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The 72nd Street station is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at 72nd Street and Central Park West on the Upper West Side. It is served by the B on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A train during late nights only.

72 Street  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Uptown platform on the upper level
Station statistics
Address	West 72nd Street & Central Park West New York, NY 10023
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Upper West Side
Coordinates	40.776154°N 73.976011°W / 40.776154; -73.976011
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (late nights) ​   B  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.) ​   C  (all except late nights)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M10, M72 MTA Bus: BxM2
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	2 side platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932 (90 years ago) (1932-09-10)[2]
Closed	May 7, 2018; 4 years ago (2018-05-07) (reconstruction)
Rebuilt	October 4, 2018; 4 years ago (2018-10-04)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	2,837,041[3]  105.1%
Rank	173 out of 424[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 81st Street–Museum of Natural History A  ​B  ​C  via 145th Street Local 59th Street–Columbus Circle A  ​B  ​C  services split does not stop here
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend Upper level to 81 St–Nat Hist Lower level to 59 St–Columbus Cir
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops weekdays only

History

The station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND)'s initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street.[2][4] Construction of the whole line cost $191.2 million (equivalent to $3,797.4 million in 2021. While the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line already provided parallel service, the new Eighth Avenue subway via Central Park West provided an alternative route.[5]

Under the 2015–2019 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Plan, the station underwent a complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative and was entirely closed for several months. Updates included cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories and maps.[6][7] A request for proposals for the 72nd Street, 86th Street, Cathedral Parkway–110th Street, and 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue stations was issued on June 1, 2017,[8] and the New York City Transit and Bus Committee officially recommended that the MTA Board award the $111 million contract to ECCO III Enterprises in October 2017.[9] As part of the renovations, the station was closed from May 7, 2018,[10] to October 4, 2018.[11]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
B1	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Northbound local	← weekdays toward Bedford Park Boulevard or 145th Street (81st Street–Museum of Natural History) ← toward 168th Street (81st Street–Museum of Natural History) ← toward Inwood–207th Street late nights (81st Street–Museum of Natural History)
	Side platform
	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
B2	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ weekdays toward Brighton Beach (59th Street–Columbus Circle) → → toward Euclid Avenue (59th Street–Columbus Circle) → → toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue late nights (59th Street–Columbus Circle) →
	Side platform

This underground station has two levels, each of which has from west to east, one side platform, one local track and one express track. Northbound trains stop on the upper level while southbound trains stop on the lower level.[12]

Both platforms lack a trim line, but have mosaic name tablets reading "72ND ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a midnight blue background and black border, as well as small "72" tile captions in white numbering on a black background at regular intervals.[13] Directional signs in white lettering on a black background are below the name tablets.[14] Mosaic signs in white lettering on a blue background on the upper level direct passengers to the staircases going down to the lower level.[15] Grey (previously blue) I-beam columns run along the platforms at regular intervals, alternating ones having the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

72nd Street is the closest station to both the Dakota apartment building (which is immediately outside the station) and the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park.[16][17] The 2018 artwork at this station is "Sky", a ceramic artwork by Yoko Ono, who lived in the Dakota. The artwork consists of clouds against a blue backdrop. "Sky" commemorates Ono's late husband John Lennon, who was killed in 1980 outside the Dakota.[18][16]

Exits

Both 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 at 72nd Street is at the north end of the platform.[17] A staircase of four steps go down to a bank of three turnstiles that lead to a token booth. The other fare control area at 70th Street, at the station's south end, is unstaffed, containing High Entry/Exit Turnstiles.

Two staircases connect the two platforms, one at each fare control area, and one more used to connect the platforms in the center of the station. There are staircases to both western corners of West 72nd Street and Central Park West. The northwest staircase, outside the Dakota apartment building, is made of stone and is embedded within the Dakota's recessed areaway.[19] In addition, there is an entrance to the southwestern corner of West 70th Street and Central Park West.[17] This entrance had previously been closed,[20] but reopened in September 2002.[21][22]

Blue plywood walls and new tiling with a door[23] on the upper level indicate there was a third exit that led to West 71st Street.[24][25] Prior to the renovation of the station, further evidence of this exit's existence included directional signs with "71" that were covered or replaced with newer tiling and a fenced off staircase on the lower level.[26][27] During the renovation of the station, the exit and its accompanying staircase between the two platform levels was temporarily uncovered and used as an area to haul out construction debris; the street staircase has since been re-sealed and the staircase between the two platform levels was closed again.

In film

The station entrance is seen in the Blue's Clues episode "Shape Searchers" during mail time as kids look for shapes.[28]

References

External links

• nycsubway.org – IND Eighth Avenue Line: 72nd Street
• Station Reporter — B Train
• Station Reporter — C Train
• 72nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 70th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Upper platform from Google Maps Street View

На других языках

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- [en] 72nd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

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[ru] 72-я улица (линия Восьмой авеню, Ай-эн-ди)

«72-я улица» (англ. 72nd Street) — станция Нью-Йоркского метрополитена, расположенная на линии Восьмой авеню, Ай-эн-ди. Станция находится в Манхэттене, в округе Верхний Вест-Сайд, на пересечении 72-й улицы и Сентрал-Парк-Уэст. На станции останавливаются маршруты: A (ночью), B (в будни днём и вечером до 23:00) и C (круглосуточно, кроме ночи). Станцию проходят без остановки маршруты A (круглосуточно, кроме ночи) и D (круглосуточно).

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