	1932-1963	N032
				Northeastern corner of 111th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Stair S7 (1) Uptown only. Had entry turnstiles & high-exit turnstile. Entrance structure still in place in 1940, but entrance globe removed, indicating the entrance was not yet opened, or was closed early on Reopened c. 1963 to replace the exit at the northeastern corner of 110th Street and Central Park West. Slabbed over.	1932-1940 c. 1992	N031
				Northeastern corner of 110th Street and Central Park West, Stair S5 (1) Uptown only. Closed to allow for the construction of a gas station Was initially slated to be rebuilt Replaced by reopened exit at the northeastern corner of 111th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard Slabbed over	c. 1963	N033
116th Street				Northeastern corner of 118th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard (1), Stair S4 Entrance structure still in place in 1941, but signage and globes were removed. May have never opened Slabbed over in 1959. Reused as a refuse room by the Station Department. Erroneously shown on 1984 neighborhood map.	1932-1941	N027	2,253,473	222	1	No
				Northwestern corner of 118th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard (1), Stair S3 Entrance structure still in place in 1940, but signage and globes were removed. May have never opened Slabbed over before 1980. Partially used by the Station Department-as a refuse room Blocked by a steel grate and used as an air vent. Erroneously shown on 1984 neighborhood map.		N028
125th Street				East side of St. Nicholas Avenue between 125th Street and 124th Street (1), stair S1 Space partially used for D.M. and an Office Entrance structure still in place in 1987 Sealed	ּBefore 1984	(still open)	9,335,382	32	2	Yes
				Southeastern and northwestern corners of 126th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue (2), stairs S4, S7 Proposed to be reopened to allow for the closure of the exits at the southern corners of 127th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue as part of the station's modernization. Public hearing on this change held on November 19, 1981, but the changes were not made. Mezzanine cut down after February 2001. Exit at southeastern corner used as an air vent and blocked by a steel grate Exit at the northwestern corner covered by a trapdoor and used as an emergency exit.	1962-1981	(still open)
145th Street	B (IND)	Concourse Line Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Northwestern corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and 146th Street (1), Stair S5 Had high exit turnstile, and free zone passageway. Structure still exists at street level, stairs blocked by trapdoor. Used as an emergency exit. Open only for police use in the NYPD Precinct occupying the middle section of the mezzanine	c. 1992		7,714,122	48	2	No
155th Street	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southern corners of 153rd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue; stairs S1 and S2 (2) Closed due to low usage and safety. Eastern entrance currently used as emergency exit. and for employee space Had consisted of high entrance/exit turnstiles There was a passageway from the staircases to the southern parts of the platforms Mezzanine partially occupied by various Station Department rooms, an Electric Tool Room, Track Tool Room, and a Track Superintendents Office	July 1989	N018	887,427	373	1	No
163rd Street				Southern corners of 163rd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue (3), Stairs S4, S5, S6 2 to southwestern corner (facing north and south) Southeastern corner exit temporarily uncovered to remove debris during station renovation in 2018 Stairs from closed mezzanine area to platform removed during 2018 station renovation	c. March 1988	N015	1,437,340	310	1	No
168th Street	A (IRT) B (IND)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Eighth Avenue Line		Southeastern corner of 167th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, Stairs S3 and S8 (2) Entrances, a highwheel exit and a highweel entrance, and the free-zone passageway to 168th Street were closed in April 1991 on an emergency basis; closure finalized in 1992. Closed stairways to platform already closed by 1991 Used for storage, and for a crew room. Slabbed over on street level, barricaded by plywood on mezzanine level. To be reopened pending funding.	April 1991 (emergency) c. 1992	N014	7,945,871	45	3	Partially (IND only; IRT planned)
				Mitchel Square Park, south side of 167th Street, Stairs S1 and S2 (2) Entrance structures still in place in 1980. To be reopened pending funding Former free zone passageway on the west side of the mezzanine to the open mezzanine at 168th Street is used for station maintenance lighting zone. Western exit, Stair S1, used as an emergency exit and blocked by steel trapdoor Eastern exit, Stair S2, slabbed over Used for storage, car maintenance and crew room.	1984-1991	N014A
175th Street	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line		Passageway to southeastern corner of 174th Street and Fort Washington Avenue, Stair S1 (1) Entrance structure with red globes still in place in the mid-1980s Permanently closed and sealed after a June 1994 MTA Board vote, after having been closed for several years	1984-1988		4,112,450	124	2	Yes
190th Street	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Margaret Corbin Drive near Cabrini Boulevard, Stair S4 (1) Led to interior of elevator head house Gated off on the outside by a decorative interior gate Blocked off from the inside of the head house with a plywood barrier Used for storage	N/A		1,494,996	303	2	No
Bowery	B (BMT)	Nassau Street Line	Manhattan	Western mezzanine to western corners of Kenmare Street and Bowery, Stairs S1 and S2 (2) Built into buildings on Kenmare Street Southwestern exit (S2) is an emergency exit. This space is partially used as storage space for Nom Wah Nolita. The MTA reached an agreement to repurpose a part of this space as an emergency exit in 2005.	1941-1980s		1,327,970	321	1	No
				Median of Delancey Street east of Bowery (1)	1910-1941
Broad Street				Southwestern corner of Broad Street and Wall Street, outside the New York Stock Exchange; stairs S5 and S7 (2) Stair S7 closed much earlier, stair S5 closed after NYSE security perimeter revised. Proposed to be slabbed over in 2017 at the NYPD's recommendation as part of the NYSE's security perimeter, which was installed to protect from a possible terrorist attack after the September 11, 2001, attacks; Entrance structures removed and sealed in fall 2019.	2002 (S7) 2012 (S5)		2,056,754	240		No; In progress
				Northwestern corner of Cedar Street and Nassau Street (1) In passage to east side of Nassau Street at Cedar Street Blocked by a steel trapdoor and used as an emergency exit.	1999
				West side of Nassau Street between Pine Street and Wall Street, Stair S3 (1) Sealed to reduce maintenance costs; used by Station Department	c. 1992
				Southwestern corner of Broad Street and Exchange Place, Stair S11 (1) Removed to reduce maintenance costs; location on platform can be made out by sloped ceiling.
Broadway/Lafayette Street/ Bleecker Street	B (IND) A (IRT)	Sixth Avenue Line Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	Western corners of Broadway and Houston Street (2), Stairs S10 and S11 From western mezzanine Repurposed into employee facilities, locker rooms Northwestern corner exit slabbed over	January 26th, 1989 - 1997		11,956,465	24		Yes
				Northeastern corner of Houston Street and Mercer Street (1), Stair S12 From western mezzanine Repurposed into employee facilities, locker rooms Slabbed over with trapdoor and ladder
				Second stairway to the northwestern corner of Lafayette Street and Houston Street (1) Removed	N/A
				Northwestern corner of Houston Street and Mulberry Street (2) One replaced within the building line on Mulberry Street Removed	N/A
				Western corners of Bleecker Street and Lafayette Street (2) To downtown IRT platform Relocated and sealed	1939 - April 29th, 1988
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall/Chambers Street	A (IRT) B (BMT)	Lexington Avenue Line Nassau Street Line	Manhattan	Underneath 1 Centre Street, the Municipal Building (1), Stair S8 North of the open entrance, is labeled as exit only Stair closed before 1950,, removed, and entrance structure retained	Before 1950	(still open)	9,360,484	31		Yes
				Underneath 1 Centre Street, the Municipal Building (2), Stairs S9 and S11 S9, west of the open entrance is sealed and was converted to a hydraulic pump room after 1990 Stair closed before 1990 S11, east of the open entrance, is blocked by a steel grate and is used as an air vent Stair closed before 1990	Before 1990
				Brooklyn Bridge walkway (1) Mezzanine stairs (M2A/M2B) and street stair (S2) Mezzanine stairs sealed between 1999 and 2001 Work removing entrance completed in August 2000 Entrance closed as part of renovations to the Brooklyn Bridge walkway One of the three original staircases to the station	1999	(still open)
				Northwestern corner of Centre Street and Duane Street, Stair S1 (1) Slabbed over and used for communications room.	c. 1992	(still open)
Canal Street	A (IRT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southeastern corner of Laight Street and Varick Street (2), Stairs S1 and S2 From a passage Northbound platform only Space used by the Station Department To make room for the construction of the Holland Tunnel exit plaza, a subway entrance at the station was reconstructed. In 1926, New York City, the New York State Bridge and Tunnel Commission, and the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission, reached an agreement to construct a passageway from the south side of Canal Street to the south side of Laight Street on the east side of Varick Street to replace the entrance.	c. 1992		1,756,236	269	1	No
				Southeastern corner of Canal Street and Varick Street (1) Space used for Storage
Canal Street	A (IRT) B (BMT)	Lexington Avenue Line Nassau Street Line Broadway Line	Manhattan	Northeastern corner of Canal Street and Centre Street (1) 1996 renovation turned it into an emergency exit. Accessed from inside a building A portion of the exit is occupied by a store	Late 1960s		16,285,516	15	3	Partially (IRT only)
				Southeastern corner of Canal Street and Centre Street (2) Northbound Nassau Street Line platform only. Has an abandoned token booth. Likely closed as part of the station renovation project in 1996.	November 1995-July 1997
				Second staircase to the Northeastern corner of Canal Street and Lafayette Street; stair S7 (1) Used as an electrical panel room	After 1940
