34th Street–Penn Station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) - Station

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34th Street–Penn Station is an express station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 34th Street and Seventh Avenue, it is served by the 1 and 2 trains at all times, and the 3 train at all times except late nights. Connections are available to the LIRR, NJ Transit and Amtrak at Pennsylvania Station.

34 Street–Penn Station

New York City Subway station (rapid transit)

View from northbound local platform

Station statistics

Address

West 34th Street & Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001

Borough

Manhattan

Locale

Midtown

Coordinates

40.751°N 73.991°W

Division

A (IRT)[1]

Line

IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line

Services

   1 (all times)
   2 (all times)
   3 (all except late nights)

Transit

NYCT Bus: M4, M7, M20, M34 SBS, M34A SBS, Q32,

MTA Bus: BxM2

Amtrak, LIRR, NJT Rail
at Pennsylvania Station

PATH: JSQ–33, HOB–33, JSQ–33 (via HOB) (at 33rd Street)

Structure

Underground

Platforms

2 side platforms (local)
1 island platform (express)

Tracks

Other information

Opened

June 3, 1917; 105 years ago[2]

Accessible

ADA-accessible

Opposite-
direction
transfer

Yes

Traffic

2019

25,967,676[3]

Rank

6 out of 424[3]

Services

Preceding station	New York City Subway			Following station
Times Square–42nd Street 1 2 3 northbound		Express		14th Street 2 3 via Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College
Times Square–42nd Street 1 2 3 northbound		Local		28th Street 1 2 toward South Ferry

Location
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Track layout

Legend


					to Times Sq–42 St








					to 28 St
					to 14 St

Street map

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times
	Stops late nights only
	Stops all times except weekday late nights
	Stops late nights and weekends
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops weekends and weekend late nights

The station was built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) as part of the Dual Contracts with New York City, and opened on June 3, 1917.

History

Construction and opening

The Dual Contracts, which were signed on March 19, 1913, were contracts for the construction, rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The contracts were "dual" in that they were signed between the city and two separate private companies, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT), all working together to make the construction of the Dual Contracts possible. The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in Brooklyn. As part of Contract 4, the IRT agreed to build a branch of the original subway line south down Seventh Avenue, Varick Street, and West Broadway to serve the West Side of Manhattan.[4][5][6]

The construction of this line, in conjunction with the construction of the Lexington Avenue Line, would change the operations of the IRT system. Instead of having trains go via Broadway, turning onto 42nd Street, before finally turning onto Park Avenue, there would be two trunk lines connected by the 42nd Street Shuttle. The system would be changed from looking like a "Z" system on a map to an "H" system. One trunk would run via the new Lexington Avenue Line down Park Avenue, and the other trunk would run via the new Seventh Avenue Line up Broadway. In order for the line to continue down Varick Street and West Broadway, these streets needed to be widened, and two new streets were built, the Seventh Avenue Extension and the Varick Street Extension.[7] It was predicted that the subway extension would lead to the growth of the Lower West Side, and to neighborhoods such as Chelsea and Greenwich Village.[8][9]

34th Street–Penn Station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line was opened on June 3, 1917, as part of an extension of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, the dominant subway in Manhattan at the time, from Times Square–42nd Street to South Ferry.[2] It was served by a shuttle train to Times Square until the rest of the extension opened a year later on July 1, 1918.[10] This meant that the subway would be expanded down the Lower West Side to neighborhoods such as Greenwich Village and the western portion of the Financial District.

