86th Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

86th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of West 86th Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times and the 2 train during late nights.

 86 Street
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Uptown platform
Station statistics
AddressWest 86th Street & Broadway
New York, NY 10024
BoroughManhattan
LocaleUpper West Side
Coordinates40.7883°N 73.9764°W / 40.7883; -73.9764
DivisionA (IRT)
Line      IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services      1  (all times)
​      2  (late nights)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: M86 SBS, M104
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedOctober 27, 1904 (1904-10-27)[1]
Station code311[2]
Wireless service[3]
Opposite-direction transfer availableNo
Traffic
Passengers (2019)5,659,795[4]  7.8%
Rank77 out of 424[4]
Station succession
Next north96th Street: 1  ​2 
91st Street (closed): no service
Next south79th Street: 1  ​2 

History

Operation of the first subway began on October 27, 1904, with the opening of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway from City Hall to 145th Street on the West Side Branch including the 86th Street station.[5]:162–191[6]

Station layout
Track layout
to 96 St
to 79 St
G Street level Exit/entrance
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Northbound local ← toward 242nd Street (96th Street (no service to 91st Street))
← toward 241st Street late nights (96th Street (no service to 91st Street))
Northbound express ← do not stop here
Southbound express → do not stop here →
Southbound local → toward South Ferry (79th Street) →
→ toward Flatbush Avenue late nights (79th Street) →
Side platform
87th Street downtown entrance

This underground station has two side platforms and four tracks. The two express tracks are used by the 2 train during daytime hours and the 3 train at all times.[7]

This station was renovated in the 1980s, but still has its original mosaic and terra-cotta wall reliefs consisting of blue trim with some "86" cornucopias. There are also a few "Men" and "Women" relief signs for now defunct restrooms. Most of the decoration molding and incandescent light bulbs on the ceiling remain intact. At the northern part of the platforms, where they were extended in the 1950s, the walls have cream-colored tiles with a pink trim line and black "86th ST" written on them at regular intervals.

This station has artwork installed in 1989 entitled Westside Views by Nitza Tufiño. The artists are students of Manhattan Community Board 7 and the Grosvernor House. Scenes include 72nd Street, medians on Broadway, FDNY, kids at play, Ida Straus memorial in Straus Park, boats at the 79th Street Boat Basin, New York Buddhist Church Street vendors, and a New York City Bus. A poem entitled West Side Views by student Pedro Pieti is also featured.[8] This is one of two works Tufiño made for MTA Arts & Design; the other, Neo-Boriken – a solo effort – can be found at 103rd Street.[9]

Exits

All fare control areas are on platform level and there are no crossovers or crossunders. The full-time one is near the center of the southbound platform. It has a turnstile bank, token booth, and two staircases going up to either western corners of West 86th Street and Broadway.[10] The northbound platform's fare control area here also has a turnstile bank and two staircases going up to either eastern corners of the same intersection. However, it is unstaffed as its customer assistance booth is now closed.[10]

The southbound platform has another fare control near the north end. A bank of three turnstiles lead to a token booth that is only staffed during rush hours and a staircase going up to an alcove inside 246 West 87th Street, located on the southwest corner of West 87th Street and Broadway.[10] A MetroCard vending machine is in the alcove.

  • Name mosaic
  • Original cartouche with number "86"
  • Original cartouche and wall mosaics
  • Detail of Westside Views artwork
  • Southwest entrance, closed in preparation for Hurricane Sandy in 2012

References
  1. "Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It; Mayor McClellan Runs the First Official Train". The New York Times. October 28, 1904. p. 1. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  4. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  5. Walker, James Blaine (1918). Fifty Years of Rapid Transit — 1864 to 1917. New York, N.Y.: Law Printing. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  6. "Subway Opening To-day With Simple Ceremony – Exercises at One O'Clock – Public to be Admitted at Seven – John Hay May Be Present – Expected to Represent the Federal Government – President Roosevelt Sends Letter of Regret" (PDF). The New York Times. October 27, 1904. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  7. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  8. "86th Street – NITZA TUFIÑO – Westside Views, 1989". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  9. "103rd Street – NITZA TUFIÑO – Neo-Boriken, 1990". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  10. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Upper West Side" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
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