				Second staircase to the Northwestern corner of Canal Street and Lafayette Street (1) Later replaced by elevator
				Second staircase to the Southwestern corner of Canal Street and Lafayette Street (1)
Canal Street	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Passageway to: Southeastern corner of Grand Street and Sixth Avenue (1), Closed off by trapdoor Stair S7 Southwestern corner of Sullivan Street and Sixth Avenue (1), Stair S8 Slabbed over. Used for employee rooms. Had HXT and HET to the downtown platform.	April 1991 (emergency) c. 1992		5,932,386	75		No
				Passageway to Southeastern corner of Walker Street and West Broadway (1), Stair S2 Used by Station Department Slabbed over
Chambers Street–World Trade Center/Park Place/Cortlandt Street	A (IRT)/ B (IND/BMT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Eighth Avenue Line Broadway Line	Manhattan	Northeastern corner of Warren Street and Church Street; stair S16 (1) Consisted of a high entry turnstile and was located at the south end of a lightly used area outside of fare control; used by 1,300 weekday riders, 1% of the station's traffic Closed due to low usage and poor sightlines from token booth. Sealed & converted to office and storage space.	c. 1994		16,079,624	16		Partially (World Trade Center and Cortlandt Street only)
				Outside 6 Park Place, at southeastern corner of Park Place and Broadway (1) Replaced with stair directly to the corner to close a windy passageway to the IRT platform from the Church Street token booth
				Southeastern corner of Park Place and Church Street (1) Replaced with new stair to same corner and elevator in 2017	2013-2014
Delancey Street/ Essex Street	B (BMT/IND)	Nassau Street Line Sixth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southern corners of Rivington Street and Essex Street (IND only), stairs S7 and S8 (2) North end of northern IND mezzanine. Platform stairs closed by March 1967 Part of mezzanine area used as an electrical distribution room, electrical distribution reserve, transformer closets, an electrical panel closet, and a signal tower. Southeastern corner exit (S8) currently used as an emergency exit and blocked by trapdoor. Southwestern corner exit (S7) covered with metal grate & used as an air vent. Street stairs slabbed over and platform stairs and mezzanine barricaded at the time of station's opening; may have never opened	1960s-March 1967	N524	8,128,719	44	2	No; planned
				Southern corners of Broome Street and Essex Street (IND only), stairs S1 and S2 (2) South end of southern IND mezzanine. Much of mezzanine area empty; partially used for storage of rock and soil samples Southeastern corner exit (S2) currently used as an emergency exit and blocked by trapdoor. Southwestern corner exit (S1) slabbed over Street stairs slabbed over and platform stairs and mezzanine barricaded at the time of station's opening; may have never opened	N/A	N527
				Essex Street mall (BMT only) (1) Led to east end of Brooklyn-bound platform. Replaced by new entrance at the southwestern corner of Norfolk Street and Delancey Street; change made to eliminate the need for passengers to cross dangerous Delancey Street to enter the subway.	December 28, 1950
				Southwestern corner of Norfolk Street and Delancey Street (BMT only), stairs S11 and S12 (2) Opened on December 28, 1950, to replace the entrance to the Essex Street mall. Was closed from 9:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. until 1981, when the entrance was closed at all times Temporarily reopened in 1989 when the side platform was being renovated May have been temporarily reopened in 1999 during renovation of Williamsburg Bridge. The western of the two exits is used as an emergency exit The easternmost of the two exits was slabbed over	1981 1989 September 1, 1999	A062
				Southeastern corner of Norfolk Street and Delancey Street (BMT only), stair S10 (1) Was closed from 9:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. until 1981, when the entrance was closed at all times Temporarily reopened in 1989 when the side platform was being renovated Temporarily reopened for exits only in 1999 during renovation of Williamsburg Bridge. Used as an emergency exit
				Second staircase to the northeastern corner of Norfolk Street and Delancey Street (BMT only) (1) Slabbed over Space used partially for a street hydraulic pump, and for an Electric Panel Room Removed by the mid-1980s	Before 1949	(still open)
				Northwestern corner of Suffolk Street and Delancey Street (BMT only), Stair S2 and ? (2) Slabbed over Space used for a street hydraulic pump Unused by 1921 Removed by the mid-1980s	c. 1921
East Broadway	B (IND)	Sixth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Northeastern and southwestern corners of Henry Street and Rutgers Street, Stairs S3 and S4 (2) In 1934, prior to the station's opening in 1936, the entrance at the northeastern corner had an entrance structure without globes By 1941, the entrance structure for the northeastern corner entrance was removed and slabbed over Space by northeastern corner occupied by MOW room Street stairs slabbed over at the time of station's opening; likely never opened	N/A		4,458,909	110		No; planned
				Northeastern corner of Madison Street and Rutgers Street, Stair S2;(1) Partly demolished Used by the Structure Department Was open at the time of the station's opening Considered for reopening.	After 1936-1961
Fulton Street	A (IRT) B (IND/BMT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Lexington Avenue Line Eighth Avenue Line Nassau Street Line	Manhattan	Northwestern corner of John Street and Nassau Street (BMT only), stair O6 (1) Northbound only. Repurposed as an entrance to several small businesses The passage to fare control might have been repurposed as a massage parlor. The passage from the northbound platform is used for employee facilities.	c. March 1988	A078	26,838,473	5		Yes
				Southwestern corner of John Street and Nassau Street (BMT only), stair S7 and one more (2) Northbound only. Blocked by a door on street level The passage to fare control from the northbound platform is used for employee facilities by the Station Department
				Northeastern and southeastern corners of Beekman Street and Nassau Street (BMT only), Stairs S1 and S2 (2) Southbound only. The northeastern exit is used as an employee exit and is blocked by a steel trapdoor The southeastern exit is blocked by a steel grate and is used as an air vent The ramp from the southbound platform is used for employee facilities by the Station Department		A079
				Southwestern and northwestern corners of Ann Street and Nassau Street (BMT only), Stairs S5 and S6 (2) The former fare control area is used as an electrical communication room Partially used as scrubber rooms on both platform levels May have closed when underpass at location of entrance was closed.	November 1991-1992	A076
				Southeastern corner of Ann Street and William Street (IRT only) (1), Stair O4 In a building Constructed as part of a 1918 agreement. Initially, an entrance was to be constructed on the sidewalk on the east side of William Street 40 feet south of Ann Street. Construction on the entrance was abandoned and the opening was slabbed over after the Public Serivce Commission failed to reach an agreement with the property owner, and since the sidewalk on William Street was so narrow. To construct the easement entrance, a passageway was constructed under the eastern sidewalk of William Street to Ann Street, and under the southern sidewalk of Ann Street to 40 feet east of the building line of William Street, and then with a passageway and stairway through 152 and 154 William Street to the eastern sidewalk on Ann Street 15 feet to the east of the building line of William Street. Constructing this entrance was deemed necesssary to provide relief for congestion at the Fulton Street entrance to the northerly mezzanine of the Fulton Street station. Accessed by winding passageways Now houses HVAC equipment	After early 1962
				Southwestern corner of Dey Street and Broadway (IRT only) (3) Two to sidewalk of Dey Street, one to Broadway Closed due to the construction of the Fulton Center	2007-2009
				Southeastern corner of Broadway and John Street (IRT only) (1) Closed due to construction of Fulton Center Demolished or converted to storage area Slabbed over	2011-2012
				Northeastern corner of William Street and Fulton Street (1) Removed c. 1929	Before 1929
				Northeastern corner of Broadway and Fulton Street (1) Originally, an IRT entrance to the station Removed in 1933 with the opening of the IND	1933
				Northwestern corner of Broadway and Fulton Street (1) Originally, an IRT entrance to the station Removed and replaced with an IND entrance in 1933
Lexington Avenue/59th Street	A (IRT) B (BMT)	Lexington Avenue Line Broadway Line	Manhattan	Southwestern corner of 59th Street and Lexington Avenue, Stair S4 (1) Replaced by a new exit	N/A		17,888,188	11	3	No
South Ferry	A (IRT) B (BMT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Broadway Line	Manhattan	Outside of Staten Island Ferry Terminal (1) Closed temporarily after a fire in 1991 Temporarily replaced with an entrance in Peter Minuit Plaza Closed with opening of new station in March 2009. Temporarily reopened on April 4, 2013, and closed again on June 27, 2017.	2009 2017		10,205,836	29		Partially (IRT only)
				Peter Minuit Plaza (1) Temporary trailer entrance constructed while the Ferry terminal was being renovated Replaced by entrance directly into the Ferry Terminal	2005
Spring Street	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Northeastern corner of Sixth Avenue and Prince Street, Stairs S9 and S10 (2) Entrance parallel to Prince Street blocked by trapdoor. Entrance parallel Sixth Avenue sealed.	1940-1981	N084	3,637,863	140		No
				Southeastern corner of Prince Street and MacDougal Street, Stair S7 (1) Sealed
				Both western corners of Charlton Street and Sixth Avenue, Stairs S6 and S8 (2) Sealed	1932-1963	N085
				Southeastern corner of Spring Street and Sixth Avenue, Stair S2 (1) Was slabbed over in 1940; may have never opened Covered by restaurant extension.	1932-1940	(still open)