The new "H" system was implemented on August 1, 1918, joining the two halves of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and sending all West Side trains south from Times Square.[11] An immediate result of the switch was the need to transfer using the 42nd Street Shuttle in order to retrace the original layout. The completion of the "H" system doubled the capacity of the IRT system.[8]

Later years

The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.[12][13] On August 23, 1985, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) awarded a $2.24 million contract to rebuild the station and to double the width of the passageway to Penn Station. The project was scheduled to be completed in spring 1987.[14]

Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program, the station, along with thirty-two other New York City Subway stations, underwent a complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative. Updates included cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting. Unlike other stations that were renovated under the initiative, 34th Street–Penn Station was not completely closed during construction.[15] In January 2018, the NYCT and Bus Committee recommended that Judlau Contracting receive the $125 million contract for the renovations of 57th and 23rd Streets on the IND Sixth Avenue Line; 28th Street on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, and 34th Street–Penn Station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and IND Eighth Avenue Line.[16] However, the MTA Board temporarily deferred the vote for these packages after city representatives refused to vote to award the contracts.[17][18] The contract was put back for a vote in February, where it was ultimately approved.[19] These improvements were substantially completed by May 2019.[20]

Station layout

G	Street level	Entrances/exits Elevator on south side of 34th Street west of Seventh Avenue at LIRR entrance
B1 Platform level
	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (Times Square–42nd Street) ← toward Wakefield–241st Street late nights (Times Square–42nd Street)
	Northbound express	← toward Wakefield–241st Street (Times Square–42nd Street) ← toward Harlem–148th Street (Times Square–42nd Street)
	Island platform
	Southbound express	→ toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (14th Street) → toward New Lots Avenue (14th Street) →
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry (28th Street) → toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College late nights (28th Street) →
	Side platform
B2	Mezzanine	Connector between platforms, connection to Penn Station

Like 34th Street–Penn Station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line and Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line, this station has two side platforms for local service and a center island platform for express service. This is due to the expected increase in ridership and to encourage riders to switch at the next stop northbound, Times Square–42nd Street, as it is set up in the usual island platform manner for cross-platform interchanges.[21]

There is no free transfer between this station and the station of the same name on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, despite the fact that both connect to Penn Station. The nearest transfer location is at Times Square–42nd Street with a free transfer to 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal.[21]

33rd St to 34th St subway cross-section

11th Av

10th & 9th Avs
are skipped

Farley Building &
Moynihan Train Hall

8th Av

Madison Square
Garden

7th Av

Storefronts

6th Av &
Broadway

5th & Madison Avs
are skipped

Park Av

mezzanine

train hall

A / C / E

concourse

1 / 2 / 3

Former Gimbel's
passageway

mezz

PATH

6 / <6>

mezzanine

N / Q / R / W

7 / <7>

Penn Station (Platform Level)

B/D/F/<F>/M

Exits

34th Street–Penn Station spans three streets (32nd, 33rd, and 34th Streets) with a set of entrances/exits at all of these streets. For the purposes of this article, entrance and exit are interchangeable.[22]

There are four entrances directly from the intersection of 34th Street and Seventh Avenue. On the local platforms the turnstiles for these exits are at platform level; passengers wishing to use the express platforms must use a passageway beneath the platforms and tracks. These entrances utilize the northern portions of the platforms. There is also a supplementary and handicapped-accessible entrance to the Penn Station complex in general from 34th Street.[22]

There are three direct entrances from the street at 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue. As a replacement for the southwestern corner's lack of an entrance, there is an underground entrance directly connecting the station with the Long Island Rail Road concourse in the Penn Station complex. The turnstiles for this entrance are located below the track level and utilize the central portions of the platforms.[22]

The main entrance to the Penn Station complex is located on the western end of 32nd Street. From there, passengers may go through the New Jersey Transit and Long Island Rail Road concourses and use the entrance to this station at the end of the latter's concourse. There is also a smaller exit from the station at the southern ends of the platforms that connects with the end of the New Jersey Transit concourse where it meets the Long Island Rail Road underneath the main corridor in the station that connects New Jersey Transit and Amtrak. There is also an entrance on the north side of 32nd Street between Seventh and Sixth Avenues.[22]

