66th Street–Lincoln Center station

Coordinates: 40°46′26″N 73°58′55″W / 40.774°N 73.982°W / 40.774; -73.982
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For the demolished station serving the IRT Ninth Avenue Line, see
66th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)
.
 66 Street–Lincoln Center
 
BxM2[3]
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedOctober 27, 1904; 119 years ago (1904-10-27)[4]
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20234,771,815[5] Increase 18.8%
Rank58 out of 423[5]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
72nd Street
1 all times ​2 late nights
toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street
Local 		59th Street–Columbus Circle
1 all times ​2 late nights
toward South Ferry
"3" train does not stop here
Location
66th Street–Lincoln Center station is located in New York City Subway
66th Street–Lincoln Center station
66th Street–Lincoln Center station is located in New York City
66th Street–Lincoln Center station
66th Street–Lincoln Center station is located in New York
66th Street–Lincoln Center station
Track layout

Legend
to 72nd Street
to
59th Street
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only

The 66th Street–Lincoln Center station is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 66th Street and Broadway in Lincoln Square, Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times and by the 2 train during late nights.

The 66th Street station was constructed for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) as part of the city's first subway line, which was approved in 1900. Construction of the line segment that includes the 66th Street station began on August 22 of the same year. The station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway. The station's platforms have been lengthened since opening.

The 66th Street station contains two side platforms and four tracks; express trains use the inner two tracks to bypass the station. The station was built with tile and mosaic decorations. The platforms contain exits to 66th Street and Broadway as well as to Lincoln Center. The station contains elevators from the street, which make it compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

History

Construction and opening

Southbound street stair at 65th Street

Planning for a subway line in New York City dates to 1864.[7]: 21  However, development of what would become the city's first subway line did not start until 1894, when the New York State Legislature passed the Rapid Transit Act.[7]: 139–140  The subway plans were drawn up by a team of engineers led by William Barclay Parsons, the Rapid Transit Commission's chief engineer. It called for a subway line from New York City Hall in lower Manhattan to the Upper West Side, where two branches would lead north into the Bronx.[8]: 3  A plan was formally adopted in 1897,[7]: 148  and all legal conflicts concerning the route alignment were resolved near the end of 1899.[7]: 161 

The Rapid Transit Construction Company, organized by John B. McDonald and funded by August Belmont Jr., signed the initial Contract 1 with the Rapid Transit Commission in February 1900,[9] under which it would construct the subway and maintain a 50-year operating lease from the opening of the line.[7]: 165  In 1901, the firm of Heins & LaFarge was hired to design the underground stations.[8]: 4  Belmont incorporated the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) in April 1902 to operate the subway.[7]: 182 

The 66th Street station was constructed as part of the IRT's West Side Line (now the

145th Street on the West Side Branch.[4][7]
: 186 

Service changes and station renovations

1910s to 1930s

After the first subway line was completed in 1908,

Lenox Avenue (145th Street).[12]

To address overcrowding, in 1909, the

Times Square–42nd Street in 1918, and the original line was divided into an H-shaped system. The original subway north of Times Square thus became part of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, and all local trains were sent to South Ferry.[15]

In December 1922, the Transit Commission approved a $3 million project to lengthen platforms at 14 local stations along the original IRT line, including 66th Street and five other stations on the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. Platform lengths at these stations would be increased from 225 to 436 feet (69 to 133 m).[16][17] The commission postponed the platform-lengthening project in September 1923, at which point the cost had risen to $5.6 million.[18][19]

1940s to 1970s

The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.

rollsigns with numbered designations for each service.[22] The Broadway route to 242nd Street became known as the 1 and the Lenox Avenue route as the 3.[23]

The original IRT stations north of Times Square could barely fit local trains of five or six cars depending on the configuration of the trains. Stations on the line from

86th Street and 96th Street, the intermediate 91st Street station was closed on February 2, 1959, because it was too close to the other two stations.[28][24]

Artwork on the northbound platform

On November 29, 1962, a new entrance at the station opened, leading to the lobby of the

New York City Parks Department for the Philharmonic Hall. The project was partially funded by a Federal grant, and the work was contracted out to Slattery Construction Company.[30]

1980s to present

In 1981, the MTA announced the creation of its Culture Stations program to install public art in the subway. The Culture Stations program was started to deter graffiti, and was inspired by legislation in the

Louvre – Rivoli station on the Paris Métro, which featured reproductions of the artwork on display in the Louvre. Four stations, namely 66th Street, Astor Place, Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum, and Fifth Avenue/53rd Street, were selected for the program due to their proximity to cultural institutions.[31][32][33] These would be among the first stations in the MTA's new station refurbishment program, which began in 1982.[34] Initially, there was funding only for the Astor Place and Fifth Avenue/53rd Street stations.[33] The MTA announced in 1983 that it would allocate funding to renovate the 66th Street station as part of its capital program.[35]

The renovation was supposed to have been partially funded by developer

New York City Planning Commission chairwoman Sylvia Deutsch, the MTA had chosen to delay the 66th Street project.[36]

In April 1988,

137th Street–City College on weekdays, and 66th Street was served by both the 1 and the 9.[41][42][43] Skip-stop service ended on May 27, 2005, as a result of a decrease in the number of riders who benefited.[44][45]

In 1996, the MTA announced that it would renovate the 66th Street station over the next three years starting that September.