Times Square–42nd Street/ Port Authority Bus Terminal	A (IRT) B (BMT/IND)	42nd Street Shuttle Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Flushing Line Broadway Line Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Northeastern corner of 42nd Street and 7th Avenue, by 1 Times Square, stair S10/M12 (1) Allowed for the closure of part-time booth R150, which had operated between 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Closed to reduce operating costs 1,000 daily riders used the entrance Changes made during the renovation of Times Square Blocked by a steel grate and used as an air vent Occupied by an employee room/retail and a police booth	1998-2000	R150	64,815,739	1		Partially (except 42nd Street Shuttle, in progress)
				Western corners of 41st Street and 7th Avenue (2), Stairs S1 and S3 Allowed for the closure of part-time booth R141, which was in operation between 3:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., weekdays, and that was operated with high exit turnstiles between 6:00 a.m. and 9 p.m. daily Closed to decrease operating costs and to improve safety Used by 2,000 riders daily, and by 500 riders when the booth was open Changes made during the renovation of Times Square Entrance at the southwestern corner (S1) blocked by a steel grate and used as an air vent The bottom is blocked by a concrete masonry wall Entrance used as a scrubber room Entrance at the northwestern corner (S3) later reopened via an easement entrance		R141
				South side of 41st Street between 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue, in passageway, stair M12A, M12B, M13, S13 (1) At top of the inclined ramp In January 1989, the MTA Board approved New York City Transit's request to close the entrance Was exit-only Was used by fewer than 20 passengers per day Closed because it was regularly used as a restroom or shelter for homeless people, and as a hiding place for muggers The owner of the building that the exit was adjacent to, 230 West 41st Street, hired full-time security guards to protect its occupants, and requested that the exit be closed The staircase at street level was entirely removed and the entrance was sealed off Used as an electric panel room	c. 1989
				Southeastern corner of 41st Street and 8th Avenue (1) Closed as part of modernization project	c. 1981
				Northeastern corner of 41st Street and 7th Avenue (2) Street stairs replaced by one on the Southeastern corner of 41st Street and Seventh Avenue Full-time booth R145 relocated from the northeastern corner to the southeastern corner Improved circulation and orientation in the mezzanine Improved street access for 75% of riders using this control area Changes made during the renovation of Times Square	1998-2000
				Northwestern corner of 41st Street and Broadway, Stair S8/M8 (1) Slabbed over	Before 1992
				North side of 42nd Street, between Broadway and 6th Avenue (1) Easement entrance Blocked by employee space and a high voltage substation May have been demolished	Before 1992	old R153
				Southwestern corner of 43rd Street and Broadway, stair S12 (1) Directly served former uptown platform (Track 4 of the 42nd Street Shuttle) About 2,700 riders used this entrance Was closed overnight when the shuttle was not in service Closure originally planned in the 1990s/2000s reconfiguration plan of 42nd Street Shuttle In response to requests to keep the entrance open until the shuttle reconfiguration was complete, New York City Transit stated that the entrance was awkwardly located and that it would not be necessary with the opening of the new entrance on the south side of 42nd Street between Seventh Avenue and Broadway, and that it was looking into opening an exit on the east side of Broadway between 43rd Street and 42nd Street. Exit ultimately closed as shuttle was being reconfigured.	October 19, 2019
				Southwestern corner of 40th Street and Eighth Avenue (1) Replaced by easement entrance	N/A	(still open)
				Southwestern and northeastern corners of 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue Northeastern stair replaced by an easement entrance	N/A	(still open)
Wall Street	A (IRT)	Broadway—Seventh Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southeastern corner of Pine Street and William Street (1) Removed and slabbed over	After 1944					No
				Southwestern corner of Pine Street and William Street, Stair S5 (1) Entrance covered with steel grate and used as an air vent and electrical room Fare control area used as employee space Some of the stairs were removed	After April 1992
				Northeastern corner of Pine Street and William Street (2) Removed and slabbed over in 1948 in order to provide space for an entrance to a new church, and to allow Pine Street to be widened while providing sufficient sidewalk space	By 1944
				Northwestern corner of Pine Street and William Street (1) Removed and slabbed over	After 1944
West Fourth Street– Washington Square	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line Sixth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southwestern corner of Washington Place and Sixth Avenue, Stair S4 (1) To lower mezzanine. Slabbed over in 1999; currently unsealed and covered by a trapdoor. Currenty used for hauling trash out of the station and for materialdeliveries.	c. 1946		13,849,130	20	2	Yes
				Southeastern corner of West Fourth Street and Sixth Avenue, Stair S3 (1) To lower mezzanine. Blocked by locker room and toilets at mezzanine level. Entrance did not open with the rest of the station on September 10, 1932, and was still closed in 1940. If it ever was open, it opened some time after that year. Likely slabbed over in 1999 as part of the renovation of Golden Swan Park. A portion of the entrance is used as an air vent, while the rest of the space is occupied by a garden.
				Northwestern corner of West Fourth Street and Sixth Avenue, Stair S6 (1) To lower mezzanine. Blocked by locker room at mezzanine level, but accessible via doorway. Entrance did not open with the rest of the station on September 10, 1932, and was still closed in 1940. If it ever was open, it opened some time after that year. Entrance structure removed by mid-1980s Currently covered by a trapdoor; some stairs replaced by a ladder.
				Southwestern corner of Greenwich Avenue and Sixth Avenue, Stair S10 (1) Easement relinquished in 1962 Used for storage by MOW Tunnel and Lighting In area off of the sidewalk now blocked by plywood Slabbed over in 1999.	1932-1962	(still open)
21st Street	B (IND)	Crosstown Line	Queens	North side of 48th Avenue between Jackson Avenue and 11th Street, Stair S1 (1) Southeastern corner of Jackson Avenue and 48th Avenue, Stair S2 (1) Includes southern third of mezzanine. May have never opened. Slabbed over by 1948; mezzanine area used for storage/store room.	1933-1936	N402	598,061	397	1	No
				Western corners of 47th Road and Jackson Avenue, Stairs S3 and S4 (2) May have never opened. Entrance structures still existed in 1940, but signage and globes were removed; southwestern corner exit eventually slabbed over. The northwestern corner exit is used as an emergency exit. Includes the middle third of the mezzanine and a passageway connecting to the open control area	1933-1936
33rd Street–Rawson Street	A (IRT)	Flushing	Queens	Eastern corners of 34th Street and median of Queens Boulevard (2); stairs S1 and S2 Booth closed c. 1992; had been open 2:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. M-F. Intended to improve customer security by concentrating riders at two street stairs. Half of the riders at the control area had to walk an additional 40 feet (12 m). Erroneously shown on neighborhood maps until 2015 First flights boarded up, second flights removed Not accounted for in official MTA FOIL	c. 1996	(still open)	3,402,610	151	2	No; planned
46th Street–Bliss Street	A (IRT)	Flushing Line	Queens	Eastern corners of 47th Street and median of Queens Boulevard (2); stairs S1 and S2 Entrances constructed with the rest of the station but did not open until January 19, 1925, following an order by the New York State Transit Commission after a request by riders. The entrances opened following the installation of turnstiles and other equipment, which began on January 13. First staircase flights walled off; second flight removed Intended to improve customer security by concentrating riders at two street stairs. Half of the riders at the control area had to walk an additional 40 feet (12 m). Erroneously shown on neighborhood maps until 2015		(still open)	4,303,987	117	2	No; planned
63rd Drive—Rego Park station	B (IND)	Queens Boulevard Line	Queens	Southern side of Queens Boulevard east of 63rd Drive (1), Stair S3 Replaced by easement entrance at the same location on February 11, 1962 Slabbed over	February 11, 1962					No
65th Street	B (IND)	Queens Boulevard Line	Queens	Southwestern corner of 63rd Street and Broadway (1) Eastbound only. Located under the front yard of a private home; used for employee facilities for the Station Department. Entrance did not have globes or signage in 1940; may have never opened.	1933-1941 Stair entirely removed	N321	1,120,703	339	1	No
				Southeastern corner of 63rd Street and 35th Avenue (1) Manhattan-bound only. Sealed and used for employee facilities/"infrastructure". Stair entirely removed.	1933-1980	N320
Briarwood	B (IND)	Queens Boulevard Line	Queens	South side of Queens Boulevard between two legs of Main Street, Stair S4 (1) Located opposite the open entrance on the north side of Queens Boulevard. Public hearing was held on April 4, 2011 Entrance removed to accommodate the widening of the Van Wyck Expressway Replaced by entrance on the west side of the Van Wyck Expressway	August 2012		1,489,396	304		No; planned
				West side of the Van Wyck Expressway service road, just south of Queens Boulevard, Stair S3 (1) Used as an emergency exit. Leads into portion of mezzanine used for Police Precinct 20	Before 1996
				East side of the Van Wyck Expressway service road south of Queens Boulevard, Stair S2 (1) Slabbed over following the construction of the Van Wyck Expressway. Located on opposite side of service road from open stair S1.	1950s
Broad Channel	B (IND)	Rockaway Line	Queens	East side of West Road at East 6th Road Formerly an exit-only staircase	After 1956					No
Court Square– 23rd Street	B (IND) A (IRT)	Crosstown Line Queens Boulevard Line Flushing Line	Queens	Southeastern corner of Court Square West and Jackson Avenue (1)) In Court Square Park Reused for employee facilities and slabbed over	Before July 1986		7,003,218	59		Partially (all except Jamaica-bound Queens Boulevard Line platform)
				Southwestern corner of Pearson Street and Jackson Avenue (1) Reused for employee facilities and slabbed over Entrance structure still existed in 1941, but signage and globes were removed. Unclear if ever open	1933-1941
				North side of 44th Drive between 23rd Street and Hunter Street (1), stair S2 Blocked by new closure wall and storage room Replaced with easement entrance in the Skyline Tower	April 16, 2018