Ridership

34th Street–Penn Station on the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line is continually ranked as one of the busiest stations in the subway system. In 2016, it was the fifth-busiest subway station, with 27,741,367 riders as recorded by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.[23] By comparison, its sister station on the Eighth Avenue Line is ranked sixth-busiest, with 25,183,869 passengers.[23] When the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line station was a shuttle stop before the rest of the South Ferry extension opened, ridership was quite low; in its first year of operation, only 78,121 boardings were recorded.[24]

References

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"Most Recent Map of the Dual Subway System Which Shows How Brooklyn Borough Is Favored In New Transit Lines". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 9, 1917. p. 37. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2016 – via Brooklyn Public Library; newspapers.com.
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Barone, Vincent (January 24, 2018). "Controversial cosmetic subway improvement plan falters". am New York. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
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External links

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Headhouses	Pennsylvania Station (1910–1963) Moynihan Train Hall (current)
Connections	Subway stations Seventh Avenue Eighth Avenue Herald Square PATH station
Nearby buildings	James A. Farley Building Madison Square Garden Pennsylvania Plaza
History	New York Tunnel Extension Access to the Region's Core Gateway Program
Operators	Pennsylvania Railroad (historical) Amtrak Long Island Rail Road NJ Transit

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Broadway– Seventh Avenue Local	Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street 238th Street 231st Street Marble Hill–225th Street 215th Street 207th Street Dyckman Street 191st Street 181st Street 168th Street 157th Street 145th Street 137th Street–City College 125th Street 116th Street–Columbia University Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 79th Street 72nd Street 66th Street–Lincoln Center 59th Street–Columbus Circle 50th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Penn Station 28th Street 23rd Street 18th Street 14th Street Christopher Street–Sheridan Square Houston Street Canal Street Franklin Street Chambers Street WTC Cortlandt Rector Street South Ferry
Seventh Avenue Express	Wakefield–241st Street Nereid Avenue 233rd Street 225th Street 219th Street Gun Hill Road Burke Avenue Allerton Avenue Pelham Parkway Bronx Park East East 180th Street West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue 174th Street Freeman Street Simpson Street Intervale Avenue Prospect Avenue Jackson Avenue Third Avenue–149th Street 149th Street–Grand Concourse 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Central Park North–110th Street 96th Street 86th Street* 79th Street* 72nd Street 66th Street–Lincoln Center* 59th Street–Columbus Circle* 50th Street* Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Penn Station 28th Street* 23rd Street* 18th Street* 14th Street Christopher Street–Sheridan Square* Houston Street* Canal Street* Franklin Street* Chambers Street Park Place Fulton Street Wall Street Clark Street Borough Hall Hoyt Street Nevins Street Atlantic Avenue Bergen Street Grand Army Plaza Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College President Street–Medgar Evers College Sterling Street Winthrop Street Church Avenue Beverly Road Newkirk Avenue–Little Haiti Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
Seventh Avenue Express	Harlem–148th Street 145th Street 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Central Park North–110th Street 96th Street 72nd Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Penn Station 14th Street Chambers Street Park Place Fulton Street Wall Street Clark Street Borough Hall Hoyt Street Nevins Street Atlantic Avenue Bergen Street Grand Army Plaza Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College Nostrand Avenue Kingston Avenue Crown Heights–Utica Avenue Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road Saratoga Avenue Rockaway Avenue Junius Street Pennsylvania Avenue Van Siclen Avenue New Lots Avenue
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.

Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)

Broadway–
Seventh Ave. Line

Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street
238th Street
231st Street
Marble Hill–225th Street
221st Street
215th Street
207th Street
Dyckman Street
191st Street
181st Street
168th Street *
157th Street
145th Street
137th Street–City College
125th Street
116th Street–Columbia University
Cathedral Parkway–110th Street
103rd Street
[← to Central Park North–110th Street, Lenox Ave. Line]
96th Street
91st Street
86th Street
79th Street
72nd Street
66th Street–Lincoln Center
59th Street–Columbus Circle
50th Street
Times Square–42nd Street
34th Street–Penn Station
28th Street
23rd Street
18th Street
14th Street
Christopher Street–Sheridan Square
Houston Street
Canal Street
Franklin Street
Chambers Street

