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86th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
Encyclopedia
86th Street is an express station
on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line
of the New York City Subway
. Located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue
and 86th Street
, it is served by the 4
and 6
trains at all times, the 5
train at all times except late nights, and the <6> during weekdays in peak direction. With almost 61,000 entries per weekday, 86th Street is the ninth-busiest station of the subway.
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s, two on an upper level, serving local trains, and two on a lower level, serving express trains. There is no express service during late nights, and the lower level is closed during that time. Old-style wall and ceiling lights have been removed. The initial renovation of this station took place with the opening of Gimbels just above in the early 1970s. The renovation consisted primarily of the stairwells from the street, the token booth, and the turnstile
area. An additional renovation was completed in the fall of 2005. There is no crossover between the uptown and downtown directions; fare control is at the upper platform level. Like many stations that have trains running in the same direction on different levels, there was an information device on the upper level that gave advance notice of an express train on the lower level; however, since the completion of renovations in 2005, this device ceased to operate and was subsequently removed. It was later replaced with countdown clocks performing the same function.
Before recent renovations, the downtown side had two token booths. In 2003, the smaller of the two was removed and replaced with four automated kiosks.
Metro station
A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....
on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line
IRT Lexington Avenue Line
The Lexington Avenue Line is one of the lines of the IRT division of the New York City Subway, stretching from Downtown Brooklyn or Lower Manhattan north to 125th Street in East Harlem. The portion in Lower and Midtown Manhattan was part of the first subway line in New York...
of the New York City Subway
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit...
. Located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue
Lexington Avenue (Manhattan)
Lexington Avenue, often colloquially abbreviated by New Yorkers as "Lex," is an avenue on the East Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that carries southbound one-way traffic from East 131st Street to Gramercy Park at East 21st Street...
and 86th Street
86th Street (Manhattan)
86th Street is a major two-way street in the Upper East Side and Upper West Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan.On the West Side its continuous cliff-wall of apartment blocks includng The Belnord is broken by two contrasting landmarked churches at prominent corner sites, the Tuscan...
, it is served by the 4
4 (New York City Subway service)
The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green on station signs, route signs, and the official subway map, since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan....
and 6
6 (New York City Subway service)
The 6 Lexington Avenue and Pelham Local and Lexington Avenue Local and Pelham Express are two rapid transit services of the New York City Subway. The 6 local has a circle shape while the ' express has a diamond shape...
trains at all times, the 5
5 (New York City Subway service)
The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green on station signs, route signs, and the official subway map, since it uses IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan....
train at all times except late nights, and the <6> during weekdays in peak direction. With almost 61,000 entries per weekday, 86th Street is the ninth-busiest station of the subway.
History
86th Street opened on July 17, 1918, as part of a northward expansion of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, coinciding with the end of the original subway's service pattern and the transformation to the "H" system. Whereas the subway before this point operated from Brooklyn Bridge to 96th Street on the Upper West Side, trains now ran from Brooklyn Bridge to the Upper East Side and eventually to the Bronx, merging with the already-opened Jerome Avenue LineIRT Jerome Avenue Line
The IRT Jerome Avenue Line, also unofficially known as IRT Woodlawn Line, is a New York City Subway Line along Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. It was opened on June 2, 1917 as a shuttle service between Kingsbridge Road and 149th Street. This was in advance of through service to the IRT Lexington Avenue...
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Layout
The station has four side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s, two on an upper level, serving local trains, and two on a lower level, serving express trains. There is no express service during late nights, and the lower level is closed during that time. Old-style wall and ceiling lights have been removed. The initial renovation of this station took place with the opening of Gimbels just above in the early 1970s. The renovation consisted primarily of the stairwells from the street, the token booth, and the turnstile
Turnstile
A turnstile, also called a baffle gate, is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. It can also be made so as to enforce one-way traffic of people, and in addition, it can restrict passage only to people who insert a coin, a ticket, a pass, or similar...
area. An additional renovation was completed in the fall of 2005. There is no crossover between the uptown and downtown directions; fare control is at the upper platform level. Like many stations that have trains running in the same direction on different levels, there was an information device on the upper level that gave advance notice of an express train on the lower level; however, since the completion of renovations in 2005, this device ceased to operate and was subsequently removed. It was later replaced with countdown clocks performing the same function.
Before recent renovations, the downtown side had two token booths. In 2003, the smaller of the two was removed and replaced with four automated kiosks.
Notable places nearby
- Church of St. Ignatius LoyolaChurch of St. Ignatius Loyola (New York City)The Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola is a Roman Catholic parish located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, administered by the Society of Jesus . The parish is under the authority of the Archdiocese of New York and was established in 1851 as St. Lawrence O’Toole’s Church....
- Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum
- Metropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
- National Academy of DesignNational Academy of DesignThe National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, founded in New York City as the National Academy of Design – known simply as the "National Academy" – is an honorary association of American artists founded in 1825 by Samuel F. B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E...
- Neue Galerie New York
- Regis High SchoolRegis High School (New York City)Regis High School is a private Jesuit university-preparatory school for academically gifted Roman Catholic young men located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Annual class enrollment is limited to approximately 135 male students from the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut tri-state area...
- Solomon R. Guggenheim MuseumSolomon R. Guggenheim MuseumThe Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a well-known museum located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It is the permanent home to a renowned collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions...
External links
- nycsubway.org — Happy City Artwork by Peter Sis (2004)
- Station Reporter — 4 Train
- Station Reporter — 5 Train
- Station Reporter — 6 Train
- MTA's Arts For Transit — 86th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
- 86th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View