Elmhurst Avenue station	B (IND)	Queens Boulevard Line	Queens	Northwestern corner of Broadway and Elmhurst Avenue (1), Stair S2 Replaced by easement entrance at the same corner Slabbed over						No
Flushing– Main Street	A (IRT)	Flushing Line	Queens	North and south side of Roosevelt Avenue between Main Street and Lippman Plaza (3) Replaced in 1990s renovation project; now houses HVAC equipment for a new employee facility	1996-1999		18,746,832	10		Yes
Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue	A (IRT) B (IND)	Flushing Line Queens Boulevard Line	Queens	Northeastern corner of 37th Road and 73rd Street (1) Replaced with easement entrance	Around 1938		17,095,073			Yes
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike	B (IND)	Queens Boulevard Line	Queens	Western and eastern sides of Union Turnpike under Queens Boulevard (2) No street stairs Kiss and ride Meeting on proposed closure was held in September 1985 due to the reconstruction of the Interboro Parkway; already closed for a year prior	c. 1984		7,811,007	46		Yes
Northern Boulevard	B (IND)	Queens Boulevard Line	Queens	Northeastern corner of 56th Street and Broadway, stair S2 (1) In 1935, the Woodside, Queens Social Club urged the Board of Transportation to open the entrance. The Woodside Civic Association requested its opening in 1940. In 1945, Woodside, Queens residents appealed to the Board of Transportation to open the entrance; their petition was denied because the station only had 6,000 daily riders. Residents argued that the entrance should be open because many women had to walk through "a lonely section" to get home at night. The BOT deemed it would be uneconomical to open it. Still not opened in 1953. Repurposed for CBTC equipment room and has an access hatch Will be reopened as part of accessibility improvements	1965-1980s	N319A	2,140,551	231	1	No; planned
				Southeastern corner of 56th Street and Broadway, stair S1 (1) In 1935, the Woodside, Queens Social Club urged the Board of Transportation to open the entrance. The Woodside Civic Association requested its opening in 1940. In 1945, Woodside, Queens residents appealed to the Board of Transportation to open the entrance; their petition was denied because the station only had 6,000 daily riders. Residents argued that the entrance should be open because many women had to walk through "a lonely section" to get home at night. The BOT deemed it would be uneconomical to open it. Entrance structure still in place in the mid-1980s, but without signage and globes; had an older-style entrance structure Used as an air vent; space used by Station Department In 2023, the MTA reported it would not reactivate the stair as part of accessibility improvements at the station.		N318A
Woodhaven Boulevard				Slattery Plaza, south side of Queens Blvd under Long Island Expressway overpass (westbound only) (1), Stair S1) Booth closed by 1980 Covered with a grate Used as an electrical room/station storage The closure was opposed by the Neighborhood Stabilization Committee of Community Board 4.	1991 (emergency) 1993		6,871,409	63		No; planned
				Northeastern corner of Horace Harding Expressway eastern service road and Queens Boulevard (1) Entrance removed with the construction of the Long Island Expressway	1954-1960
149th Street– Grand Concourse	A (IRT)	Jerome Avenue Line White Plains Road Line	The Bronx	Elevator entrance to southwestern corner of 149th Street and Grand Concourse (1) Street level removed by 1918; likely replaced with level to mezzanine above Jerome Avenue Line platforms. Has two elevator shafts, one will be reopened-the other will be used as an emergency stair. Not accounted for in official MTA FOIL Currently being reopened	after August 1978		4,255,015	119		No; In design
167th Street	B (IND)	Concourse Line	The Bronx	Entire walkway on the underpass at 167th Street and Grand Concourse and the northern/southern free zone staircases to the upper station mezzanine, Stair S7, S8, S13, and S14 (4) Closed for safety reasons; gated off on both ends	after August 1992	XN207	3,293,451	155	2	No; planned
				Underpass platforms at 167th Street and Grand Concourse, Stair S9, S10, S11, and S12 (4) Led to trolley platforms, later used by the Bx35 until 1990. Platforms abandoned, but structures remain intact. All northern/southern staircases to the lower level mezzanine (adjacent to the station platforms on both sides) were gated off.	c. 1990
170th Street				North and south sides of underpass at 170th Street, under Grand Concourse (2) Stairs S5 (southbound) and S6 (northbound) to the north underpass Stairs S3 (southbound) and S4 (northbound) to the south underpass Blocked by corrugated steel Not accounted for in official MTA FOIL	c. 1992	(still open)	2,270,027	217		No
174th-175th Streets				South side of 175th Street and Morris Avenue under Grand Concourse, stair S4 (1) Closed mezzanine under track level Change booth removed in the 1950s, and reopened after local residents protested, then closed again in 1957; entrance reopened via the installation of a high entry turnstile. Entrance opened in 2018 temporarily so debris could be removed during a station renovation. Entrance blocked by trap door	1984-1990s	N211	1,735,321	273		No
				West side of Grand Concourse over 174th Street, stair S1 (1) Accessed via passageway from southbound platform, with a stairway down to the mezzanine	1980s	N210A
182nd-183rd Streets				East and west sides of Grand Concourse near Anthony Avenue, stairs S1 and S2 (2) Slabbed over Closed at the request of the community due to safety concerns and low usage Were exit only with red globes West side entrance structure still in place, but closed with advertising intact in 1994 Had two HXTs	July 1989 to 1993	N215A	1,577,144	292	1	No
				All corners of 183rd Street and Grand Concourse (4), stairs S7, S8, S9 and S10 Northeastern and northwestern corner exit structures still in place in mid-1980s, with advertising intact Southeastern exit structure still in place in 1993, but already closed, with red globe, advertisements removed. All entrances removed and slabbed over by 1996 Accessed by HEETs Closed booth still in place Sealed	1983-1993	N216
East 180th Street	A (IRT)	White Plains Road Line	The Bronx	North side of East 180th Street between Bronx Park Avenue and Morris Park Avenue Still in place in 1972 Mezzanine with escalators removed in the 1980s	1980s					Yes
Fordham Road	B (IND)	Concourse Line	The Bronx	Western corners of Fordham Road and Grand Concourse, in front of 148 East Fordham Road (southwestern) and Alexander's store (now P.C. Richard & Son) (northwestern); stairs S5 and S7 (2) Booth closed in 1977 due to budget cuts; reopened on January 8, 1979 On September 17, 1981, a public hearing was held to discuss the reduction of weekend hours in at 64 token booths (in 60 stations) in where ridership from midnight to 8 a.m. was fewer than 500, including a proposal to close the Fordham Road booth from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays Closure of entrances first proposed to MTA Board in December 1988. On February 16, and March 2, 1989, public hearings on the proposed closure of the exits at the northwest and southwest corners of Fordham Road and Grand Concourse and the 400 foot (120 m)-long passageway connecting to the control area at 188th Street were held. They would be closed as the passageway was "an invitation to crime". These areas had only been open between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. The entrances also were lightly used. Some riders wanted the entrances reopened as they would have been safer and more convenient for shoppers going to the Fordham stores. Slabbed over	April 1991 (emergency) c. 1992	N219	3,843,008	132	2	No
Gun Hill Road	A (IRT)	Dyre Avenue Line	The Bronx	South side of Gun Hill Road between Sexton and Dewitt Places Was exit-only from the northbound platform During the station renovations, it was closed and the staircase was reconfigured to connect itself to the mezzanine inside fare control Now sealed off, with a door.	2018-2019					Yes
Kingsbridge Road	B (IND)	Concourse Line	The Bronx	Southern corners of Kingsbridge Road and Grand Concourse, Stairs S1 and S2 (2) Stair to southeastern corner blocked by elevator machine room.	1980s c. 1992 (permanently)	(still open)	2,589,970	197	2	Yes
				Southern side of underpass at Kingsbridge Road, under Grand Concourse (1), Stair S3 Entire walkway sealed off on July 10, 2020.	March 4, 1935
				Middle of both directional roadways in Kingsbridge Road at Grand Concourse to Kingsbridge Road underpass, Stairs S4 and S5 (2) May have never opened - either provisions to never-built trolley platforms or closed after trolley platforms were demolished. Westbound trolley stopped in the underpass without a platform-riders crossed to the northbound entrance in the underpass. Trolleys were later replaced by buses, and westbound buses continued to stop in the underpass into the 1950s. Stairs on the western side of the Grand Concourse led to the westbound lanes, while stairs on the eastern side led to the eastbound lanes Slabbed over.
Morris Park	A (IRT)	Dyre Avenue Line	The Bronx	Northern side of Colden Avenue (1) Accounted for in official MTA FOIL only as a transfer passageway, not as an entrance. Used to be at the southern end of the station platform Bricked over entrance Entrance slabbed over with concrete in 1970 Used to have a waiting room	Before 1970	R725	685,577	389	1	No
				Paulding Avenue (northbound only), Stair G2 (1) Sealed off passageway from northbound platform Stairway leads from platform level to the southeast side of the station house. Blocked by a grille barrier, which was installed between 1980 and 1998.	Before 1998
Third Avenue–138th Street	A (IRT)	Pelham Line	The Bronx	Northeastern corner of Lincoln Avenue and 138th Street, Stair S1 (1) Removed and slabbed at request of an adjacent property owner, which paid the cost of the removal, and would bear the obligation of restoring the entrance when it was deemed necessary by the Board of Transportation Used as a storage room.	1952		2,515,479	200		No
Third Avenue–149th Street	A (IRT)	White Plains Road Line	The Bronx	Northwestern corner of 149th Street and Melrose Avenue west of the current staircase (1) Occupied by a communications room Slabbed over Likely removed as part of station renovation	c. 1992		7,458,222	52	1	Yes
				Second staircase to the southwestern corner of 149th Street and Third Avenue (1) Removed at the expense of the property owner	1931

