86th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

86th Street

New York City Subway rapid transit station

An R32

local train arriving in the station, southbound, with an R44

express train bypassing.

Station statistics

Address

West 86th Street & Central Park West
New York, NY 10024

Borough

Manhattan

Locale

Upper West Side

Coordinates

40°47′07″N 73°58′10″W / 40.785286°N 73.969316°WCoordinates: 40°47′07″N 73°58′10″W / 40.785286°N 73.969316°W

Division

B (IND)

Line

IND Eighth Avenue Line

Services

      A (late nights)
      B (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)
      C (all except late nights)

Connection

New York City Bus: M10, M86

Structure

Underground

Levels

Platforms

2 side platforms (1 on each level)

Tracks

4 (2 on each level)

Other information

Opened

September 10, 1932^[1]

Wireless service

^[2]

Traffic

Passengers (2014)

3,515,551^[3]

3.1%

Rank

145 out of 421

Station succession

Next north

96th Street: A B C

Next south

81st Street – Museum of Natural History: A B C

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops in station at all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops late nights and weekdays only
	Stops late nights and weekends only
	Stops weekends and weekend late nights
	Stops weekdays and weekday late nights
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops weekends only
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
	Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
	Station is closed
(Details about time periods)

86th Street is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Central Park West and 86th Street on the Upper West Side, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service. The B train provides additional service here on weekdays except nights.

This underground station, opened on September 10, 1932, has two levels with northbound trains on the upper level and southbound trains on the lower one. From west to east, each level has one side platform, one local track and one express track.

The platforms have no tile band and name tablets read "86TH ST." in white sans serif lettering on a Midnight blue background with a black border. There are small "86" and directional signs in white lettering on a black background. Blue I-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white lettering.

This station has three fare control areas, all of which are on the upper level. The full-time one is at the south end and has a turnstile bank, token booth, and three street stairs. One goes up to the northwest corner of 86th Street and Central Park West while the other two go up to the southwest corners. Right inside fare control, there is a staircase going down to the lower level.

The station's other two entrances/exits are unstaffed. The one at the center of the upper level is unstaffed and has a staircase connecting both platforms and one that goes up to the northwest corner of 87th Street and Central Park West. The third fare control area has two HEET turnstiles, one exit-only turnstile, and one staircase going up to the northwest corner of 88th Street and Central Park West. The staircase here formerly showed a blue diamond B,^[4] which was never used for service (an orange one was used in 1986-1988), but this has since been covered with decals indicating the correct services.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance
B1	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Northbound local	← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours, 145th Street other times (96th Street) ← toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (96th Street)
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
B2	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward Brighton Beach (81st Street – Museum of Natural History) → → toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (81st Street – Museum of Natural History) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

↑ New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line, September 10, 1932, page 6
↑ NYC Subway Wireless
↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2015-04-27. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
↑ picture

External links

Media related to 86th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) at Wikimedia Commons

nycsubway.org — IND 8th Avenue: 86th Street
Station Reporter — B Train
Station Reporter — C Train
The Subway Nut — 86th Street Pictures
86th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
87th Street exit only stairs from Google Maps Street View
88th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

New York City Subway stations

8th Ave. Line	Inwood – 207th Street Dyckman Street 190th Street 181st Street 175th Street 168th Street 163rd Street – Amsterdam Avenue 155th Street [← to 155th Street, Concourse Line] 145th Street 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Cathedral Parkway – 110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 81st Street – Museum of Natural History 72nd Street 59th Street – Columbus Circle [to Seventh Avenue, 6th Ave. Line → / ← to Seventh Avenue, Queens Blvd. Line] 50th Street 42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street – Penn Station 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street – Washington Square Spring Street Canal Street Chambers Street – World Trade Center Fulton Street High Street Jay Street – MetroTech [to Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets, Fulton St. Line →]

See also: List by borough (The Bronx • Brooklyn • Manhattan • Queens) • Accessible • Closed • Terminals • Transfer Stations in italics are closed or demolished. Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

Central Park

Features

Geographical features	Cedar Hill Cherry Hill Conservatory Garden Conservatory Water Great Lawn / Turtle Pond Harlem Meer Onassis Reservoir The Pond and Hallett Nature Sanctuary The Ramble and Lake Seneca Village Sheep Meadow

Sculptures	107th Infantry Memorial Balto Christopher Columbus Cleopatra's Needle Daniel Webster Eagles and Prey The Falconer Fitz-Greene Halleck Giuseppe Mazzini Indian Hunter King Jagiello Monument Robert Burns Romeo and Juliet Samuel Finley Breese Morse Seventh Regiment Memorial Sir Walter Scott The Gates (former) Untermyer Fountain USS Maine National Monument Victor Herbert William Shakespeare

Other features	Arsenal Belvedere Castle Bethesda Terrace and Fountain Blockhouse Bridges Burnett Memorial Fountain Carousel Delacorte Theater Diana Ross Playground Fort Clinton Lasker Rink Mall Marionette Theatre McGowan's Pass McGown's Pass Tavern Richard Morris Hunt Memorial Rumsey Playfield Strawberry Fields Tavern on the Green Victorian Gardens Wollman Rink Zoo Escape hoax Zoo York Wall Zoo York

Events

Neighboring features

Streets	Border Streets Fifth (East) North South West Transverses 66th 79th 85th 97th

Subway stations	Fifth Avenue – 59th Street 59th Street – Columbus Circle 72nd Street 81st Street 86th Street 96th Street 103rd Street Cathedral Parkway – 110th Street Central Park North – 110th Street

People and animals

Miscellaneous