14th Street/Sixth Avenue station

14th Street
14th Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	Southbound platform
Station statistics
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Sixth Avenue Line
Services	F (all times) <F> (two rush hour trains, peak direction); M (weekdays during the day)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 15, 1940; 83 years ago
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	11,328,347 28.8%
Rank	15 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times
	Stops weekdays during the day

14th Street
14th Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	Uptown platform for local 1 (right) and express 2 and 3 trains
Station statistics
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1 (all times); 2 (all times); 3 (all except late nights)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms; cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1918; 105 years ago
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	11,328,347 28.8%
Rank	15 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next; Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next; Template:NYCS next; Template:NYCS next
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops all times
	Stops late nights only
	Stops all times except weekday late nights
	Stops weekdays and weekday late nights
	Stops weekdays during the day
	Stops late nights and weekends
	Stops weekends and weekend late nights

14th Street/Sixth Avenue
14th Street/Sixth Avenue
New York City Subway station complex
	Entrance looking west at 7th Avenue and 14th Street NW street stair
Station statistics
Address	West 14th Street, Avenue of the Americas & Seventh Avenue; New York, NY 10011
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Chelsea, Greenwich Village
Coordinates	40°44′14″N 73°59′48″W / 40.737328°N 73.996796°W
Division	A (IRT), B (BMT, IND)
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line; BMT Canarsie Line; IND Sixth Avenue Line
Services	1 (all times); 2 (all times); 3 (all except late nights); F (all times) <F> (two rush hour trains, peak direction); L (all times); M (weekdays during the day)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M7, M14A, M14D, M20, M55; PATH: JSQ–33, HOB–33, JSQ–33 (via HOB) (at 14th Street)
Levels	3
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1918; 105 years ago (Seventh Avenue Line platforms); September 24, 1924; 99 years ago (Canarsie Line platform); December 15, 1940; 83 years ago (Sixth Avenue Line platforms)
Traffic
2023	11,328,347 28.8%
Rank	15 out of 423
Location
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops all times
	Stops weekdays during the day

14th Street/Sixth Avenue is an underground New York City Subway station complex in the Chelsea district of Manhattan on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, the BMT Canarsie Line and the IND Sixth Avenue Line. It is served by the:

1, 2, F, and L trains at all times
3 train at all times except late nights on weekdays
M train on weekdays

A connection is available from this complex to PATH at 14th Street.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
B1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, transfers between services
B2 Broadway–Seventh Avenue platforms	Northbound local	← toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (18th Street) ← toward Wakefield–241st Street nights (18th Street)
	Island platform
	Northbound express	← toward Wakefield–241st Street (34th Street–Penn Station) ← toward Harlem–148th Street (34th Street–Penn Station)
	Southbound express	→ toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Chambers Street) → → toward New Lots Avenue (Chambers Street) →
	Island platform
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry (Christopher Street–Sheridan Square) → → toward Flatbush Avenue late nights (Christopher Street–Sheridan Square) →
B2 Sixth Avenue and PATH platforms	Northbound local	← toward Jamaica–179th Street (23rd Street) ← toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue weekdays (23rd Street)
	Side platform
	Side platform
	Northbound	← HOB–33 weekdays toward 33rd Street (23rd Street) ← JSQ–33 (via HOB weekends) toward 33rd Street (23rd Street)
	Southbound	→ HOB–33 weekdays toward Hoboken (Ninth Street) → → JSQ–33 (via HOB weekends) toward Journal Square (Ninth Street) →
	Side platform
	Side platform
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (West Fourth Street–Washington Square) → → weekdays toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (West Fourth Street–Washington Square) →
B3 Canarsie platform	Westbound	← toward Eighth Avenue (Terminus)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→ toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (Union Square) →
B4	Northbound express	← do not stop here
B4	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →

Notes:

The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platforms and the other lines' platforms are one block apart.
The express tracks of the IND Sixth Avenue Line run under the complex but are not part of the station.^[4]
The PATH platforms are at 14th Street station.

IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platforms

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Track layout

Legend

					to 34 St
					to 18 St










					to Christopher St
					to Chambers St

14th Street, opened on July 1, 1918, is an express station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, consisting of four tracks and two island platforms.^[5]

Both side track walls have their original IRT mosaic trim line with "14" tablets on it at regular intervals. Both platforms have blue i-beam columns that run along both sides at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white lettering.