Closed easement entrances

Station	Division	Line	Borough	Location	Date closed	Control area	Ridership (2017)	Ridership rank out of 425 (2017)	Number of exit points	ADA Accessible?
Borough Hall/Court Street	A (IRT) B (BMT)	Eastern Parkway Line Fourth Avenue Line	Brooklyn	Northwestern corner of Cadman Plaza West and Montague Street (1) Entrance within bank building Located within passage between IRT 7th Avenue platforms and BMT station.	After 1985		10,693,598	28		Partially (Eastern Parkway local & northbound express only); southbound downtown Eastern Parkway express planned
				Second and third staircases to the southwestern corner of Joralemon Street and Court Street (2) Blocked by a door in a passageway leading to the open staircase to the intersection. The staircase facing southward has been demolished	c.1960
				Brooklyn Municipal Building (2) Lexington Avenue platform	February 13, 1996
DeKalb Avenue	B (BMT)	Fourth Avenue Line Brighton Line	Brooklyn	340 Flatbush Avenue Extension, west side of Flatbush Avenue (1) Easement dates to 1920 Temporarily reopened in 2003 during the first stage of the station's renovation Mezzanine area around entrance converted to DeKalb Avenue Tower; entrance currently used for employee access. Small portion of accompanying mezzanine kept open to allow passengers to crossover between platforms The owner of the property, which is building the new 9 DeKalb Avenue skyscraper on the property agreed to construct new entrances on the east side of Flatbush Avenue at its cost to get the MTA to surrender its interest in the leased space and its right to reopen the entrance NYCT Operations Planning deemed that it would cost $1.6 million to reopen the entrance, and that it would not be worth doing given that the entrance is located between two open entrances. It deemed that constructing the new entrances on the opposite side of Flatbush Avenue would be worth doing as it would be directly in front of the main building of Long Island University, and as it would relieve crowding at the station's southern entrance, and improve the distribution of riders along the platform. The cost of the new entrances, borne by the property owner, would be $14 million. In May 2016, the MTA Board voted to surrender the lease and the closed entrance to be effective when new space for Traffic Checking Operations, which used the lease, would be completed. Building housing the exit demolished in 2019, but entrance structure was maintained.	1980s 2003	C007				Yes
Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets	B (IND)	Crosstown Line Fulton Street Line	Brooklyn	Passageway from the Bond Street exit to southeastern corner of Bond Street and Livingston Street, to the basement of the now-defunct Loeser's Department Store on the north side of Livingston Street (1) and to the street-level lobby landing (1) On October 9, 1936, a public hearing was held to discuss the construction of a passageway between the station and the Loeser's Department Store on the north side of Livingston Street. In November 1937, the city Board of Transportation approved the construction of a 250-foot (76 m) passageway between the station and the department store. The passageway opened on December 8, 1938. As part of the project, a stairway was constructed from the passageway to the south side of Livingston Street.	April 1991 (Emergency) 1992 (Permanently)		3,264,293	157		No; planned
Hoyt Street	A (IRT)	Eastern Parkway Line	Brooklyn	Martin's Department store (501 Fulton Street) (1) From Manhattan-bound platform Installed in 1923 Display windows from the store led onto the subway platform	After 1938		2,137,478	232	Southbound only
Sheepshead Bay	B (BMT)	Brighton Line	Brooklyn	Passage behind the full-time booth to a restaurant and a small arcade of stores (1 passage) Closed in a station renovation and sealed	1998		4,297,325	118	2	No; planned
14th Street–Union Square	A (IRT) B (BMT)	Lexington Avenue Line Broadway Line Canarsie Line	Manhattan	Southwestern corner of 14th Street and Broadway to 853 Broadway (1) "Along western frontage of Broadway"	c. 1995		34,557,551			Partially (Except IRT)
23rd Street	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	303 Park Avenue South building lobby (northeastern corner of 23rd Street and Park Avenue South); stair O4. Sealed with wall in building lobby end. Blocked by elevator machine room in station end.	N/A		8,265,227	42	2	Yes
				304 Park Avenue South basement and second stairway to southwestern corner of 23rd Street and Park Avenue South A passageway stretched 165 feet (50 m) west under the southern sidewalk of 23rd Street. The passageway, if it still exists, was walled over. A broad staircase leading to the passageway still exists and is used for the street entrance on the south side of 23rd Street.	N/A
33rd Street	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	West side of Park Avenue between 33rd Street and 32nd Street, into 2 Park Avenue (2) Blocked off by metal door	After 1973		8,916,102	35	2	No
34th Street–Herald Square	B (BMT/IND)	Broadway Line Sixth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Macy's Herald Square Branches off of stair to northwestern corner of 34th Street and Broadway. May have been replaced with a Burger King restaurant.	c. 1970s		39,672,507	3	Yes
				Northeastern corner of 32nd Street and Sixth Avenue to 1270 Broadway.	N/A
				Korvette's (later Modell's (1)	N/A
42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue	A (IRT) B (IND)	Flushing Line Sixth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Passage to 1114 Sixth Avenue WR Grace Chemical building (formerly Stern's Department Store), with street stair on the north side of 42nd Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue; stairs O1 and O2 (1) Erroneously shown on 2015 neighborhood map Blocked by a gate at street level and used for storage. Mezzanine stairs (M4A, M4B) Part of passage may be reopened with two new street entrances.	Before 2004	R500	16,594,289	14	4	No; planned
59th Street-Columbus Circle	A (IRT) B (IND)	Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Passage through 3 Columbus Circle (Formerly the General Motors building) on east side of Eighth Avenue between 57th and 58th Streets (1)	N/A					Yes
68th Street–Hunter College	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	Passage to basement of Hunter College North (1) In 1938, the Board of Transportation agreed to supervise the construction of a passage between the station and the then-new Hunter College building. Construction and maintenance costs were "borne by the Board of Higher Education." The building opened in late 1940. Renovated during 1984 construction of new campus buildings and new passage to Hunter College West Part of passage is now leased to Redeemer Church; other parts are used for storage. Considered for reopening by Hunter College, although "access and security is a concern" Temporarily uncovered for construction staging in October 2022	After September 1984				1	No; planned
125th Street	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	285 St. Nicholas Avenue, West side of St. Nicholas Avenue between 125th Street and 124th Street (1), stair O1 The Board of Transportation entered into an agreement with Madeleine L. Ottmann to build an easement entrance in her building on September 7, 1927. On January 18, 1940, the The General Superintendent of the Independent Subway inspected the entrance and "found it to be filthy, smelly and strewn with debris and broken bottles", in violation of the terms of the easement, which required it to be clean and free of obstructions. On January 20, the General Superintendent recommended that the Board of Transportation have the entrance closed. It voted to do so on January 20, with the closure taking effect on February 1, 1940. A barricade was installed at the basement level at the building line. Built into building. Barricaded and closed; eventually bricked over.	1940	XN026	9,335,382	32	2	Yes
Astor Place	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	Clinton Hall (former Mercantile Library) (southbound only) (1)	1940s	(still open)	5,245,449	89	1 (per platform)	No
				Kmart (formerly Wanamaker Department Store Annex) basement level Downtown platform only. Closed around 1954-1955, when Wanamaker Department Store Annex closed. Reopened between November 1996 and 2000, when store became a Kmart. Kmart closed on July 11, 2021; entrance closed again before store closure (likely due to COVID-19 pandemic).	2020-2021
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall/Chambers Street	A (IRT) B (BMT)	Lexington Avenue Line Nassau Street Line	Manhattan	Eastern side of Centre Street opposite Duane Street to the US Federal Courthouse (1) Entrance blocked by room Closed on an interim basis in 1997 when the Court House consolidated all security screening at the street level entrance to increase security. The entrance was lightly used.	1997		9,360,484	31		Yes
Chambers Street–World Trade Center/Park Place/Cortlandt Street	A (IRT)/ B (IND/BMT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Eighth Avenue Line Broadway Line	Manhattan	Passageway to the Woolworth Building, at southwestern corner of Broadway and Park Place (1)	After September 11, 2001		16,079,624	16		Partially (World Trade Center and Cortlandt Street only)
				Passageway to basement of Woolworth Building (1)	N/A
				Passage to 99 Church Street (1 passage)	After 1963
				Basement of 99 Church Street (1 passage)
City Hall	B (BMT)	Broadway Line	Manhattan	Passageway to the Woolworth Building (1) Closed in 1982 for safety.	1982	old A049	2,258,254	220	1	No
Fulton Street	A (IRT) B (IND/BMT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Lexington Avenue Line Eighth Avenue Line Nassau Street Line	Manhattan	Northwestern corner of Broadway and Dey Street inside 195 Broadway (IRT only) (1) Entrance built pursuant to a lease from August 23, 1915 Led directly to the downtown 4 5 platform Had a pair of HEETs The construction of an escalator as part of the Fulton Center blocked the entrance, and a new entrance was built at the southwestern corner of the intersection. After the property owner requested that the easement be extinguished, the MTA voted to do so in June 2016.	May 1, 2012		26,838,473	5		Yes
				Northeastern corner of Broadway and Fulton Street inside 222 Broadway (1) Agreement to construct entrance reached in 1959. Closed due to the construction of the Fulton Center	October 29, 2011
				North side of Fulton Street, east of Nassau Street, inside the Hilton Building (1) Later replaced by an elevator	N/A	(still open)
				South side of Ann Street, east of Nassau Street, inside the Hilton Building (1) Replaced by a service entrance into the building	N/A
Grand Central–42nd Street	A (IRT)	42nd Street Shuttle Flushing Line Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	315 Madison Avenue, at the southeastern corner of Madison Avenue and 42nd Street (1) Installed in 1918 Blocked by a door at street level.	c. March 1988	R234	44,928,488	2		Partially (Except 42nd Street Shuttle, in progress)
				Pershing Building, at the north side of 41st Street between Park Avenue South and Lexington Avenue (1)	Before 1991
				Lincoln Building, on the north side of 41st Street between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue South (1) Constructed along with the building in November 1929.	1958- 1991
				Lincoln Building, on the east side of Madison Avenue between 41st Street and 42nd Street (1)	Before 1991
				Passage to the Socony–Mobil Building , with street stair on the south side of 42nd Street between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue (1) Recommended for reopening by New York City Department of City Planning in 1991. Partially reopened with new street entrances to the southeastern corner of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in December 2017; remainder of passage remains closed.	Before 1991
				Passage to Graybar Building on the west side of Lexington Avenue and 43rd Street (1) 120 feet (37 m)-long passageway branched off of Chrysler Passageway Recommended for closure by the New York City Department of City Planning in 1991. Closed by the NYCTA on March 29, 1991, along with 14 of the other most dangerous passageways after a women was raped the previous week in a passageway connecting 34th Street and 42nd Street. Originally, it was closed by emergency order, with a public hearing was held afterwards. 365 felonies were committed in the passageway since January 1, 1990, making it the most dangerous of the 15 closed. The passageway was behind a token booth, making it hard to patrol Closure finalized in 1992.	1991 1992 (Permanent)
Inwood– 207th Street	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Northwestern corner of 207th Street and Broadway located inside a building, stair O1 (1) Closed after being severely damaged after a fire. Permanent closure approved by MTA Board in June 1994, after having been closed for several years Entrance had multiple turns, leading to poor sightlines The entrance was planned to be sealed with brick and mortar Possibly replaced by elevator on northwestern corner.	late 1980s/early 1990s?		2,954,523	174		Yes
Lexington Avenue/51st Street	A (IRT) B (IND)	Lexington Avenue Line Queens Boulevard Line	Manhattan	Basement of 570 Lexington Avenue, southwestern corner of 51st Street and Lexington Avenue (1) Built in 1931, replacing a street staircase at the same corner. At some point, the opening to the IRT station was closed and sealed with a marble-clad wall. Replaced with a new entrance at the same corner	1965		18,940,774	10	1	Yes
Lexington Avenue/59th Street	A (IRT) B (BMT)	Lexington Avenue Line Broadway Line	Manhattan	731 Lexington Avenue, east side of Lexington Avenue between 58th Street and 59th Street (1) May be fare control area R245B Used for Div. Station Access	N/A		17,888,188	11	3	No
Rector Street	A (IRT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southwestern corner of Rector Street and Greenwich Street, into 19 Rector Street (1) From basement of building Opened in 1931	1931-1941					No
Rector Street	B (BMT)	Broadway Line	Manhattan	Basement of American Express Building; uptown only (1) Unclear if it was ever opened	Before 1967		2,213,971	226		No; Downtown in progress
South Ferry	A (IRT) B (BMT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Broadway Line	Manhattan	Inside of Staten Island Ferry Terminal (1) Opened in 2005 with the opening of the new ferry terminal, connected to the rebuilt original entrance Closed with opening of new station and removed.	March 2009		10,205,836	29		Partially (IRT only)
Times Square–42nd Street/ Port Authority Bus Terminal	A (IRT) B (BMT/IND)	42nd Street Shuttle Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Flushing Line Broadway Line Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Knickerbocker Hotel, southeastern corner of Broadway and 42nd Street (1 or 2)	N/A		64,815,739	1		Yes
				To 700 Eighth Avenue, northeastern corner of 44th Street and Eighth Avenue (1) Contained a large shopping arcade and stairs to 44th and 45th Streets	N/A
Wall Street	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	To 57-61 Broadway (1), west side of Broadway, stair O1, P1A/B From downtown platform Built in 1915 as part of a new building Closed on an interim basis in 1997 to improve security. The entrance had poor sightlines, provided inconvenient street access, and had low usage. The entrance was permanently closed in 2007 so the passageway leading to the entrance could be used for station facilities. Used for an employee locker room for the Department of Maintenance and a refuse room Passageway from the end of the platform had one HEET	1997		5,704,122	78	2	No
				65 Broadway, American Express Building (1) From downtown platform	N/A
				1 Wall Street, to the west side of New Street between Wall Street and Exchange Place (1) From the Uptown platform Opened in March 1931 Used as a communications room	After 1931
				Basement of 1 Wall Street From the Uptown platform Opened in March 1931 Used as a communications room
				Northwestern corner of Thames Street and Broadway, to 115 Broadway, stair O9 (1) Stairway repurposed for an entrance into a copy center Closed on an interim basis in 1997 to improve security. The entrance had poor sightlines, provided inconvenient street access, and had low usage. The entrance was permanently closed in 2007 so the passageway leading to the entrance could be used for station facilities. Blocked by employee rooms for the Department of Maintenance	1997
Flushing– Main Street	A (IRT)	Flushing Line	Queens	Basement of Duane Reade (former Woolworth's) at northeastern corner of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue (1 passage) (may be missing one more)	N/A		18,746,832	10		Yes
Hunters Point Avenue				Southeastern corner of 49th Avenue and 21st Street into Paragon Building (1) Slabbed over; used for storage	c. 1982		1,999,970	245		No
Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue	A (IRT)	Flushing Line	Queens	Entrance into shop basement of 10-01 50th Avenue Included a shop window Currently the basement of a bakery	N/A		4,821,191	100	2	No; planned
Brook Avenue	A (IRT)	Pelham Line	Bronx	Basement of 511 East 138th Street at the northeastern corner of 138th Street and Brook Avenue (1 passage)	N/A					No