South Ferry branch	WTC Cortlandt Rector Street South Ferry / South Ferry loops
Brooklyn branch	Park Place Fulton Street Wall Street Clark Street Borough Hall [to Hoyt Street, Eastern Pkwy. Line →]

See also: Lists by borough (The Bronx; Brooklyn; Manhattan; Queens); Accessible; Closed; Terminals; Transfer; Commons category

Stations and line segments in italics are closed, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

Midtown (30th–42nd Sts) and Midtown South

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

West of 5th Av	One Penn Plaza 5 Times Sq 11 Times Sq 130 W 30th St 350 5th Av 452 5th Av (HSBC Tower) 1095 6th Av American Radiator Building The Bryant Bryant Park Studios Bush Tower The Continental NYC Empire State Building Engineering Societies' Building Engineers' Club Building The Epic Greenwich Savings Bank Building James A. Farley Building Lord & Taylor Building Macy's Herald Square Manhattan Mall Marbridge Building Million Dollar Corner Music Bldg Nelson Tower New York Times Bldg Pennsylvania Plaza Springs Mills Building Times Square Tower
East of 5th Av (incl. Murray Hill)	One Grand Central Place 2 Park Av 3 Park Av 4 Park Av 10 E 40th St 18 E 41st St 29 E 32nd St (Grolier Club) 101 Park Av 110 E 42nd St 200 Madison Av 275 Madison Av 425 5th Av 461 5th Av Chanin Building Civic Club / Estonian House Colony Club Demarest Building Joseph Raphael De Lamar House (Polish Consulate) Lefcourt Colonial Building Madison Belmont Building Pershing Square Building Robb House Socony–Mobil Building Tiffany and Company Building Union League Club Williams Club
Former	Bryant Hall Building Harding Building Kaskel and Kaskel Building Latting Observatory Pennsylvania Station Waldorf–Astoria

Culture

Shops, restaurants, nightlife	The Cutting Room J. Levine Books and Judaica Keens Steakhouse Wolfgang's Steakhouse
Museums/cultural centers	Girl Scout Museum and Archives Houdini Museum of New York Morgan Library & Museum Museum of the Dog Scandinavia House
Hotels	Grand Hotel The Knickerbocker The Langham Library Hotel Martinique New York Hotel McAlpin Hotel Pennsylvania Hotel Pierrepont The Roger Hotel The Wilbraham Hotel Wolcott Wyndham New Yorker Hotel
Venues and theaters	Hulu Theater New Amsterdam Theatre Nederlander Theatre Madison Square Garden
Former	Browne's Chop House Cafe Rouge Garrick Theatre Herald Square Theatre Maxine Elliott's Theatre Metropolitan Opera House Morgans Hotel Princess Theatre Reuben's Restaurant Savoy Theatre

Other points of interest

Green spaces	Bryant Park
Education	CUNY Graduate School of Journalism CUNY School of Professional Studies Guttman Community College High School of Art and Design New York Public Library Main Branch Norman Thomas High School Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library Stern College for Women William Esper Studio Wood Tobé–Coburn School
Religion	Armenian Evangelical Church of New York First Zen Institute of America Holy Innocents Church Millinery Center Synagogue Our Saviour Roman Catholic Church Redeemer Presbyterian Church St. Francis of Assisi Church

Transportation

Subway stations	34th Street–Penn Station 34th Street–Herald Square 34th Street–Penn Station 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue Grand Central–42nd Street Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal
Railroad/bus	Grand Central LIRR Grand Central Terminal Penn Station Port Authority Bus Terminal
Streets and intersections	Third Avenue Fifth Avenue Sixth Avenue Seventh Avenue Eighth Avenue 34th 42nd Broadway Herald Square Lexington Avenue Madison Avenue Park Avenue Park Avenue Tunnel

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