Exits

This station has three fare control areas. The full-time entrance is at the north end. A single staircase from each platform leads to a crossover that has a newsstand in the center, two now defunct restrooms above the southbound platforms and tracks (mosaic signs reading "MEN" and "WOMEN" remain intact), and two full height turnstiles above the northbound platform and tracks (one entry/exit and one exit-only) leading to a staircase that goes up to the southeast corner of 14th Street and Seventh Avenue.^[6] There is also a passageway leading to the BMT Canarsie platforms on Sixth Avenue, which in turn allows a free transfer to the IND Sixth Avenue Line platforms. The full-time turnstile bank at the center of the crossover opposite the newsstand leads to a mezzanine containing a token booth, three staircases going up to the either northern corners as well as the southwest corner of 14th Street and Seventh Avenue.^[6] There is also a now-closed passageway with directional mosaics that leads to 14th Street–Eighth Avenue; the passageway is no longer usable due to the location of the BMT platform's stairs in that station, which are at the location where the passageway used to be.

The station has an exit-only at the center. Two staircases from each platform go up to a crossover where on either side, a single exit-only turnstile and emergency gate leads to a staircase that goes up to either northern corners of 13th Street and Seventh Avenue.^[6]

The station has an unstaffed fare control area at the south end. A single staircase from each platform leads to a crossover and a bank of turnstiles as well as one exit-only and one full-height turnstile. The mezzanine has a now-unused customer assistance booth and two staircases going up to both northern corners of 12th Street and Seventh Avenue.^[6]

IND Sixth Avenue Line platforms

Track layout

Legend

PATH to 23rd Street

Sixth Ave Line

to 23rd Street

14th Street (NYCS)

14th Street (PATH)

Sixth Ave Line to W Fourth St

PATH to Ninth Street

14th Street is a local station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line that opened on December 15, 1940, along with the rest of the IND Sixth Avenue Line from West Fourth Street–Washington Square to 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center.^[7]

There is a full length mezzanine over the platforms and tracks that is largely unused and dimly lit.^[4]

This station has two side platforms to the inside of the tracks. Both platforms have a green trim line on a darker green border and name tablets reading "14TH STREET" in white sans serif lettering on a dark green background and a lighter green border. Beneath the trim line and name tablets are small directional and number signs in white numbering on a black background. Trains open their doors to the left in both directions, which is unusual for a side platformed station in New York City. Most side platforms in the system are to the outside of the tracks and thus trains open the doors to the right. The PATH tracks and platforms are on the other side of the platform walls and not visible from this station. This means that the stations would be a cross-platform interchange, but the walls separate the different services. Thus, the walls act as a fare control boundary between the two systems.^[4]

The Sixth Avenue express tracks are at a lower level beneath the PATH tracks and thus not visible from this station either. The deep-bore tunnel's round shape becomes square below this station and at 23rd Street, where provisions for lower level platforms were built.

Exits

There are entrance/exits at both 14th Street and 16th Street, with fare controls at both ends. The 14th Street entrance is shared with the PATH station of the same name, which has a separate fare control.^[6] At both intersections, exits lead to all four corners.^[6]

BMT Canarsie Line platform

Sixth Avenue

New York City Subway station (rapid transit)

Station statistics

Division

B (BMT)^[1]

Line

BMT Canarsie Line

Services

L (all times)

Structure

Underground

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

2

Other information

Opened

June 30, 1924; 99 years ago

Opposite-
direction
transfer

Yes

Traffic

2023

11,328,347^[2]

28.8%

Rank

15 out of 423^[2]

Station succession

Next north

Template:NYCS next

Next south

Template:NYCS next

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times

Track layout

Legend

					to 8 Av







					to 14 St-Union Square

Sixth Avenue on the BMT Canarsie Line opened on June 30, 1924, as the terminal of the 14th Street–Eastern Line, which ran from Sixth Avenue under the East River and through Williamsburg to Montrose Avenue and Bushwick Avenues.^[8]^[9] This station has one island platform and two tracks and is approximately 40 feet below street level.

Both track walls have their original mosaic trim line consisting of earthy tones of olive green, brown, ochre and tan augmented by light green and Copenhagen blue. "6" tablets representing "Sixth Avenue" run along the trim line at regular intervals.

The 1993 artwork here is called MTA Jewels by Jennifer Kotter. It consists of paintings of various subjects on the passageway leading to the IRT.

West of the station, a center lay-up track begins at a bumper block and is only accessible from the Eighth Avenue terminal. This station was the terminal for the BMT Canarsie Line until Eighth Avenue opened in 1931.

Exits

The station has seven staircases going up from the platform. The two westernmost ones go up to a passageway that leads to the full-time fare control area at the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line station. The next two go up to the extreme south ends of both platforms of the IND Sixth Avenue Line station.

The next two staircases go up to a mezzanine leading to fare control that has a powder blue and state blue trim line. A bank of three regular turnstiles and two high entry/exit turnstiles provide entrance/exit from the station and there is no token booth. Two staircases go up to either eastern corners of 14th Street and Sixth Avenue.^[6] Another unstaffed bank of turnstiles by the northeast staircase leads to the mezzanine above the Queens-bound platform of 14th Street on the IND.^[6]

The last staircase on the extreme east end of the platform leads to a storage area and ventilation room. Another staircase in this section has been removed.

