Wall Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

Wall Street New York City Subway rapid transit station
Downtown Express leaving Wall Street
Station statistics
Address	Wall Street & Broadway New York, NY 10006
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Financial District
Coordinates	40.70771°N 74.011717°W / 40.70771; -74.011717
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4  (all times)       5  (all except late nights)
Connection	New York City Bus: M5, X17, X19
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	June 12, 1905 (June 12, 1905)
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	6,393,591  1%
Rank	61 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Fulton Street: 4  5
Next south	Bowling Green: 4  5
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Wall Street is a station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Broadway and Wall Street. It is served by the 4 train at all times and the 5 train at all times except late nights.

Description

Depiction of the wall of New Amsterdam on a tile

It is a two track station, with two side platforms that are slightly offset from one another.

The standard IRT name tablet mosaics are original as well as the fancy ceiling accents and the iron pillars. On the southbound platform is a wooden token booth and ticket chopper, wooden restroom doors on each side. The walls on the platforms are clad in pink stone at the bottom, followed by white tiles, the name of the station in white letters and blue mosaics, and decorated tiles at the top. The top part is decorated with tiles depicting vines or artistic depictions of a New Amsterdam stapled colonial house with the palisade wall in front of it, which gave today's Wall Street its name.

There is a crossunder about midway along the length of the platforms, and a lesser-used one at the north end. At street level are faux kiosks on the southbound side. A complex underground passageway exists outside the fare control which connects to the Broad Street station on the BMT Nassau Street Line, and to the Wall Street station on the Brooklyn Branch of the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line. This passageway also leads to the Chase Manhattan Plaza and the old Equitable Building.

The entrances are covered with curved metal roofs painted green. The metal is sculpted with patterns made to resemble wood or leaves.

Renovation

The original white tiles from the early 20th century were walled over with glossy dark blue tiles in the 1970s, with only the name of station allowed to stay. Similar remodeling work was done during that time with 51st Street station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, using beige tiles.

In 2006, a project to renovate/restore the station back to its original appearance began. As of May 2006, the blue tiles mentioned above had been removed and remnants of the original white tile-work exposed. The condition of the original tiles were fair to poor to completely missing. All missing tiles were refitted based on original models.

Image gallery

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  Downtown entrance at Trinity Church

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  Old wooden ticket booth

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  View of the wall, consisting of pink stone at the bottom, white tiles, the mosaic name of the station and further artful tiles

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  Decorated ceiling elements

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  Downtown train of R142 cars arriving

Further reading

• Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics : A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0

External links

• nycsubway.org — IRT East Side Line: Wall Street
• Wall Street-Rector Street entrance from Google Maps Street View