Removed entrances

Station	Division	Line	Borough	Location	Date closed	Control area	Ridership (2017)	Ridership rank out of 425 (2017)	Number of exit points	ADA Accessible?
Alabama Avenue	B (BMT)	Jamaica Line	Brooklyn	North side of Fulton Street between Alabama Avenue and Georgia Avenue As of 1986, a door let out from the north wall of the mezzanine onto a short balcony, where the stairs used to lead out from Removed when Jamaica Avenue was widened	c. 1953
Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center	A B (BMT)	Eastern Parkway Line Fourth Avenue Line	Brooklyn	Former IRT headhouse at triangular island formed by Flatbush Avenue, Fourth Avenue, and Atlantic Avenue triangle Led to southbound local platform. Stairs to headhouse demolished and headhouse repurposed into skylight during station complex renovation.	1980s					Yes
				Northeastern corner of Atlantic Avenue and Fourth Avenue (BMT only); stair S6. Demolished during station complex renovation.	c. 1982
Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street	B (BMT/IND)	Culver Line Fourth Avenue Line	Brooklyn	East and west side of Fourth Avenue between Eighth and Ninth Streets (2)	1960s					No
25th Avenue	B (BMT)	West End Line	Brooklyn	Bay 41st Street and 86th Street (2) Steel structure visible in 1940 and 1957, removed at an earlier date There was one staircase from each platform In 1963, the railings on the staircases still existed, but they were covered and boarded up, and blocked off. One level of the staircase existed below the elevated structure, though not all the way to the street.	1916-1949		1,789,365	265		No
25th Street	B (BMT)	Fourth Avenue Line	Brooklyn	East and west sides of Fourth Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets (2) One additional stair to each platform Removed when Fourth Avenue was widened in the 1960s	1960s					No
36th Street				Median of Fourth Avenue between 35th and 36th Streets (1)						No; planned
59th Street				Median of Fourth Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets, and at 60th Street (2) Removed when Fourth Avenue was widened in the 1960s						Yes
Avenue X	B (IND)	Culver Line	Brooklyn	South end of the platforms to Avenue Y and Shell Road (2) Closed before 1950 In 1950, the bottom portion of the entrance was removed. The entrance was fully removed by 1957, when only the steel structure was visible.	Before 1950		738,274	386		No
Bay 50th Street	B (BMT)	West End Line	Brooklyn	Southern corners of Bay 49th Street and Stillwell Avenue (2) Steel structure visible in 1957, removed at an earlier date In 1963, signage pointing to the exit was still located on the platforms Steel frame of mezzanine and stairs to mezzanine from platforms still in place in 1970 Platform staircases boarded over/entrance structure removed by 1970 Evidence of mezzanine from below elevated structure, between columns D445A and D446A	1951 to 1957		900,508	371		No
Broadway Junction	B (BMT/IND)	Jamaica Line Canarsie Line Fulton Street Line	Brooklyn	Both northern corners of Conway Street and Broadway (2) Removed in the early 2000s as part of a station renovation project Used for Signal Office, Conference Room, Offices, Station Manager's Office	By 1971	H034	2,911,532	179		No; planned
Central Avenue	B (BMT)	Myrtle Avenue Line	Brooklyn	Western corners of Hart Street and Myrtle Avenue (2) Entrance and mezzanine structures still open in the mid-1980s The staircases were cut off from the sidewalk by 1986 Southern mezzanine and staircases were removed by 1996. Platform stairs were still standing in October 1989	1983-1986	K016	539,681	404	1	No
Cypress Hills	B (BMT)	Jamaica Line	Brooklyn	North side of Jamaica Avenue east of Autumn Avenue (1); Stair S2 Manhattan-bound only Mezzanine closed; entrance to the south side of the street is still open, but is exit-only Some electrical panels are in the closed mezzanine Stair to the street removed Erroneously shown on 2015 neighborhood map.	c. March 1988	J026	435,855	410		No
Fort Hamilton Parkway	B (IND)	Culver Line	Brooklyn	Northwestern corner of Prospect Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway (easement entrance) (1) Shown as a "future stairway" in station finish drawings; may have never been constructed Removed for Prospect Expressway and replaced by a ramp	N/A		1,786,458	267		No
Franklin Avenue/ Botanic Garden	B (BMT)	Franklin Avenue Line	Brooklyn	North side of President Street, west of Franklin Avenue (1) Headhouse removed after 1980. Closed entrance and abandoned portion of shuttle platform removed in 1998 renovation of the shuttle.	1975-1980	B011	4,762,184	103		No
Franklin Avenue–Fulton Street	B (BMT/IND)	Franklin Avenue Line Fulton Street Line	Brooklyn	Southwestern corner of Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street (2) Removed during renovation of the shuttle. One lead to subway, one lead to shuttle station	1998		2,058,258	239		Yes
				Northwestern corner of Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street (2) Removed during renovation of the shuttle. One lead to subway, one lead to shuttle station
Jay Street–MetroTech	B (IND)	Fulton Street Line Culver Line	Brooklyn	West side of Jay Street at Myrtle Promenade. Sealed	By 1952	(still open)				Yes
Knickerbocker Avenue	B (BMT)	Myrtle Avenue Line	Brooklyn	Western corners of Harriman Street and Myrtle Avenue (2) Entrances still open in 1969. Signage still showed the entrances as open in 1972. Entrance structures still in place in the mid-1980s; eventually removed by 1996. Southern mezzanine and staircases removed	1969-1980s	K018	593,366	399	1	No
Myrtle Avenue	B (BMT)	Jamaica Line	Brooklyn	Northwestern corner of Jefferson Street and Broadway (1), Stair S3 Stair present in 1996-1997, likely removed after renovation; closed mezzanine repurposed as employee space. May be reopened.	c. March 1988	J010				No; planned
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues	B (BMT)	Myrtle Avenue Line	Brooklyn	Eastern corners of Linden Street and Myrtle Avenue Removed by 1996	After 1939-1941					Yes
Ocean Parkway	B (BMT)	Brighton Line	Brooklyn	South side of Brighton Avenue west of Ocean Parkway (2)	Before 1986
Park Place	B (BMT)	Franklin Avenue Line	Brooklyn	South side of Park Place (1) Headhouse and staircases removed during 1998 renovation of the shuttle	1998					Yes
West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium	B (BMT/IND)	Brighton Line Culver Line	Brooklyn	Pedestrian bridge over Surf Avenue to New York Aquarium parking lot Completed in 1955. Removed for structural reasons.	August 8, 2013		789,104	383		No
14th Street–Union Square	A (IRT) B (BMT)	Broadway Line Canarsie Line Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	Basement of S. Klein department store (easement entrance) (1)	July-August 1975	(still open)	34,557,551			Partially (Except IRT)
				Northeastern corner of 14th Street and Fourth Avenue (2)	1975-1987
68th Street–Hunter College	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southwestern corner of 68th Street and Lexington Avenue (1) May have been briefly replaced by a temporary stair Removed during construction of Hunter College west building Replaced with easement entrance	1975-1980	(still open)				No; planned
				Southeastern corner of 68th Street and Lexington Avenue (1) Removed during construction of Hunter College east building Replaced with easement entrance
86th Street	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	Northeastern corner of 86th Street and Lexington Avenue (easement entrances), stairs O1 and O2 (2) Accessed through a shopping arcade next to the northbound platform Replaced with one new street stair, one new easement stair, and an ADA elevator as part of development of 1289 Lexington Avenue	2017					No; planned
96th Street	A (IRT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	Manhattan	Both southern corners of 96th Street and Broadway, stairs S3 & S4 (2) From old side platforms Closed when new station house opened; replaced with hatches via ladders.	April 5, 2010		11,948,981	25		Yes
116th Street–Columbia University	A (IRT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	Manhattan	Median of Broadway north of 116th Street The exit may have actually been closed in 1967. The Real Estate Record and Guide reported on January 6, 1968, that the control house had been demolished.	1968		4,380,469	112		No
Canal Street	B (BMT) A (IRT)	Broadway Line Nassau Street Line Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	Northwestern corner of Canal Street and Centre Street (1) Demolished between 1979 and 1980	Before 1979		16,285,516	15		Partially (IRT only)
Canal Street	A (IRT)	Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southwestern corner of Canal Street and Varick Street (2) Likely removed as part of Holland Tunnel exit plaza construction	1926?					No
Chambers Street–World Trade Center/Park Place/Cortlandt Street	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Broadway Line	Manhattan	Southwest corner of Vesey Street and Church Street (1) Likely removed during construction of the World Trade Center	After early 1962
				West side of Church Street between Fulton Street and Vesey Street (1) Removed before or during construction of 5 World Trade Center	August 1968-1971
				Hudson Terminal and connection between IND local platform and southbound BMT platform Removed with its replacement entrance by the World Trade Center The IND local platform and the southbound BMT platform were not connected again until the second World Trade Center complex was constructed.	1971-1973		14,825,863	17		Partially (World Trade Center and Cortlandt Street only)
				World Trade Center's lower concourse to the BMT platforms Destroyed in September 11, 2001, Attacks	September 11th, 2001
Second Avenue	B (IND)	Sixth Avenue Line	Manhattan	East side of Second Avenue and Houston Street intersection (temporary entrance) (1) Located at the former northeast corner of the intersection, now a median Temporary entrance with pipe railings	After 1936				1	No
				East side of Second Avenue and Houston Street intersection (permanent entrance) (1) Located at the former northeast corner of the intersection, now a median, next to the temporary stair Street stair closed and associated mezzanine area barricaded at the time of the station's opening; may have never opened Slabbed over	N/A	N522
				West side of Second Avenue and Houston Street intersection (1) Located at the former northwest corner of the intersection, now a median Switchback stair Open at the time of the station's opening Likely demolished.	After 1936
WTC Cortlandt	A (IRT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	Manhattan	Liberty Street through 4 World Trade Center Destroyed in September 11, 2001, Attacks	2001		0	425		Yes
				World Trade Center concourse Consisted of full height turnstiles at the center of each platform and was only open on weekdays between 6:40 a.m. and 10 p.m. Destroyed in September 11, 2001, Attacks Vesey Street and West Broadway (former southeastern corner) Former full-time entrance There was a turnstile bank and one full height turnstile. The token booth was intact until the last remnants of the station in 2007.
