72nd Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
72nd Street |
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New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||||
Downtown platform on the lower level
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Station statistics | |||||||||||
Address | West 72nd Street & Central Park West New York, NY 10023 |
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Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||
Locale | Upper West Side | ||||||||||
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Division | B (IND) | ||||||||||
Line | IND Eighth Avenue Line | ||||||||||
Services | A (late nights) B (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.) C (all except late nights) |
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Transit connections | NYCT Bus: M10, M72 MTA Bus: BxM2 |
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Structure | Underground | ||||||||||
Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms (1 on each level) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 (2 on each level) | ||||||||||
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Opened | September 10, 1932 [1] | ||||||||||
Wireless service | [2] | ||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||
Passengers (2014) | 3,015,722[3] 2.5% | ||||||||||
Rank | 169 out of 421 | ||||||||||
Station succession | |||||||||||
Next north | 81st Street – Museum of Natural History: A B C | ||||||||||
Next south | 59th Street – Columbus Circle: A B C | ||||||||||
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72nd Street is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 72nd Street and Central Park West on the Upper West Side, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service. The B train provides additional service here on weekdays except nights.
Station layout
G | Street Level | Exit / Entrance |
B1 | Northbound express | ← do not stop here |
Northbound local | ← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours, 145th Street other times (81st Street – Museum of Natural History) ← toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (81st Street – Museum of Natural History) |
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Side platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines | |
B2 | Southbound express | → do not stop here → |
Southbound local | → toward Brighton Beach (59th Street – Columbus Circle) → → toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (59th Street – Columbus Circle) → |
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Side platform, doors will open on the right |
This underground station, opened on September 10, 1932, has two levels, each of which has from west to east, one side platform, one local track and one express track. Northbound trains stop on the upper level while southbound trains stop on the lower level.
Both platforms have name tablets reading "72ND ST." in white sans serif lettering on a blue background and black border and small "72" signs in white numbering on a black background at regular intervals. Directional signs in white lettering on a black background are below the name tablets. Mosaic signs in white lettering on a blue background on the upper level direct passengers to the staircases going down to the lower level.
This station's main fare control area is at the north end. Two staircases from the lower level go up to the upper level, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going up to either western corners of 72nd Street and Central Park West. The northwest staircase, outside the Dakota apartment building, is made of stone.
This station has an unstaffed fare control area at the south end. One staircase from the lower level goes up to the upper level, where two HEET turnstiles lead to a single staircase going up to the southwest corner of 70th Street and Central Park West.
This station formerly had a fare control area at the center going up to 71st Street. Evidence of this includes a fenced off staircase on the lower level and new tiling on the upper level.
References
- ↑ New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line, September 10, 1932, page 6
- ↑ NYC Subway Wireless
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 72nd Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line). |
- nycsubway.org—IND Eighth Avenue Line: 72nd Street
- Station Reporter — B Train
- Station Reporter — C Train
- 72nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- 70th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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- Pages using New York City Subway service templates
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- IND Eighth Avenue Line stations
- Eighth Avenue (Manhattan)
- New York City Subway stations in Manhattan
- Railway stations opened in 1932
- Upper West Side
- Central Park
- 1932 establishments in New York