Canal Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

Canal Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Canal Street & Varick Street New York, NY 10013
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	SoHo, Tribeca
Coordinates	40°43′19″N 74°00′22″W / 40.722°N 74.006°W / 40.722; -74.006Coordinates: 40°43′19″N 74°00′22″W / 40.722°N 74.006°W / 40.722; -74.006
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)       2  (late nights)
Connection	NYCT Bus: M20
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1918 (1918-07-01)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	1,859,071[1]  4%
Rank	251 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Houston Street: 1  2
Next south	Franklin Street: 1  2
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)

Canal Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located in Lower Manhattan at the intersection of Canal and Varick Streets. It is served by the 1 train at all times, and by the 2 train during late night hours.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street ( toward 241st Street late nights) (Houston Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry ( toward Brooklyn College late nights) (Franklin Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

This underground station is located on the street of the same name, which is the boundary of SoHo and Tribeca. Lying within a block of three different pocket parks (St. John's Park, Duane Park, and Cavala Park), the station sits at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel outside of the Tribeca North Historic District.^[2] Much of the surrounding area is characterized by its historic loft architecture.

Like all stations on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line south of 34th Street – Penn Station, Canal Street opened on July 1, 1918 as part of a southwestern expansion of the line to the South Ferry loop station. (That station has been replaced by another with the same name.) The station was renovated in 1992 by MTA New York City Transit's in-house staff.

This station has two side platforms and four tracks, numbered 1 to 4 from west to east, with center tracks 2 and 3 serving the 2 and 3 express trains that bypass the station during daytime hours. The platforms are mildly offset and, although there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfers between directions, there is evidence of a sealed crossunder on both of the platforms. Fare control is on platform level for both sides with entrances on both sides of Varick Street on the northern side of Canal Street.

Gallery

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  Mosaic with name

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  St. John's Chapel

References

Further reading

• Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics : A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0

External links

Media related to Canal Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org—IRT West Side Line: Canal Street
• Station Reporter — 1 Train
• Canal Street entrance from Google Maps Street View