75th Street–Elderts Lane	B (BMT)	Jamaica Line	Queens	Western corners of Elderts Lane and Jamaica Avenue, stairs S2 and S3 (2) In November 1975, attendants at this entrance were removed. In the late 1980s, the mezzanine was closed, but since it had become a haven to drugs and prostitution, these entrances were removed. When it was found that people were still getting into the closed mezzanine, the entire mezzanine was dismantled. The entrance had a token booth, which was closed after being burned down in 1985, but it was not rebuilt. Booth had been open between 5:50 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and from 1:40 to 4:30 p.m. HEETs were open between 5:50 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.. Had 300 entries and 10 exits in the morning, and 50 entries and 150 exits in the afternoon In 1987, the MTA Board approved the closure of the exit and the removal of the mezzanine. NYCTA decided to remove the mezzanine to control crime and save it the expense of upkeep. The public hearing for the proposal took place on August 20, 1987. Local residents said that the NYCTA "allowed vandalism, graffiti, filth and criminals" to overwhelm the entrance. Due to the neglect of the entrance, ridership at it decreased. The mezzanine was frequented by congregating teenagers, was frequently graffitied and vandalized, and often had its lights broken. The initial plan was to keep it open for exits only. Assemblymember Schmidt was opposed to the move to demolish the entrance, even though it was supported by local community groups. He said, "If you have a crime problem, deal with it." On February 20, 1988, it was reported that the mezzanine would be removed. Erroneously shown on 2015 neighborhood map	c. 1988	J027	1,069,608	346		No
85th Street–Forest Parkway				Northwestern corner of Forest Parkway and Jamaica Avenue, stair S3 (1) In November 1975, attendants at this entrance were removed. In January 1979, Assemblymember Schmidt and the Woodhaven Block Association circulated a petition requesting the reopening of the token booth at Forest Parkway, and the assignment of a TA policeman to curb loitering and vandalism there. In the late 1980s, the mezzanine was closed, but since it had become a haven to drugs and prostitution, these entrances were removed. At the time of its closure, the entrance had HET and HXTs, was open between 4:40 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., and was entered by 70 daily riders. In 1987, the MTA Board approved the closure of the exit and the removal of the mezzanine. NYCTA decided to remove the mezzanine to control crime and save it the expense of upkeep. The public hearing for the proposal took place on August 20, 1987. Local residents said that the NYCTA "allowed vandalism, graffiti, filth and criminals" to overwhelm the entrance. Due to the neglect of the entrance, ridership at it decreased. The mezzanine was frequented by congregating teenagers, was frequently graffitied and vandalized, and often had its lights broken. The initial plan was to keep it open for exits only. Assemblymember Schmidt was opposed to the move to demolish the entrance, even though it was supported by local community groups, due to its proximity to a library, a post office, and two banks. He said, "If you have a crime problem, deal with it." On February 20, 1988, it was reported that the mezzanine would be removed.	c. 1988	J029	1,156,600	336		No
88th Street	B (IND)	Fulton Street Line	Queens	Both western corners of Liberty Avenue and 86th Street (2), Stairs S3 and S4 Street staircases removed; mezzanine still exists Turnstile array still intact Not used for storage Removed after 1971	1971-1980	N132	880,776	375	1	No
104th Street	B (BMT)	Jamaica Line	Queens	Eastern corners of 102nd Street and Jamaica Avenue, stairs S3 and S4 (2) In November 1975, attendants at this entrance were removed. At the time of its closure, it was exit-only and was open between 5:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. In 1987, the MTA Board approved the closure of the exit and the removal of the mezzanine. NYCTA decided to remove the mezzanine to control crime and save it the expense of upkeep. The public hearing for the proposal took place on August 20, 1987. Local residents said that the NYCTA "allowed vandalism, graffiti, filth and criminals" to overwhelm the entrance. Due to the neglect of the entrance, ridership at it decreased. The mezzanine was frequented by congregating teenagers, was frequently graffitied and vandalized, and often had its lights broken. The initial plan was to keep it open for exits only. Assemblymember Schmidt was opposed to the move to demolish the entrance, even though it was supported by local community groups. He said, "If you have a crime problem, deal with it." On February 20, 1988, it was reported that the mezzanine would be removed. Had two HXTs	c. 1988	J033	502,541	406		No
111th Street	A (IRT)	Flushing Line	Queens	Western corners of 112th Street and Roosevelt Avenue (2) Western two platform stairs to this control area were slabbed over by 1994 Eastern two platform stairs to this control area were closed by 1994 and full-height fences and locked gates were installed around them in 2001 Street stairs removed after 1971 and before 2003	1971-1994	R531	3,721,445	137	1	No
				Southeastern corners of 112th Street and Roosevelt Avenue (2) The 111th Street mezzanine was not completed with the opening of the station. Steel work was provided for it. The New York State Transportation Commission, on May 12, 1938, adopted a resolution stating that it should be completed to meet demand expected to and during the World's Fair. Due to crowding during the "Previews of the World's Fair" starting on April 30, 1938, a temporary wooden stairway was added to the southeastern corner of 112th Street and Roosevelt Avenue. Removed in 1945	1938 to 1945
111th Street	B (IND)	Jamaica Line	Queens	Southeastern corner of 113th Street and Jamaica Avenue (1), Stair S1 Stairway to street removed Mezzanine area repurposed into employee space as Crew Quarters Locker Room. In November 1975, attendants at this entrance were removed. Entrance structure still in place in mid-1980s; unclear if still open	After 1975	J036	948,885	368	1	No
Astoria Boulevard	B (BMT)	Astoria Line	Queens	Northern corners of Hoyt Avenue and 31st Street (2) Removed before construction of the Grand Central Parkway Space occupied by free overpasses accessing the expanded mezzanine Loss of both stairs compensated by new stair to the southeast corner, which was not part of the original station	1931-1932				1	Yes
Beach 25th Street	B (IND)	Rockaway Line	Queens	Southeastern corner of Far Rockaway Boulevard and Rockaway Freeway (1) Southbound only Structure still in place in mid-1980s	By June 1955 (pre-NYCTA)
Beach 36th Street				Southeastern corner of Beach 35th Street and Rockaway Freeway (1) Southbound only Structure still in place in mid-1980s	By June 1955 (pre-NYCTA)
Beach 44th Street				Southeastern corner of Beach 44th Street and Rockaway Freeway (1) Southbound only Structure still in place in mid-1980s	By June 1955 (pre-NYCTA)
Beach 90th Street				Northwestern corner of Beach 87th Street and Rockaway Freeway (1) Southbound only Boarded up by July 1956 Still in place in 1966 Structure removed by 1980	By June 1955 (pre-NYCTA)		411,887	411		No
				Northwestern corner of Beach 90th Street and Rockaway Freeway (1) Southbound only Still in place in 1980 and mid-1980s.	By June 1955 (pre-NYCTA)
Beach 98th Street				Northwestern corner of Beach 97th Street and Rockaway Freeway (1) Southbound only Still in place in 1980, but gated off in the mid-1980s	By June 1955 (pre-NYCTA)		180,588	422		No
				Northeastern corner of Beach 101st Street and Rockaway Freeway (1) Southbound only. Still in place in 1980; removed by mid-1980s
Beach 105th Street				Northwestern corner of Rockaway Freeway and Beach 105th Street (1) Southbound only Still in place in 1980. The entrance structure, which already had its canopy removed by this point, was still in place in 2007. Removed as part of a station renovation project in 2010-2011. Given that the passageway to the platform is only 9 feet wide, and that the platform is narrow at this location, this entrance was likely only used for exits, or has not been open since the station was used by the Long Island Rail Road	By June 1955 (pre-NYCTA)		97,654	423		No
				North side of Rockaway Freeway between Beach 105th Street and Beach 106th Street, stair S1 (1) Removed as part of a station renovation project	2010-2011
Court Square-23rd Street	A (IRT) B (IND)	Flushing Line Queens Boulevard Line Crosstown Line	Queens	Eastern corners of 23rd Street and 45th Road (2) Removed and replaced with new connector between Flushing Line and Crosstown Line	November 2007-2009					Partially (IRT only; Crosstown Line under construction, Jamaica-bound Queens Boulevard Line platform in design)
				Northwestern corner of 23rd Street and 45th Road (1) Removed as part of construction of new connector between Flushing Line and Crosstown Line	June 2009-2012
Forest Avenue	B (BMT)	Myrtle Avenue Line	Queens	East and west sides of Madison Street north of Woodward Avenue (2) Entrance structures and mezzanine still in place in the mid-1980s and platform stair remained covered by metal enclosure in 1989; eventually removed Local residents called for the removal of the staircases in 1981	1965-1970s	K023	796,742	381	1	No
Howard Beach–JFK Airport	B (BMT)	Rockaway Line	Queens	Passageway to bus terminal (1) Removed following the opening of the AirTrain station	2003					Yes
Mets–Willets Point	A (IRT)	Flushing Line	Queens	Northwestern and southwestern corners of Seaver Way (by Willets Point Boulevard) and Roosevelt Avenue; stairway to street removed (2) Not accounted for in official MTA FOIL. Closed after station was shifted west in 1939 to become an express stop for the World's Fair	1939		1,873,789	259		No
Queens Plaza	B (IND)	Queens Blvd Line	Queens	Queensboro Bridge Plaza traffic median, west side of Northern Blvd north of Queens Blvd (1) Two stairs led to an enclosed public comfort station at street level Replaced by a traffic lane, location now covered by a large grate	N/A				2	Yes
Queensboro Plaza	A (IRT) B (BMT)	Flushing Line Astoria Line	Queens	Six street stairs to medians Three street stairs to Bridge Plaza North median The westernmost two stairs were repaired and reactivated for temporary use during the phased demolition of the station’s northern half Three street stairs to Bridge Plaza South median The westernmost stair of the three was repaired and reactivated for temporary use during the phased demolition of the station’s northern half	1949-1964	R509 (still open)	13,502	105	2	No; planned
				North side of Queens Plaza North (easement entrance), stair O1/O2 in a shopping arcade (1) Replaced with temporary stair in anticipation of easement entrance in a new building	April 22, 2022
Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue	A (IRT)	Flushing Line	Queens	10-27 50th Avenue, south side of 50th Avenue between Jackson Avenue and Vernon Boulevard (1) Closed following the extension of the station platforms to 10-cars and the opening of an entrance at Vernon Boulevard and 50th Street. Slabbed over in 1927 in an agreement with Junee Holding Company Replaced by entrances at either end of station In May 2020, the MTA Board voted to approve the surrendering of the master lease to the upper portion of the easement at ground level, and to relocate the lower portion of the easement to a location adjacent to the platform for a storage room. The access to the easement was permanently blocked off by a developer.	1926		4,821,191	100	2	No; planned
167th Street	A (IRT)	Jerome Avenue Line	The Bronx	East side of River Avenue between 167th Street and McClellan Street (1) To the northbound platform Removed after 1980	1939 to 1988
170th Street				Second staircase to the southeastern corner of West 170th Street and Jerome Avenue (1) Replaced by elevator in this location, and by new entrances across West 170th Street	2019-2020
225th Street	A (IRT)	White Plains Road Line	The Bronx	Southwestern corner of 225th Street and White Plains Road Still open in 1996 Likely removed in 2005 station renovation	c. 2005
233rd Street				Southeastern corner of 233rd Street and White Plains Road Removed	After 1939
Bronx Park East				Southwestern corner of Sagamore Street and Birchall Avenue (1) Staircase still existed in mid-1980s Space used for an Electric Panel Room	before 1996		799,927	379		No

