66th Street–Lincoln Center (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

 66 Street–Lincoln Center
 "1" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Uptown platform
Station statistics
Address West 66th Street & Broadway
New York, NY 10023
Borough Manhattan
Locale Lincoln Square, Upper West Side
Coordinates 40°46′26″N 73°58′55″W / 40.774°N 73.982°W / 40.774; -73.982Coordinates: 40°46′26″N 73°58′55″W / 40.774°N 73.982°W / 40.774; -73.982
Division A (IRT)
Line       IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services       1  (all times)
​      2  (late nights)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: M5, M7, M11, M66, M104
MTA Bus: BxM2
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened October 27, 1904 (1904-10-27)[1]
Station code 314[2]
Accessible ADA-accessible
Wireless service [3]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 7,002,620[4] Decrease 7.9%
Rank 60 out of 425
Station succession
Next north 72nd Street: 1  ​2 
Next south 59th Street–Columbus Circle: 1  ​2 

66th Street–Lincoln Center 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, it is served by the 1 train at all times, and by the 2 train during late nights.

Station layout

Track layout
to 72 St
to 59 St
G Street Level Exit/Entrance
(Elevators on SW corner of 66th Street and Broadway (downtown) and southeast corner of 66th Street and Broadway (uptown))
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local ← "1" train toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (72nd Street)
← "2" train toward 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, doors will open on the right

Name tablet
Cartouche

The walls at the platform level were renovated in 2004 and are decorated with mosaics designed by New York artist Nancy Spero. Elevators to street level provide ADA-accessibility. There is also a crossunder between the uptown and downtown side platforms at the extreme south end of the station; however, it is not ADA-accessible, and there is no free ADA-accessible transfer between directions.

Exits

Exit location[5] Exit type Number of exits Platform served
SW corner of Broadway and 66th Street Staircase 2 Southbound
Elevator 1
SE corner of Broadway and 66th Street Staircase 2 Northbound
Elevator 1
SW corner of Columbus Avenue and 65th Street Staircase 1 Both, via southbound platform
Underground, from Lincoln Center Passageway 1

Nearby points of interest

Street entrance and elevator

The station provides access to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts just to the south, with Alice Tully Hall just to the west. All of the Lincoln Center venues are connected by underground concourses near the southern end of the station. Dante Park, upstairs at the south end, is named for the poet Dante Alighieri, whose statue is found there. Richard Tucker Park is nearby, at the north end of Lincoln Square.[5]

A number of schools are nearby as well, including the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and some small schools located in the former Martin Luther King Jr. High School building.[5]

This station also provides access to:[5]

References

Southern (65th St) southbound street stair
  1. ↑ "Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It". The New York Times. October 28, 1904.
  2. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Upper West Side" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
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