In popular culture

Starting roughly at the 27-minute mark in the 1977 film Joy, the title character, portrayed by Sharon Mitchell, enters the Sixth Avenue station, then boards a train car on which she seduces the only other passenger, a young man who had been reading a book titled How To Pickup Girls by T. R. Ames M.D.

Image gallery

Mosaic decoration with number "14" in the tile borders
Mezzanine area
Mosaics above the former men's restroom
Trim line and name tablet
Northwest stair of PATH leading to the station
Musician playing on the southbound IND platform

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c nycsubway.org – IND 6th Avenue: 23rd Street
^ "OPEN NEW SUBWAY TO REGULAR TRAFFIC; First Train on Seventh Avenue Line Carries Mayor and Other Officials. TO SERVE LOWER WEST SIDE Whitney Predicts an Awakening of the District--New Extensions of Elevated Railroad Service. Present Service Tentative. Currents of Travel to Change". query.nytimes.com. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Chelsea" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
^ "New Subway Line on 6th Ave. Opens at Midnight Fete". The New York Times. December 15, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
^ "Subway Tunnel Through". The New York Times. August 8, 1919. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
^ "Celebrate Opening of Subway Link". The New York Times. July 1, 1924. Retrieved February 13, 2010.

External links

[SASDEIS-DIVISION-1] "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.

[riderref-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[2016-rider-3] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[NYC_Subway-4] ycsubway.org – IND 6th Avenue: 23rd Street

[5] "OPEN NEW SUBWAY TO REGULAR TRAFFIC; First Train on Seventh Avenue Line Carries Mayor and Other Officials. TO SERVE LOWER WEST SIDE Whitney Predicts an Awakening of the District--New Extensions of Elevated Railroad Service. Present Service Tentative. Currents of Travel to Change". query.nytimes.com. Retrieved June 5, 2016.

[maps-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Chelsea" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.

[:02-7] "New Subway Line on 6th Ave. Opens at Midnight Fete". The New York Times. December 15, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved October 7, 2011.

[8] "Subway Tunnel Through". The New York Times. August 8, 1919. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

[9] "Celebrate Opening of Subway Link". The New York Times. July 1, 1924. Retrieved February 13, 2010.

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Queens Blvd Express/ Sixth Avenue Local	Jamaica–179th Street 169th Street Parsons Boulevard Sutphin Boulevard Briarwood Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike 75th Avenue Forest Hills–71st Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 21st Street–Queensbridge Roosevelt Island Lexington Avenue–63rd Street 57th Street 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue 34th Street–Herald Square 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street Second Avenue Delancey Street East Broadway York Street Jay Street–MetroTech Bergen Street Carroll Street Smith–Ninth Streets Fourth Avenue Seventh Avenue 15th Street–Prospect Park Fort Hamilton Parkway Church Avenue Ditmas Avenue 18th Avenue Avenue I Bay Parkway Avenue N Avenue P Kings Highway Avenue U Avenue X Neptune Avenue West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Queens Blvd Express/ Sixth Avenue Local (Rush Hour Express)	Jamaica–179th Street 169th Street Parsons Boulevard Sutphin Boulevard Briarwood Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike 75th Avenue Forest Hills–71st Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 21st Street–Queensbridge Roosevelt Island Lexington Avenue–63rd Street 57th Street 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Second Avenue Delancey Street East Broadway York Street Jay Street–MetroTech Seventh Avenue Church Avenue Ditmas Avenue 18th Avenue Avenue I Bay Parkway Avenue N Avenue P Kings Highway Avenue U Avenue X Neptune Avenue West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
14th Street– Canarsie Local	Eighth Avenue Sixth Avenue Union Square Third Avenue First Avenue Bedford Avenue Lorimer Street Graham Avenue Grand Street Montrose Avenue Morgan Avenue Jefferson Street DeKalb Avenue Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues Halsey Street Wilson Avenue Bushwick Avenue–Aberdeen Street Broadway Junction Atlantic Avenue Sutter Avenue Livonia Avenue New Lots Avenue East 105th Street Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
Queens Boulevard/ Sixth Avenue Local	Forest Hills–71st Avenue 67th Avenue 63rd Drive–Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard Grand Avenue–Newtown Elmhurst Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street Northern Boulevard 46th Street Steinway Street 36th Street Queens Plaza Court Square–23rd Street Lexington Avenue–53rd Street Fifth Avenue/53rd Street 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Essex Street Marcy Avenue Hewes Street Lorimer Street Flushing Avenue Myrtle Avenue Central Avenue Knickerbocker Avenue Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues Seneca Avenue Forest Avenue Fresh Pond Road Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.