66th Street–Lincoln Center (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
66th Street–Lincoln Center  | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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Uptown platform | |||||||||
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| Address |
West 66th Street & Broadway New York, NY 10023 | ||||||||
| Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||
| Locale | Lincoln Square, Upper West Side | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°46′26″N 73°58′55″W / 40.774°N 73.982°WCoordinates: 40°46′26″N 73°58′55″W / 40.774°N 73.982°W | ||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||
| Line | IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line | ||||||||
| Services |
1  (all times) 2  (late nights) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: M5, M7, M11, M66, M104 MTA Bus: BxM2 | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
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| Opened | October 27, 1904[1] | ||||||||
| Accessible |
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| Wireless service |
 [2] | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
7,790,234[3]  0.2% | ||||||||
| Rank | 53 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
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| Next north |
72nd Street: 1 2 | ||||||||
| Next south |
59th Street–Columbus Circle: 1 2 | ||||||||
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66th Street–Lincoln Center is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 66th Street and Broadway, it is served by the 1 train at all times, and by the 2 train during late nights.
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance (Elevators on SW corner of 66th Street and Broadway (downtown) and southeast corner of 66th Street and Broadway (uptown)) |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound local | ← toward Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street ( toward 241st Street late nights) (72nd Street) | |
| Northbound express | ←  do not stop here | |
| Southbound express | → do not stop here → | |
| Southbound local | → toward South Ferry ( toward Brooklyn College late nights) (59th Street–Columbus Circle) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
The walls at the platform level were renovated in 2004 and are decorated with mosaics designed by New York artist Nancy Spero. Elevators to street level provide ADA-accessibility. There is also a crossunder between the uptown and downtown side platforms at the extreme south end of the station.
Nearby points of interest
The station provides access to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts just to the south, with Alice Tully Hall just to the west. All of the Lincoln Center venues are connected by underground concourses near the southern end of the station. Dante Park, upstairs at the south end, is named for the poet Dante Alighieri, whose statue is found there. Richard Tucker Park is nearby, at the north end of Lincoln Square.
A number of schools are nearby as well, including the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and some small schools located in the former Martin Luther King Jr. High School building. This station also provides access to:
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References
- ↑ New York Times, Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It, October 28, 1904
- ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
External links
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Media related to 66th Street – Lincoln Center (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) at Wikimedia Commons - nycsubway.org – IRT West Side Line: 66th Street/Lincoln Center
- nycsubway.org – Artemis, Acrobats, Divas and Dancers Artwork by Nancy Spero (2004)
- Station Reporter – 1 Train
- Forgotten NY – Original 28 – NYC's First 28 Subway Stations
- MTA's Arts For Transit–66th Street–Lincoln Center (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
- 66th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- 65th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View