66th Street–Lincoln Center (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
66 Street–Lincoln Center | |||||||||
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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°WCoordinates: 40°46′26″N 73°58′55″W / 40.774°N 73.982°W | ||||||||
Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||
Line | IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line | ||||||||
Services |
1 2 | ||||||||
Transit connections |
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Structure | Underground | ||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
Other information | |||||||||
Opened | October 27, 1904[1] | ||||||||
Station code | 314[2] | ||||||||
Accessible |
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Wireless service |
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Traffic | |||||||||
Passengers (2017) |
7,002,620[4] | ||||||||
Rank | 60 out of 425 | ||||||||
Station succession | |||||||||
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Next |
72nd Street: 1 | ||||||||
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59th Street–Columbus Circle: 1 | ||||||||
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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
G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Northbound local | ← ← | |
Northbound express | ← | |
Southbound express | → | |
Southbound local | → → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right |
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 |
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Staircase | 2 | Southbound | |
Elevator | 1 | ||
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
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]
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References
- ↑ "Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It". The New York Times. October 28, 1904.
- ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Upper West Side" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
External links
Media related to 66th Street – Lincoln Center (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) at Wikimedia Commons - nycsubway.org – IRT West Side Line: 66th Street/Lincoln Center
- nycsubway.org – Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers Artwork by Nancy Spero (2004)
- Station Reporter – 1 Train
- Forgotten NY – Original 28 – NYC's First 28 Subway Stations
- MTA's Arts For Transit–66th Street–Lincoln Center (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
- 66th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- 65th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View