List of closed New York City Subway stations

The City Hall station was the original southern terminal station of the first line

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City in the U.S. state of New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. Its predecessors—the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), and the Independent Subway System (IND)—were consolidated in 1940. Since then, stations of the New York City Subway have been permanently closed, either entirely or in part.

The largest number of closed New York City Subway stations consist of stations on abandoned and demolished elevated lines once operated by the IRT and the BMT, both of which were privately held companies. After their takeover by the City of New York (the IND was already owned and operated by New York City), the three former systems were no longer in competition with each other. Thus, elevated lines that duplicated underground lines were the first to close. Other elevated lines that did not create a redundancy in the system, such as the Bronx portion of the IRT Third Avenue Line and a major portion of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line were later demolished. Two stations in which sections of track still operate have been demolished. The Dean Street station was demolished as part of the rebuilding of the BMT Franklin Avenue Line, and the Cortlandt Street station of the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line was demolished, with plans for reconstruction, after it sustained heavy damage caused by the September 11 attacks.

The remaining closed stations and portions of stations are intact and are abandoned. The exception is the Court Street station: it is the site of the New York Transit Museum, a museum that documents the history of public transportation in New York City. The closed outer platforms of the Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station are occasionally used for filming purposes. The criterion for closing stations, as explained by spokesman Charles Seaton, is not "because of low ridership. The only reason we have closed a station is because of its proximity to another station... The smaller stations are just as necessary as the larger ones."^[1]

Permanently closed but existing stations

These stations are still intact but are not currently served by passenger trains. This list does not include closed platforms on a different level of an open station.

Station	Division	Line	Borough	Opened	Closed	Former Services	Notes
18th Street	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	000000001904-10-27-0000October 27, 1904[2]	000000001948-11-08-0000November 8, 1948		Between 23rd Street and 14th Street–Union Square. Closed after platform lengthening of both adjacent stations and the opening of new entrances at 22nd Street and 15th Street deemed the 18th Street station to be within proximity.[3][4]
91st Street	A (IRT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	Manhattan	000000001904-10-27-0000October 27, 1904[2]	000000001959-02-02-0000February 2, 1959		Between 96th Street and 86th Street. Closed after platform lengthening of the 96th Street platforms deemed the station to be within proximity.[5]
Anderson–Jerome Avenues	A (IRT)	Ninth Avenue elevated	Bronx	000000001918-07-01-0000July 1, 1918	000000001958-08-31-0000August 31, 1958		North of the 155th Street station, the elevated line crossed the Harlem River and went into a tunnel, much like the 125th Street subway station comes out of the tunnel onto a high viaduct. This was done in both places to keep the grade of the tracks relatively level. Closed with the discontinuation of the Polo Grounds Shuttle.
City Hall Loop	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	000000001904-10-27-0000October 27, 1904[2]	000000001945-12-31-0000December 31, 1945		South of Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall on a curved balloon loop. Closed due to low ridership, short platform length and the proximity of the busier Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall station.[6] Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Court Street	B (IND)	Fulton Street Line	Brooklyn	000000001936-04-09-0000April 9, 1936[7]	000000001946-06-01-0000June 1, 1946[8]		West of Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets. Closed due to low ridership and proximity to other Downtown Brooklyn stations. Site now houses the New York Transit Museum.[9][10]
Myrtle Avenue	B (BMT)	Fourth Avenue Line	Brooklyn	000000001915-06-22-0000June 22, 1915[11]	000000001956-07-01-0000July 1, 1956July 1956[12]		Between the Manhattan Bridge and DeKalb Avenue. Closed due to proximity to DeKalb Avenue and construction of a flying junction to ease a choke point in the area.[12] The southbound platform no longer exists; the northbound platform now houses the Masstransiscope zoetrope artwork by Bill Brand visible from Manhattan-bound trains coming from the local track at DeKalb Avenue.[13]
Sedgwick Avenue	A (IRT)	Ninth Avenue elevated	Bronx	000000001918-07-01-0000July 1, 1918	000000001958-08-31-0000August 31, 1958		North of the 155th Street station, the elevated line crossed the Harlem River and went into a tunnel similarly to how the 125th Street subway station comes out of the tunnel onto a high viaduct. This was done in both places to keep the grade of the tracks relatively level. Closed with the discontinuation of the Polo Grounds Shuttle.
South Ferry (Inner Loop)	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	000000001905-07-10-0000July 10, 1905[2]	000000001977-02-13-0000February 13, 1977		Inner platform of station; south of Bowling Green on a curved balloon loop. Closed due to low ridership, specialized rolling stock requirement and proximity to Bowling Green.[14]
South Ferry (Outer Loop)	A (IRT)	Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line	Manhattan	000000001918-07-01-0000July 1, 1918	000000002017-06-27-0000June 27, 2017		Closed due to the opening of the new South Ferry–Whitehall Street station in 2009. Reopened in 2013 when the new station was damaged by Hurricane Sandy, then closed again after the new station was renovated. See also "Reopened and temporarily closed stations."
Worth Street	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	000000001904-10-27-0000October 27, 1904[2]	000000001962-09-01-0000September 1, 1962		Between Canal Street and Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall. Closed after platform lengthening of the Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall platforms deemed the station to be within proximity.[15]

