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| Address | South Street & Whitehall Street New York, NY 10004 |
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| Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Financial District | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | A (IRT), B (BMT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line BMT Broadway Line |
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| Services | 1 (all times) N (late nights) R (all except late nights) |
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| Opened | March 16, 2009[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 8,807,719[2] 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 34 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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South Ferry – Whitehall Street is a New York City Subway station complex in the Manhattan neighborhood of Battery Park, shared by the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line and the BMT Broadway Line. It is served by:
Formerly two unconnected stations, the 2009 completion of the new South Ferry IRT terminal added a free transfer between the 1 train and the N and R trains at the older Whitehall Street station.
This station complex is the third on the site to bear the name South Ferry. The second, open from 1905 to 2009, served the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line and Lexington Avenue lines. The first was an elevated station open from 1878 to 1950, and served the former IRT Ninth, Sixth, Third and Second Avenue lines.
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| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | 1 (all times) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | March 16, 2009[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line only) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Rector Street: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | (Terminal): 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Chambers Street: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | none | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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South Ferry on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line has two tracks and one island platform. The two tracks end at bumper blocks at the south end of the platform. This station is the newest in the entire transit system, built as a replacement to the now-defunct South Ferry loops, which are now used for train storage and turn-arounds. Unlike the loop station, this station only serves trains from the Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line, and does not connect with the Lexington Avenue Line. The loop station has the distinction of being the only station complex to completely close while remaining intact.
In mid-2005, construction commenced on the new station, which is located underneath the loop station. It is designed as an ADA-accessible, two-track terminal, which allows all ten cars of the train to platform and all doors can be opened. The new station offers three street entrances (the loop station had only one) and has added a free transfer to the Whitehall Street – South Ferry station on the BMT Broadway Line. According to the latest update from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, landscaping for Peter Minuit Plaza will be completed by May 2010.
On December 11, 2008, the New York Times and the cable news channel NY1 reported that the new station was essentially finished. It features monumental artwork, See it split, see it change,[1] consisting of fused glass wall, stone mosaic, and a stainless steel fence. The artwork by artists Doug & Mike Starn depicting Manhattan topography is installed in the mezzanine.[3] In November and December 2005, centuries-old walls were discovered in two places in the proposed right-of-way. The walls are on display in the park, and in the new terminal.[4][5][6]
Originally budgeted at $400 million, the new South Ferry station cost a total of $530 million, with most of the money being a grant from the Federal Transit Administration earmarked for World Trade Center reconstruction.[7] In January 2009, the opening was delayed because the tracks were too far from the edge of the platform. The problem was corrected and the station opened on March 16, 2009.[8] It is the first new subway station completed since 1989 when the IND 63rd Street Line stations (21st Street – Queensbridge, Roosevelt Island, and Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street) opened.
On April 16, 2009, MTA Capital Construction awarded a $19.2 million to Tully Construction Company, to reconstruct Peter Minuit Plaza, which is above the station.[9]
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| Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | BMT Broadway Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | N (late nights) R (all except late nights) |
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| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms cross-platform interchange |
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| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 20, 1918 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Rector Street: N R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next south | Court Street: N R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Whitehall Street – South Ferry[10] on the BMT Broadway Line has three tracks and two island platforms. All trains use the two outer tracks and continue through the Montague Street Tunnel to the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn. The center track is not normally used and merges with both outer tracks at either end of the station.
The station is rather deep, as much of it goes under Bowling Green on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line. The fare control area is at the extreme south end of the station.
South of this station, a pair of bellmouths exists, allowing for a connection to a never-built East River tunnel south of the Montague Street Tunnel, going towards the proposed DeKalb Avenue bypass, using the old LIRR Atlantic Avenue Tunnel or under another street in Brooklyn. Further south is a flying junction joining from Broad Street on the BMT Nassau Street Line.
Also south of this station, the emergency exit from the Montague Street Tunnel is located in the Nassau Street Connection which means before the Nassau Street Line was built, the emergency exit was actually in the bellmouth for the proposed line. The bellmouth was visible for years until it was used by the Nassau Street Connection when the entire line opened in 1931.
When this station opened, it was the terminal for the Broadway Line until the connection to Brooklyn opened in March 1920.