79th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

 79 Street
 "1" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Downtown platform
Station statistics
Address West 79th Street & Broadway
New York, NY 10024
Borough Manhattan
Locale Upper West Side
Coordinates 40°47′02″N 73°58′48″W / 40.784°N 73.98°W / 40.784; -73.98Coordinates: 40°47′02″N 73°58′48″W / 40.784°N 73.98°W / 40.784; -73.98
Division A (IRT)
Line       IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services       1  (all times)
​      2  (late nights)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: M79 SBS, M104
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened October 27, 1904 (1904-10-27)[1]
Station code 312[2]
Wireless service [3]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 5,102,655[4] Decrease 5%
Rank 91 out of 425
Station succession
Next north 86th Street: 1  ​2 
Next south 72nd Street: 1  ​2 
79th Street Subway Station (IRT)
MPS New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference # 04001018[5]
Added to NRHP September 17, 2004

79th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 79th Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times and 2 train during late nights.

History

Track layout
to 86 St
to 72 St

79th Street opened as part of the original subway on October 27, 1904, with service from Brooklyn Bridge to 145th Street. Subsequent extensions changed this routing to trains running down the entirety of the West Side of Manhattan with branches to Brooklyn, Harlem, and the Bronx.

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local ← "1" train toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (86th Street)
← "2" train toward 241st Street late nights (86th 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 (72nd Street) →
→ "2" train toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College late nights (72nd Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
SE corner stairs

Like other local stations, 79th Street has four tracks and two side platforms. The two local tracks are used by 1 trains at all times, and the two express tracks are used by the 2 train during daytime hours and the 3 at all times. At this point on the line, the center express tracks are slightly lower than the local tracks, particularly at the north end.

Exits

All fare control areas are on platform level and there are no crossovers or crossunders. The southbound platform is fully staffed, containing a turnstile bank, token booth, staircase going up to the northwest corner of West 79th Street and Broadway, and passageway separated from the platform by a steel fence leading to a staircase that goes up to the southwest corner of the aforementioned intersection. This passageway has a High Entry-Exit Turnstile to the platform and was added after the station's opening as proven by its cinder block tiles.[6]

The northbound platform's fare control is unstaffed, containing a turnstile bank, now-closed customer assistance booth, staircase going up to the southeast corner of West 79th Street and Broadway, and passageway separated from the platform by a steel fence leading to a staircase that goes up to the northeast corner of the aforementioned intersection. This passageway has a High Exit-Only Turnstile to the platform and was also added after the station's opening.[6]

Design and artwork

Both platforms have cream-colored tiles and a pink trim line with "79TH ST" written on it in black sans serif font at regular intervals. These tilings were installed during a 1970s renovation that covered most of the original mosaics and cartouches. Some of these as well as the decorated ceiling beams can still be seen by the fare control areas.

References

  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. ↑ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
  6. 1 2 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Upper West Side" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
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