66th Street–Lincoln Center station

For the demolished station serving the IRT Ninth Avenue Line, see 66th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line).

66 Street–Lincoln Center
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
Coordinates	40.774°N 73.982°W / 40.774; -73.982
Division	A (IRT)
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 (1904-10-27)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	4,771,815  18.8%
Rank	57 out of 423
Location
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only

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

Track layout
to 72 St to 59 St

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance Elevators on southwest corner of 66th Street and Broadway (downtown) and southeast corner of 66th Street and Broadway (uptown)
Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (72nd Street) ← toward Wakefield–241st Street late nights (72nd Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry (59th Street–Columbus Circle) → → toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College late nights (59th Street–Columbus Circle) →
	Side platform

Name tablet

Cartouche

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; however, it is not ADA-accessible, and there is no free ADA-accessible transfer between directions.

Exits

Exit location	Exit type	Number of exits	Platform served
SW corner of Broadway and 66th Street	Staircase	2	Southbound
	Elevator	1
SE corner of Broadway and 66th Street	Staircase	2	Northbound
	Elevator	1
SW corner of Columbus Avenue and 65th Street	Staircase	1	Both, via southbound platform
Underground, from Lincoln Center	Passageway	1

Nearby points of interest

Street entrance and elevator

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.

This station also provides access to:

• ABC Television Center East studios, and its affiliate WABC-TV
• American Folk Art Museum
• Amsterdam Houses, New York City Housing Authority
• The Beacon School
• Leonard Bernstein Way (W. 65th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway)
• Central Park
• Church of St. Paul the Apostle
• Church of the Good Shepherd
• Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Lower School
• Fordham University Lincoln Center campus
• Holy Trinity Church

• Peter Jennings Way (W. 66th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West)
• Juilliard School
• Lincoln Square farmers market (at Richard Tucker Square)
• Lincoln Square Synagogue
• Manhattan New York Temple (Mormon)
• Merkin Concert Hall
• Museum of Biblical Art (American Bible Society)
• New York Institute of Technology
• New York Society for Ethical Culture
• West Side YMCA

References

Southern (65th St) southbound street stair

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