86th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

86th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station

Uptown platform
Station statistics
Address West 86th Street & Broadway
New York, NY 10024
Borough Manhattan
Locale Upper West Side
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Services       1  (all times)
      2  (late nights)
Connection
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened October 27, 1904; 107 years ago (October 27, 1904)[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 5,910,540[2]  2.1%
Rank 66 out of 422
Station succession
Next north 96th Street: 1  2 
91st Street (closed)
Next south 79th Street: 1  2 

86th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 86th Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times and 2 late nights only.

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Layout

As with many of the other local stations on this line, there are no crossovers or crossunders connecting the two side platforms. Northbound passengers must enter on the east side of Broadway while southbound passengers must enter on the west.

Artwork

While the station has not been renovated, it features artwork installed in 1989 entitled Westside Views by Nitza Tufiño. The artists are students of Manhattan Community Board 7 and the Grosvernor House. Scenes include the 72nd Street station, medians on Broadway, FDNY, kids at play, the Ida Straus memorial in Straus Park, boats at the 79th Street Boat Basin, the New York Buddhist Church street vendors, and a New York City Bus. A poem entitled West Side Views by student Pedro Pieti is also featured.

Image gallery

References

  1. ^ New York Times, Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It, October 28, 1904
  2. ^ "Facts and Figures: 2010 Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 

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