96th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
96 Street M106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Levels | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms (1 on each level) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 (2 on each level) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | September 10, 1932[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | 2,133,657[3] 16.5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 148 out of 423[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 96th Street station is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at West 96th Street and Central Park West 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.[5][6] On December 9, 1924, the New York City Board of Transportation (BOT) gave preliminary approval for the construction of the IND Eighth Avenue Line.[7] 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.[7][8] The BOT announced a list of stations on the new line in February 1928, with a local station at 95th Street.[9]
The finishes at the five stations between
In 2019, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that the station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[18] A contract for one elevator at the station was awarded in December 2023.[19]
Station layout
Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
Basement 1 | Northbound express | ← do not stop here |
Northbound local | ← weekdays toward Bedford Park Boulevard or 145th Street (103rd Street) ← toward 168th Street (103rd Street) ← toward Inwood–207th Street late nights (103rd Street) | |
Side platform | ||
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines | |
Basement 2 | Southbound express | do not stop here → |
Southbound local | weekdays toward Brighton Beach (86th Street) → toward Euclid Avenue (86th Street) → toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue late nights (86th Street) → | |
Side platform |
This underground station has two levels with northbound trains using the upper level and southbound trains using the lower level. Each level has one side platform to the west of two tracks.[20]
The platforms have no trim line, but name tablets read "96TH ST." in white sans-serif font on a midnight blue background and black border. "96" signs in the same format as the directional signs run along the platform walls at regular intervals at the same level as the name tablets. Blue columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white numbering.
Exits
All fare control areas are on the upper level platform and two staircases, one adjacent to each area, go down to the lower level. The full-time one at 96th Street is at the center of the platform. A staircase of four steps go down to a bank of three
Two staircases connect the two platforms. There are currently three exits to the following locations:
- Southwestern corner of West 96th Street and Central Park West.[21]
- Both western corners (one staircase each) of West 97th Street and Central Park West.[21]
Directional signs that have been covered indicate that there was a third set of exits that led to both western corners (one staircase each) to West 95th Street.[23] Further evidence of this exit's existence includes new tiling with doorways that lead to converted storage spaces on both levels. This exit was closed by 1940[24] and possibly as early as November 1932 - just two months after the opening of the station - due to frequent vandalism.[25]
References
- ^ "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.
- from the original on May 2, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-82325-369-2.
- ProQuest 1113431477.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- ProQuest 1331181357.
- from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
- ProQuest 1125436641.
- ^ 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.
- ProQuest 1114839882.
- from the original on August 23, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ^ "Press Release - MTA Headquarters - MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". MTA. December 19, 2019. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
- ^ https://new.mta.info/document/112391
- OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Upper West Side" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
- ^ Collins, Tom (September 16, 1964). "97th St. IND Station Remains Pile of Debris After 8 Months" (PDF). New York World-Telegram and Sun. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 13, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
- ^ Review of the A and C Lines (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ^ "1940s NYC | Street photos of every building in New York City in 1939/1940". Archived from the original on September 13, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 12, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
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External links
- nycsubway.org – IND 8th Avenue: 96th Street
- Station Reporter — B Train
- Station Reporter — C Train
- The Subway Nut — 96th Street Pictures Archived June 29, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
- 96th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- 97th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platform from Google Maps Street View