Unopened entrances and previously unopened entrances

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Entrances that were initially slated for closure

Station	Division	Line	Borough	Location	Reason for not being closed	Ridership (2017)	Ridership rank out of 425 (2017)
62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue	B (BMT)	Sea Beach Line West End Line	Brooklyn	15th Avenue and 63rd Street In 1992, the NYCTA proposed closing this entrance when token booth D006 was closed. At the same time, it proposed closing the booth at all times, and had that come to pass, this entrance would have been closed at all times.
Borough Hall/ Court Street	A (IRT) B (BMT)	Eastern Parkway Line Lexington Avenue Line Fourth Avenue Line	Brooklyn	Southwestern corner of Montague Street and Clinton Street The proposal to close this entrance, along with two at two other stations, was initially released in 1982, with a public hearing.	The entrance and those at two other stations were revisited in 1983. The decision to close the station was postponed to the following MTA board meeting so it could be studied further. Initially, the NYCTA cited the design preference of the architect rehabilitating the station as the rationale for the closure, but later stated that safety concerns were the real issue. The move to close the entrance was opposed by City Council President Carol Bellamy and local residents. This entrance was to be closed for being too far away from the token booth.	10,693,598	28
Carroll Street	B (IND)	Culver Line	Brooklyn	Passageway to Southeastern corner of Second Place and Smith Street Closing of passageway, entrance, and high exit-turnstile proposed in 1992
Church Avenue				Passageway to Southern corners of McDonald Avenue and Church Avenue Closure proposed in 1992
Lafayette Avenue	B (IND)	Fulton Street Line	Brooklyn	Southwestern corner of Lafayette Avenue and South Portland Avenue (S8-M10);		1,621,121	286
Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street	B (IND/BMT)	Crosstown Line Canarsie Line	Brooklyn	Northeastern corner of Union Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue, stair S5 Exit-only staircase Planned to be closed during the 2000 station renovation project Was intended to improve security by concentrating riders at the full-time booth at the southwestern corner of the intersection 35 daily riders would have been required to walk an additional 480 feet (150 m) Southeastern corner of Union Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue, stair S7 Planned to be closed during the 2000 station renovation project along with the other staircase at this corner, which was perpendicular to this staircase Intended to help reconfigure the mezzanine to improve the transfer at the station for 13,000 riders To improve the transfer, a connection would have needed to be created in the mezzanine by putting into place a corridor within fare control across the free zone that was served by the pairs of street staircases on both side of Union Avenue, requiring the closure of one pair. It was decided to close the eastern staircases because they were much less used than the western staircases and because having the booth located adjacent to the western pair would allow transfer movement to be done more smoothly. 1,400 daily riders would have been required to walk an additional 90 feet (27 m) to the exits on the west side		5,010,601	97
14th Street–Union Square	A (IRT) B (BMT)	Lexington Avenue Line Broadway Line Canarsie Line	Manhattan	Southwestern corner of 14th Street and Fourth Avenue (1) Was to be closed in a 1994 proposal as part of a plan to improve station circulation.		34,557,551
59th Street–Columbus Circle	A (IRT) B (IND)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southwestern corner of 57th Street and Eighth Avenue through the Hearst Tower (2) Constructed as part of an agreement on November 1, 1927. As part of the agreement, the building owner could terminate the easements with six months' notice to the city if it constructed two stairways from the sidewalk on the 57th Street side of the building. It has two entrances from the building to the west side of Eighth Avenue and to the south side of 57th Street In 1954, the Hearst Corporation, which took ownership of the building, requested that the entrance to 57th Street be closed. Given the low number of riders using that entrance, it requested that it not be required to construct a stairway to replace that easement entrance. The corporation agreed to construct a stairway on the south side of 57th Street, if granted permission to close the entrance, when the NYCTA determined ridership required it.	Unclear
103rd Street	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southeastern corner of 103rd Street and Lexington Avenue The proposal to close this entrance, along with two at two other stations, was initially released in 1982, with a public hearing.	The entrance and those at two other stations were revisited in 1983. The decision to close the station was postponed to the following MTA board meeting so that an entrance at one of the two other stations–Court Street–could be studied further. The rationale for the closure was safety.	4,402,069	112
125th Street	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	Southern corners of 127th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue Proposed to be closed as part of the station's modernization Closed entrances at the northwestern and southeastern corners of 126th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue would have been reopened to replace these entrances. A public hearing on the proposed changes was held on November 19, 1981.		9,335,382	32
Chambers Street–World Trade Center/Park Place/Cortlandt Street	A (IRT)/ B (BMT/IND)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Eighth Avenue Line Broadway Line	Manhattan	Southeastern corner of Warren Street and Church Avenue, Stair S14 Scheduled to be closed in 1994 with the staircase at the northeastern corner of the intersection Consisted of a high entry turnstile and was located at the south end of a lightly used area outside of fare control used by 1,300 weekday riders, 1% of the station's traffic Exit scheduled to closed due to low usage and because it was not within good sightlines of the token booth. The area was to be converted to office and storage space. Was not closed and was instead used for exit-only until 2014 to 2016, when entries began being permitted
63rd Drive–Rego Park	B (IND)	Queens Boulevard Line	Queens	Junction Boulevard and 63rd Road
Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street	A (IRT)/ B (IND)	Flushing Line Queens Boulevard Line	Queens	Eastern corners of Broadway and 75th Street (2) Street stairs S1 and S2; planned to be closed and replaced by new stairs on the west side of 75th Street Would allow for the closure of the east end of the mezzanine. Intended to improve security by moving the stairs closer to the full-time booth.		17,095,073	17
Fordham Road	B (IND)	Concourse Line	The Bronx	Northeastern corner of 188th Street and Grand Concourse Was to be closed with the passageway leading to it as part of a station renovation. Unclear why the entrance was never closed.		3,843,008	132

See also

Entrances

• User:Kew Gardens 613/List of easement New York City Subway entrances
• User:Kew Gardens 613/List of new New York City Subway entrances
• User:Kew Gardens 613/List of part-time New York City Subway entrances
• User:Kew Gardens 613/List of exit-only New York City Subway entrances

Closed areas

• User:Kew Gardens 613/List of New York City Subway closed mezzanines and platform staircases
• User:Kew Gardens 613/List of closed New York City Subway crossovers/crossunders

Turnstiles

• User:Kew Gardens 613/List of New York City Subway HEETs

Token Booths

• User:Kew Gardens 613/List of removed New York City Subway token booths
• User:Kew Gardens 613/List of part-time New York City Subway token booths

Rare subway signs

• User:Kew Gardens 613/Subway Signs

Provisions

• User:Kew Gardens 613/New York City Subway Track Layout, Bellmouths and Provisions

External links

• Unused NYC Subway
• Subway Station Access Changes from MTA Board Materials
• Stationreporter.net
• Subway Nut
• nycsubway.org
• WNYC data
• WNYC Entrance Map
• No Exit: What Closed Subway Entrances Have to Do with Delays and Crowding