86th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

Coordinates: 40°47′07″N 73°58′10″W / 40.785286°N 73.969316°W / 40.785286; -73.969316
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 86 Street
 
M86 SBS
StructureUnderground
Levels2
Platforms2 side platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks4 (2 on each level)
Other information
OpenedSeptember 10, 1932 (91 years ago) (1932-09-10)[2]
ClosedJune 4, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-06-04) (reconstruction)
RebuiltOctober 26, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-10-26)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20232,486,809[3] Increase 19.9%
Rank139 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
96th Street
A late nights ​B weekdays during the day ​C all except late nights
via 145th Street
Local 		81st Street–Museum of Natural History
A late nights ​B weekdays during the day ​C all except late nights
via 59th Street–Columbus Circle
"D" train does not stop here
Location
86th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York City Subway
86th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
86th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York City
86th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
86th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York
86th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
Track layout

Legend
Upper level
to 96th Street
Lower level
to 81st St–Museum of Natural History
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day

The 86th Street station is a local

Central Park West and 86th Street on the Upper West Side, it is served by the B on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A
train during late nights only.

History

New York City mayor John Francis Hylan's original plans for the Independent Subway System (IND), proposed in 1922, included building over 100 miles (160 km) of new lines and taking over nearly 100 miles (160 km) of existing lines. The lines were designed to compete with the existing underground, surface, and elevated lines operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and BMT.[4][5] On December 9, 1924, the New York City Board of Transportation (BOT) gave preliminary approval for the construction of the IND Eighth Avenue Line.[6] This line consisted of a corridor connecting Inwood, Manhattan, to Downtown Brooklyn, running largely under Eighth Avenue but also paralleling Greenwich Avenue and Sixth Avenue in Lower Manhattan.[6][7] The BOT announced a list of stations on the new line in February 1928, with a local station at 86th Street.[8]

The finishes at the five stations between

207th Street.[14][15] Construction of the whole line cost $191.2 million (equivalent to $4,269.8 million in 2023). While the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line already provided parallel service, the new Eighth Avenue subway via Central Park West provided an alternative route.[16]

Under the 2015–2019

163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue stations was issued on June 1, 2017,[19] and the New York City Transit and Bus Committee officially recommended that the MTA Board award the $111 million contract to ECCO III Enterprises in October 2017.[20] As part of the renovations, the station was closed from June 4, 2018, to October 26, 2018.[21]

Station layout

Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Basement 1 Northbound express ← "A" train"D" train do not stop here
Northbound local ← "B" train weekdays toward Bedford Park Boulevard or 145th Street (96th Street)
← "C" train toward 168th Street (96th Street)
← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street late nights (96th Street)
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Basement 2 Southbound express → "A" train"D" train do not stop here →
Southbound local →
81st Street–Museum of Natural History) →
→ "C" train toward Euclid Avenue (81st Street–Museum of Natural History) →
→ "A" train toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue
late nights (81st Street–Museum of Natural History) →
Side platform

This underground station 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.[22]

The platforms have no tile band, but mosaic name tablets reading "86TH ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a midnight blue background with a black border are present. There are also small "86" tile captions and directional signs in white lettering on a black background. Grey (previously blue) I-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white lettering.

Exits

This station has three

HEET turnstiles and one exit-only turnstile[23] which were present beforehand. There is one staircase leading to the northwest corner of Central Park West and 88th Street.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ISSN 0362-4331
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  6. ^
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    .
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  14. ^ Crowell, Paul (September 10, 1932). "Gay Midnight Crowd Rides First Trains In The New Subway: Throngs at Station an Hour Before Time, Rush Turnstiles When Chains are Dropped" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
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    .
  16. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  17. ^ Whitford, Emma (January 8, 2016). "MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long "Revamp"". Gothamist. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  18. ^ "MTAStations" (PDF). governor.ny.gov. Government of the State of New York. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  19. ^ "Enhanced Stations Initiative Program; Contract A·36622C (Package 3) for Design & Construction at 72nd Street, 86th Street, Cathedral Parkway (110th Street), and 163rd Street - Amsterdam Avenue Stations on the 8th Avenue Line (IND), Manhattan" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 1, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  20. ^ "New York City Transit and Bus Committee Meeting" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 23, 2017. p. 131. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  21. ^ Warerkar, Tanay (February 19, 2018). "MTA will shutter 4 Upper Manhattan subway stations for repairs". Curbed NY. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  22. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books
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  23. ^ a b c d "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Upper West Side" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

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