Houston Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

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Houston Street
New York City Subway station
Station information
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1 (all times) 2 (late nights)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Passengers (2006)	3.801 million ▼ 3%
Other
Borough	Manhattan
Opened	July 1, 1918
Next north	Christopher Street: 1 2
Next south	Canal Street: 1 2

Houston Street is a local subway station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. There is no crossover or crossunder, although evidence of a sealed-up crossunder is present at the north end. The local tracks are at a slightly higher level than the express tracks; it is believed that this was to aid deceleration and acceleration of local trains entering and leaving the station.

The station was renovated in 1994 by in-house contract. The 1994 artwork is entitled Platform Diving by Deborah Brown; it interprets the question "What kind of subway would sea creatures use?"