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* nycsubway.org – [http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/artwork_show?183 Verdi's Rigoletto Artwork by Robert Hickman (2005)] |
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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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* Station Reporter – [http://www.stationreporter.net/2train.htm 2 Train] |
* Station Reporter – [http://www.stationreporter.net/2train.htm 2 Train] |
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* Station Reporter – [http://www.stationreporter.net/3train.htm 3 Train] |
* Station Reporter – [http://www.stationreporter.net/3train.htm 3 Train] |
Revision as of 10:54, 30 September 2016
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Original control house (left) and newer control house, located on opposite sides of 72nd Street | |||||||||||
Station statistics | |||||||||||
Address | area of West 72nd Street, Broadway & Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10023 | ||||||||||
Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||
Locale | Upper West Side | ||||||||||
Division | A (IRT)[1] | ||||||||||
Line | IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line | ||||||||||
Services | 1 ![]() 2 ![]() 3 ![]() | ||||||||||
Transit | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||
Structure | Underground | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms cross-platform interchange | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Opened | October 27, 1904[2] | ||||||||||
Accessible | ![]() | ||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||
2023 | 9,086,110[3] ![]() | ||||||||||
Rank | 22 out of 423[3] | ||||||||||
Station succession | |||||||||||
Next north | Template:NYCS next Template:NYCS next | ||||||||||
Next south | Template:NYCS next Template:NYCS next | ||||||||||
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Control House on 72nd Street | |||||||||||
MPS | Interborough Rapid Transit Subway Control Houses TR | ||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 80002684[4] | ||||||||||
Added to NRHP | May 6, 1980 | ||||||||||
72nd Street Subway Station (IRT) | |||||||||||
MPS | New York City Subway System MPS | ||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 04001017[4] | ||||||||||
Added to NRHP | September 17, 2004 |
72nd Street is an express station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Broadway, 72nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue (including Verdi Square and Sherman Square) on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It is served by the 1, 2 and 3 trains at all times.
History
The 72nd Street station opened on October 27, 1904, as part of the original subway, with trains running from Brooklyn Bridge to 145th Street. The original configuration of the station was inadequate by IRT standards. It had just one entrance (the control house on the traffic island between 71st and 72nd Streets, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places), and the platforms and stairways were unusually narrow. There were no crossovers or crossunders as the control house had separate turnstile banks and token booths for each side. Express trains ran on the innermost two tracks, while local trains ran on the outer pair.
During the 1950s, the New York City Transit Authority (now the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or MTA) considered converting the station to a local station by walling off the express tracks from the platforms. This would have coincided with 59th Street–Columbus Circle, which is a major transfer point to the IND Eighth Avenue Line, becoming an express stop.
A substantial renovation was completed on October 29, 2002, providing a new, larger control house on the traffic island between 72nd and 73rd Streets and slightly wider platforms at the north end of the station. This control house has two staircases and one elevator from each platform going up to a crossover, where on either side a turnstile bank leads to either 72nd or 73rd Streets. Only the southern turnstile bank has a staffed token booth and the elevators make this station ADA-accessible.[6] This control house has an artwork, Laced Canopy by Robert Hickman, which consists of a mosaic pattern on the central skylight; if looked at in the right way, the knots within the pattern make up the notation for an excerpt of Verdi's Rigoletto. The original control house was renovated and now has a total of five staircases: two to the southbound platform and three to the northbound platform. These staircases go up to a crossover, where on the north side, an unstaffed turnstile bank leads to 72nd Street and on the south side, three High Entry/Exit Turnstiles lead to 71st Street. This control house has artful wrought iron pillars, dating back to the days of the original subway system, as well as decorated ceiling beams.
Station layout
Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance, fare control, station agent![]() |
Platform level | Northbound local | ← ![]() ← ![]() |
Island platform ![]() | ||
Northbound express | ← ![]() ← ![]() | |
Southbound express | ![]() ![]() | |
Island platform ![]() | ||
Southbound local | ![]() ![]() |
At platform level, the station is similar to its original configuration, with two narrow island platforms and four tracks. There are two station houses, both of which provide entry and exit: the original station house south of 72nd Street, and the new one north of 72nd Street. However, the crossovers and elevator are only in the northernmost station house.
Gallery
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IRT mosaic tapestries
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Detail of the wall decoration with a fleur-de-lis
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Old control house
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Detail of the decorated ceiling with old lights and iron pillars in the old headhouse
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New control house
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.
- ^ a b "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ^ "New Headhouse Opens at West 72nd Street" (Press release). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2002-10-29. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- nycsubway.org – IRT West Side Line: 72nd Street
- nycsubway.org – Verdi's Rigoletto Artwork by Robert Hickman (2005)
- Station Reporter – 1 Train
- Station Reporter – 2 Train
- Station Reporter – 3 Train
- 72nd Street at The Subway Nut - [1]
- Forgotten NY – Original 28 - NYC's First 28 Subway Stations
- MTA's Arts For Transit – 72nd Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
- Newer headhouse at 72nd Street from Google Street View
- Older headhouse at 72nd Street from Google Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View
- Lobby from Google Maps Street View
- Accessible New York City Subway stations
- IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line stations
- Upper West Side
- Broadway (Manhattan)
- Railway and subway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
- New York City Subway stations in Manhattan
- Railway stations opened in 1904
- Heins and LaFarge buildings
- 1904 establishments in New York