96th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
96th Street![]() ![]() ![]() |
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New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||||
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97th Street stair
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Station statistics | |||||||||||
Address | West 96th Street & Central Park West New York, NY 10025 |
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Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||
Locale | Upper West Side | ||||||||||
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
Division | B (IND) | ||||||||||
Line | IND Eighth Avenue Line | ||||||||||
Services | A ![]() B ![]() C ![]() |
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Transit connections | ![]() |
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Structure | Underground | ||||||||||
Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms (1 on each level) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 (2 on each level) | ||||||||||
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Opened | September 10, 1932 [1] | ||||||||||
Wireless service | ![]() |
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Traffic | |||||||||||
Passengers (2015) | 3,084,906[3] ![]() |
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Rank | 164 | ||||||||||
Station succession | |||||||||||
Next north | 103rd Street: A ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Next south | 86th Street: A ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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96th Street is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at West 96th Street and Central Park West on the Upper West Side, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service. The B train provides additional service here on weekdays except nights.
Station layout
G | Street Level | Exit / Entrance |
B1 | Northbound express | ← ![]() ![]() |
Northbound local | ← ![]() ← ![]() ![]() |
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Side platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines | |
B2 | Southbound express | → ![]() ![]() |
Southbound local | → ![]() → ![]() ![]() |
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Side platform, doors will open on the right |
This underground station, opened on September 10, 1932, has two levels with northbound trains using the upper level and southbound trains using the lower level. Each level has one side platform to the west of two tracks.
The platforms have no trim line, but name tablets read "96TH ST." in white sans serif font on a blue background and black border. Small directional signs in white numbering on a black border are placed below the name tablets. They indicate a now closed fare control area to 95th Street on the extreme south end of the upper level platform.[4] "96" signs in the same format as the directional signs run along the platform walls at regular intervals at the same level as the name tablets. Blue columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white numbering.
All fare control areas are on the upper level platform and two staircases, one adjacent to each area, go down to the lower level. The full-time one is at the center of the platform. A staircase of four steps go down to a bank of three turnstiles that lead to a token booth and one staircase going up to the southwest corner of 96th Street and Central Park West. The other fare control area at the extreme north end is unstaffed, containing High Entry/Exit Turnstiles and two staircases going up to either western corners of 97th Street and Central Park West. The northwest staircase was relocated with a longer passageway due to the widening of 97th Street.
References
- ↑ New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line, September 10, 1932, page 6
- ↑ NYC Subway Wireless
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External links
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- nycsubway.org—IND 8th Avenue: 96th Street
- Station Reporter — B Train
- Station Reporter — C Train
- The Subway Nut — 96th Street Pictures
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- IND Eighth Avenue Line stations
- Eighth Avenue (Manhattan)
- New York City Subway stations in Manhattan
- Railway stations opened in 1932
- Upper West Side
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- 1932 establishments in New York