Arts for Transit program, mosaics by Nancy Spero were installed on the platforms.[48] At the time of the renovation, the station had seen a 12 percent increase in ridership over the past few years because of the presence of new apartment buildings and popular businesses nearby.[50]

The 66th Street station received esthetic improvements in early 2024 as part of the MTA's Re-New-Vation program.[51][52]

Station layout

Street entrance and elevator
Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Disabled access Elevators on southwest corner of 66th Street and Broadway (downtown) and southeast corner of 66th Street and Broadway (uptown)
Platform level Side platform Disabled access
Northbound local ← "1" train toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (72nd Street)
← "2" train toward Wakefield–241st Street late nights (72nd Street)
Northbound express ← "2" train"3" train do not stop here
Southbound express → "2" train"3" train do not stop here →
Southbound local → "1" train toward South Ferry (59th Street–Columbus Circle) →
→ "2" train toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College late nights (59th Street–Columbus Circle) →
Side platform Disabled access

Like other local stations, 66th Street has four tracks and two

59th Street–Columbus Circle to the south.[57] The platforms were originally 200 feet (61 m) long, like at other local stations on the original IRT,[8]: 4 [58]: 8  but as a result of the 1958–1959 platform extension, became 520 feet (160 m) long.[24] The 66th Street station is fully wheelchair-accessible, with elevators connecting the street and platforms.[59] There is also a crossunder between the uptown and downtown side platforms
at the extreme south end of the station, which is not wheelchair-accessible.

Design

Name tablet
Cartouche

As with other stations built as part of the original IRT, the station was constructed using a

cut-and-cover method.[60]: 237  The tunnel is covered by a U-shaped trough that contains utility pipes and wires. The bottom of this trough contains a foundation of concrete no less than 4 inches (100 mm) thick.[58]: 9  Each platform consists of 3-inch-thick (7.6 cm) concrete slabs, beneath which are drainage basins. The original platforms contain circular, cast-iron Doric-style columns spaced every 15 feet (4.6 m), while the platform extensions contain I-beam columns. Additional columns between the tracks, spaced every 5 feet (1.5 m), support the jack-arched concrete station roofs.[8]: 4 [58]: 9  There is a 1-inch (25 mm) gap between the trough wall and the platform walls, which are made of 4-inch (100 mm)-thick brick covered over by a tiled finish.[58]
: 9 

The decorative scheme consists of yellow faience station-name tablets, buff tile bands, a yellow faience cornice, and blue faience plaques.[58]: 37  The mosaic tiles at all original IRT stations were manufactured by the American Encaustic Tile Company, which subcontracted the installations at each station.[58]: 31  The original decorative work was performed by tile contractor Manhattan Glass Tile Company and faience contractor Grueby Faience Company.[58]: 37  As part of the station's 1990s renovation, plaques with the initials "L" and "C", with the number "66" overlaid on them, were installed; they are designed in a style similar to the original mosaics.[49] The ceilings of the original platforms and fare control areas contain plaster molding.[58]: 10 

The walls at the platform level contain a

mosaic artwork called Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers, which was designed by local artist Nancy Spero as part of the MTA Arts & Design program.[61][62] The artwork, installed in 2001, consists of 22 panels that depict a diva in various settings, a reference to the station's location next to Lincoln Center.[62]

Turnstiles to platform

Exits

There are two staircases and one elevator on the southeastern corner of Broadway and 66th Street, leading to the northbound platform. Two staircases and one elevator on the southwestern corner of the same intersection lead to the southbound platform. Both sets of entrances and exits lead directly to their respective platform levels. A third set of exits, at the extreme south end of the southbound platform, contains a stair to the southwestern corner of Columbus Avenue and 65th Street, as well as a passageway to David Geffen Hall. This section of the station contains the crossunder.[63]

Nearby points of interest

Buildings of Lincoln Center
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Jazz at Lincoln Center
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David H. Koch Theater
10
Damrosch Park
9
Josie Robertson Plaza with Revson Fountain
8
Metropolitan Opera House
7
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (includes Bruno Walter Auditorium)
6
David Geffen Hall
5
Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center
4
Vivian Beaumont Theater (includes Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater and Claire Tow Theater)
3
Alice Tully Hall
2
Juilliard School
1
Walter Reade Theater)
2
Juilliard School
3
Alice Tully Hall
4
Vivian Beaumont Theater (includes Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater and Claire Tow Theater)
5
Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center
6
David Geffen Hall
7
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (includes Bruno Walter Auditorium)
8
Metropolitan Opera House
9
Josie Robertson Plaza with Revson Fountain
10
Damrosch Park
11
David H. Koch Theater
12
David Rubenstein Atrium
13
Jazz at Lincoln Center

The station provides access to

Richard Tucker Park is nearby, at the north end of Lincoln Square.[63]

A number of schools are nearby as well, including the

Martin Luther King Jr. High School building.[63]

This station also provides access to:[63]

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