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* nycsubway.org – [http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/artwork_show?6 Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers Artwork by Nancy Spero (2004)] |
* nycsubway.org – [http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/artwork_show?6 Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers Artwork by Nancy Spero (2004)] |
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* Station Reporter – [http://www.stationreporter.net/1train.htm 1 Train] |
* Station Reporter – [https://web.archive.org/web/20060924173239/http://www.stationreporter.net:80/1train.htm 1 Train] |
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* Forgotten NY – [http://forgotten-ny.com/2006/01/the-original-28-part-2-a-look-at-the-artwork-from-the-nycs-first-28-stations-opened-october-27-1904/ Original 28 – NYC's First 28 Subway Stations] |
* Forgotten NY – [http://forgotten-ny.com/2006/01/the-original-28-part-2-a-look-at-the-artwork-from-the-nycs-first-28-stations-opened-october-27-1904/ Original 28 – NYC's First 28 Subway Stations] |
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* MTA's Arts For Transit–[http://mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=1&station=9&xdev=775 66th Street–Lincoln Center (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)] |
* MTA's Arts For Transit–[http://mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=1&station=9&xdev=775 66th Street–Lincoln Center (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)] |
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Revision as of 09:09, 30 September 2016
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 New York City Subway station (rapid transit) | |||||||||
 Uptown platform | |||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address | West 66th Street & Broadway New York, NY 10023 | ||||||||
| Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||
| Locale | Lincoln Square, Upper West Side | ||||||||
| Division | A (IRT)[1] | ||||||||
| Line | IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line | ||||||||
| Services | 1  (all times) 2  (late nights) | ||||||||
| Transit |  NYCT Bus: M5, M7, M11, M66, M104 MTA Bus: BxM2 | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||
| Opened | October 27, 1904[2] | ||||||||
| Accessible |  ADA-accessible | ||||||||
| Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| 2023 | 4,771,815[3]  18.8% | ||||||||
| Rank | 57 out of 423[3] | ||||||||
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66th Street–Lincoln Center is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 66th Street and Broadway, it is served by the 1 train at all times, and by the 2 train during late nights.
Station layout
| Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance Elevators on southwest corner of 66th Street and Broadway (downtown) and southeast corner of 66th Street and Broadway (uptown)
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| Platform level | Side platform
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| Northbound local | ← toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (72nd Street) ← toward Wakefield–241st Street late nights (72nd Street)
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| Northbound express | ←  do not stop here
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| Southbound express | do not stop here →
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| Southbound local | toward South Ferry (59th Street–Columbus Circle) → toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College late nights (59th Street–Columbus Circle) →
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| Side platform
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The walls at the platform level were renovated in 2004 and are decorated with mosaics designed by New York artist Nancy Spero. Elevators to street level provide ADA-accessibility. There is also a crossunder between the uptown and downtown side platforms at the extreme south end of the station.
Nearby points of interest
The station provides access to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts just to the south, with Alice Tully Hall just to the west. All of the Lincoln Center venues are connected by underground concourses near the southern end of the station. Dante Park, upstairs at the south end, is named for the poet Dante Alighieri, whose statue is found there. Richard Tucker Park is nearby, at the north end of Lincoln Square.
A number of schools are nearby as well, including the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and some small schools located in the former Martin Luther King Jr. High School building, and there have been reports that some high school students traveling by subway interact aggressively with other subway passengers.[5]
This station also provides access to:
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References
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ New York Times, Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It, October 28, 1904
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ^ Kennedy, Randy (April 24, 2001). "Tunnel Vision; When School's Out, the Subways Can Turn Ugly". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
External links
Media related to 66th Street – Lincoln Center (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) at Wikimedia Commons- nycsubway.org – IRT West Side Line: 66th Street/Lincoln Center
- nycsubway.org – Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers Artwork by Nancy Spero (2004)
- Station Reporter – 1 Train
- Forgotten NY – Original 28 – NYC's First 28 Subway Stations
- MTA's Arts For Transit–66th Street–Lincoln Center (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
- 66th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- 65th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View