Open stations with closed platforms

These stations are currently in operation, but contain abandoned platforms either adjacent to or on another level from the open platforms. The entries under the "Line" column refer to the line in question, even if the line is defunct. The entries under the "Opened" and "Closed" columns refer to the platform in question.

Station	Division	Line	Borough	Opened	Closed	Former Services	Notes
009Ninth Avenue	B (BMT)	Culver Line	Brooklyn	000000001919-03-16-0000March 16, 1919[11]	May 10, 1975		Lower platforms of the bi-level Ninth Avenue station.[16] Platforms abandoned after Culver Shuttle service was discontinued.[17] The line between Ninth Ave and Ditmas Avenue was demolished in 1985.
14th Street–Union Square	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	000000001904-10-27-0000October 27, 1904[2]			Two side platforms (5-car length) originally used for local service closed due to lengthening of all trains to ten cars, and use of island platforms for cross-platform interchange with express services.
42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	000000001932-09-10-0000September 10, 1932[7]	1981-03March 1981[9]		The lower level side platform on the southbound side was built with the upper level but not completed. It was completed in the 1950s and opened in September 1959 for Aqueduct Racetrack express service until that service's cessation in 1981.[9] It was also used for E service during the 1970s and as a crossunder during the station's history. It was partially demolished to make way for the 7 Subway Extension in the late-2000s.
59th Street–Columbus Circle	B (IND)	Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan	000000001932-09-10-0000September 10, 1932[7]	1981		The center of three island platforms has been closed since 1981. Trains can't easily open their doors on both sides simultaneously. The edges of the platform were equipped with railings in the late-2000s, and reopened as a transfer passageway to the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platforms until 2010, when they were converted again into office space and storage rooms.
96th Street	A (IRT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	Manhattan	000000001904-10-27-0000October 27, 1904[2]	May 2010		Two side platforms (5-car length) originally used for local service closed due to lengthening of all trains to ten cars, and use of island platforms for cross-platform interchange with express services. They were used as part of the station's entrances until 2010.
Atlantic Avenue	B (BMT)	Fulton Street elevated	Brooklyn	1916	000000001956-04-26-0000April 26, 1956	BMT 13	Formerly a six track, three island platform station. Western-most island platform still in service for the BMT Canarsie Line. Center island platform still standing, but no tracks are installed. The center island platform was last used in 1956 for Fulton Street elevated service. Eastern-most tracks, platform and structure demolished in 2003–2004.
Bergen Street	B (IND)	Culver Line	Brooklyn	000000001933-03-20-0000March 20, 1933[7]	1976		When express service on the Culver line ended in 1976, the lower level of this station closed and fell into disrepair. There are no plans to refurbish or reopen this level.
Bleecker Street	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	1957[18]	000000002012-03-26-0000March 26, 2012[19]		Uptown platform lengthened at northern end in 1950s. Uptown platform lengthened at southern end for construction of a transfer to Broadway–Lafayette Street in 2012; Original northern extension closed at the same time.
Bowery	B (BMT)	Nassau Street Line	Manhattan	000000001913-08-04-0000August 4, 1913[11]	October 2004		Due to northbound service being rerouted to the former downtown express track, eastern island platform closed with all service on the western island platform.
Bowling Green	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	000000001905-07-10-0000July 10, 1905[2]	000000001977-02-13-0000February 13, 1977		Western island platform used for shuttle service to South Ferry. Platform closed when shuttle service was discontinued.[14]
Broadway	B (BMT)	Myrtle Avenue Line	Brooklyn	000000001888-06-25-0000June 25, 1888	000000001969-10-04-0000October 4, 1969	MJ	Upper level. Island platform still standing, but no tracks are installed.
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall	A (IRT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	000000001904-10-27-0000October 27, 1904[2]			Two side platforms (5-car length) originally used for local service closed due to lengthening of all trains to ten cars, and use of island platforms for cross-platform interchange with express services. Curved portions of island platforms at the south end with gap fillers closed.
Canal Street	B (BMT)	Nassau Street Line	Manhattan	000000001913-08-04-0000August 4, 1913[11]	October 2004		Due to northbound service being rerouted to the former downtown express track, eastern island platform closed with all service on the western island platform.
Chambers Street	B (BMT)	Nassau Street Line	Manhattan	000000001913-08-04-0000August 4, 1913[11]			Two side platforms and center island platform closed. Western and eastern island platforms still in service for downtown and uptown services respectively.
DeKalb Avenue	B (BMT)	Fourth Avenue Line	Brooklyn	000000001915-06-22-0000June 22, 1915[11]	19601960[12]		The island platforms were originally extended southward in 1927 on curves. Coincident with the reconstruction of switches, in 1960, the platforms were extended on a straight extension northward and the curved portions were closed.[12]
East 180th Street	A (IRT)	Dyre Avenue Line	Bronx	000000001941-05-15-0000May 15, 1941[2]			Island platform east of the current East 180th Street platforms in operation. Platform abandoned after Dyre Avenue Line trains operated through service to the IRT White Plains Road Line.
Gun Hill Road	A (IRT)	Third Avenue elevated	Bronx	000000001920-10-04-0000October 4, 1920	000000001973-04-28-0000April 28, 1973		Upper level for the subway opened March 3, 1917 as part of the Dual Contracts. The lower level for the elevated was built at the same time but not opened until October 4, 1920. The lower level was an island platform with two tracks. The Third Avenue elevated closed on April 28, 1973. The lower level was demolished as part of a station rebuild in 2004–2006.
Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets	B (IND)	Fulton Street Line	Brooklyn	000000001936-04-09-0000April 9, 1936[7]	000000001946-06-01-0000June 1, 1946		The two outer platforms were originally open for Court Street service. When that station closed, so did these platforms.
				1959-09September 1959[9]	1981-03March 1981[9]	S	The two outer platforms were reopened for Aqueduct Racetrack express service until that service's cessation.[9]
Mets–Willets Point	A (IRT)	Flushing Line	Queens	000000001927-05-07-0000May 7, 1927[2]			The northern end of the very long southbound side platform is abandoned and gated off.
Queensboro Plaza	A (IRT)	Second Avenue elevated	Queens	000000001917-07-23-0000July 23, 1917[20]	000000001942-06-13-0000June 13, 1942[21]		Platforms for IRT Flushing Line and BMT Astoria Line still used.
Rector Street	B (BMT)	BMT Broadway Line	Manhattan	000000001918-01-05-0000January 5, 1918			The south end of the northbound side platform is walled off. The rest of the station is still in use.
Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street	A (IRT)	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	Bronx	000000001908-08-01-0000August 1, 1908[2]			Two side platforms (5-car length) closed due to lengthening of all trains to ten cars.
Wakefield–241st Street	A (IRT)	White Plains Road Line	Bronx	000000001920-12-13-0000December 13, 1920[2]			Two side platforms (5-car length) closed due to lengthening of all trains to ten cars.
Woodlawn	A (IRT)	Jerome Avenue Line	Bronx	000000001918-04-15-0000April 15, 1918[2]			Two side platforms (5-car length) closed due to lengthening of all trains to ten cars.

