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Platform for the uptown local 6 train |
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| Address | Bleecker Street & Lafayette Street New York, NY 10012 |
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| Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | NoHo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IRT Lexington Avenue Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | 4 (late nights) 6 (all times) <6>(weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) |
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| System transfers | From southbound plaform only: B D F M at Broadway – Lafayette Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line) |
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| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 27, 1904[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 11,062,580 (station complex)[2] 6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 25 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Astor Place: 4 6 <6> | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT)
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| MPS: | New York City Subway System MPS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP Reference#: | 04001012[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP: | September 17, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bleecker Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Lafayette and Bleecker Streets in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. It is served by the 6 train at all times, the <6> during weekdays in peak direction, and the 4 during late night hours.
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There are four tracks here, with the two center express tracks served by 4 and 5 trains during the day. The two side platforms are offset by about three-fourths of their lengths. Fare control is at platform level, with no crossover or crossunder. The station features typical IRT mosaics with two styles of small "Bleecker Street" mosaics made by the Grueby Faience Company in 1904. There is a closed exit gate on the southbound side across from the northbound fare control.
A free transfer to the Broadway – Lafayette Street station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line is available at the south end of the southbound platform. There is no free transfer from northbound trains; connection from the northbound trains entails a one-block walk at street level outside of fare control and thus requires the payment of an additional fare (except for unlimited-ride MetroCard holders). As part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's 2005–2009 capital program, about US$50 million has been allocated towards making the station ADA-accessible, creating a free transfer to Broadway – Lafayette Street from the northbound platform, and rehabilitating the entire station.[4] As of November 2011, the $94 million project is to be opened to the public by early 2012.[5]
The station has blue Grueby faience station name plaques which date back to the origins in 1905. Each plaque was assembled from 27 pieces of faience ceramic. They depict poppies. The smaller blue cartouches show tulips, probably a reminder of the Dutch origins of the city. Later Vickers station tablets complete the station, five different colours were used for the mosaics.
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| Bleecker St Station Expansion, Metropolitan Transportation Authority; February 5, 2010; 1:26 YouTube video clip | |