Unfinished stations

These stations saw some construction but were left unfinished. The entries under the "Station" column refer to the station in which the unfinished station was built around.

Demolished stations

These stations have been demolished, with little or no infrastructure in existence. This list only includes stations demolished on existing lines; for lines that have been demolished, see defunct lines.

Reopened and temporarily closed stations

These are stations that were officially closed and then reopened after at least one year. This list does not include stations that were closed for less than one year due to planned rehabilitation of the line or station. One station that is currently closed due to technical reasons that prohibit a safe opening, the Cortlandt Street IRT station, is included here.

In addition to the Cortlandt Street stations below, a number of stations were closed in Lower Manhattan in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. See Closings and cancellations following the September 11 attacks.

For reconstruction

The following stations were totally rebuilt due to unplanned causes.

For renovation

The following stations were renovated for over one year, necessitating a total closure during that time.

For other causes

The following stations were closed for a significant amount of time, but were not rebuilt during that time.

See also

• New York City Subway stations
• List of New York City Subway transfer stations
• List of New York City Subway terminals
• List of accessible New York City Subway stations
• List of Staten Island Railway stations
• History of the New York City Subway
• New York City Subway nomenclature
• Ghost station

References

Further reading

• Fischler, Stan (1997). The Subway: A Trip Through Time on New York's Rapid Transit. H & M Productions II Inc. ISBN 1-882608-19-4. 
• Fischler, Stan (2004). The Subway and the City: Celebrating a Century. with John Henderson. Frank Merriwell Incorporated. ISBN 0-8373-9251-9. 
• Dougherty, Peter (2007). Tracks of the New York City Subway v4.2.