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[[File:NYC_subway-4D.svg|right|thumb|432x432px|The current [[New York City Subway]] rail system map. The [[Staten Island Railway]] (on the bottom left portion of the map) is also owned by the MTA, and is operated by the Department of Subways, but is a separate system. [[AirTrain JFK]] (the dark green line at the middle right) and [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]] (both light purple lines at the middle left) are operated by the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]]]

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The [[New York City Subway]] is a [[rapid transit]] system that serves four of the five [[borough (New York City)|borough]]s of [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]: [[the Bronx]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Manhattan]], and [[Queens]].{{efn|The remaining New York City borough, [[Staten Island]], is served by the [[Staten Island Railway]], a rapid transit system also operated by the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|MTA]] but not connected physically to the New York City Subway.}} Its operator is the [[New York City Transit Authority]], which is itself controlled by the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] of New York. In 2015, an average of 5.65 million passengers used the system daily, making it the [[List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership|busiest rapid transit system in the United States]] and the [[Metro systems by annual passenger rides|11th busiest in the world]].<ref name="ridership2012">{{NYCS const|riderref|weekday}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/facts/ffsubway.htm |title=(New York City) Subways (Facts and Figures under title of Annual Subway Ridership) |work=MTA.info |access-date=April 19, 2016 |archive-date=June 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622005105/http://web.mta.info/nyct/facts/ffsubway.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The present New York City Subway system is composed of three formerly separate systems that merged in 1940: the [[Interborough Rapid Transit Company]] (IRT), the [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation]] (BMT), and the [[Independent Subway System]] (IND). The [[Privately held company|privately held]] IRT, founded in 1902, constructed and operated the first underground railway line in New York City.{{efn|Prior to the founding of the IRT, the [[Beach Pneumatic Transit]] was an 1869 demonstration for an underground transit system in New York City, measuring {{convert|312|ft|m}} in length. The concept, heavily based on [[pneumatic tube]]s, was not adopted.}} The opening of [[Early history of the IRT subway|the first line]] on October 27, 1904, is commonly cited as the opening of the modern New York City Subway, although some [[Elevated railway|elevated lines]] of the IRT and BMT that were initially incorporated into the New York City Subway system but then demolished predate this. The oldest sections of elevated lines still in operation were built in 1885. The BMT, founded in 1923 and also privately held, was formed from the bankruptcy of the [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]]. The IND was created by the City of New York in 1921 to be a municipally owned competitor of the two private companies. Unification in June 1940 by the [[New York City Board of Transportation]] brought the three systems under one operator. The New York City Transit Authority, created in 1953 to be a [[New York state public-benefit corporations|public benefit corporation]] that acquired the rapid transit and surface line (buses and [[streetcar]]s) infrastructure of the Board of Transportation, remains the operator of the New York City Subway today.

The official count of [[Metro station|stations]] is {{NYCS const|number|total}}; however, this tabulation classifies some [[Interchange station|transfer stations]] as two or more stations, which are called "station complexes" within [[New York City Subway nomenclature|the nomenclature of the New York City Subway]]. If station complexes are counted as one station each, the number of stations is {{NYCS const|number|intl}}. [[New York City Subway stations#Station complexes|Thirty-two such station complexes exist]]. The reason for the higher count generally lies in the history of the New York City Subway: IRT, BMT and IND stations are usually counted separately, particularly if their lines are not parallel and are adjacent to or on another level to each other. Regardless of how stations are counted, the New York City Subway has the [[List of metro systems|second-largest number of rapid transit stations in the world]], behind the [[Beijing Subway]].

There are numerous [[List of closed New York City Subway stations|New York City Subway stations that are closed]], many of which stem from the demolition of elevated lines once operated by the IRT and the BMT that were made largely but not completely redundant to underground lines subsequently constructed.

The newest New York City Subway stations are part of the [[Second Avenue Subway]], and are located on [[Second Avenue (Manhattan)|Second Avenue]] at [[72nd Street (IND Second Avenue Line)|72nd]], [[86th Street (IND Second Avenue Line)|86th]] and [[96th Street (IND Second Avenue Line)|96th]] streets. They opened on January 1, 2017.

Stations that share identical street names are disambiguated by the line name and/or the cross street each is associated with. For example, "[[125th Street (disambiguation)|125th Street station]]" can refer to four separate stations: 125th Street on the [[125th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|IND Eighth Avenue Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Eighth center}}), the [[125th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Broadway-Seventh north}}), the [[125th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)|IRT Lenox Avenue Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Lenox}}), and the [[125th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|IRT Lexington Avenue Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Lexington}}).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/4193837/USA-Going-underground-in-New-York.html |title=USA: Going underground in New York |last=Martin |first=Andrew |date=September 9, 2004 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=July 4, 2009}}</ref> This situation [[New York City Subway stations#Stations with the same name|occurs numerous times]].

== Station facilities and amenities ==
[[File:7train arriving.ogv|thumb|A [[7 (New York City Subway service)|7]] train arriving at the [[Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue station]]]]
Of the [[List of New York City Subway stations|{{NYCS const|number|total}} stations]] in the system, {{#expr:{{NYCS const|number|total}}-2}} are served 24 hours a day.{{efn|The [[Times Square (IRT 42nd Street Shuttle)|Times Square]] and [[Grand Central (IRT 42nd Street Shuttle)|Grand Central]] stations of the [[IRT 42nd Street Shuttle]] are closed during late nights.<ref>{{NYCS const|serviceguide}}</ref>}} Underground stations in the New York City Subway are typically accessed by staircases going down from street level. Many of these staircases are painted in a common shade of green, with slight or significant variations in design.<ref name="FNY-SubwayEntranceStylings">{{cite web |url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2005/02/down-in-the-hole-the-many-styles-of-subway-entrances/ |title=Subway Entrance Stylings |date=February 14, 2005 |publisher=Forgotten New York |access-date=December 6, 2015}}</ref> Other stations have unique entrances reflective of their location or date of construction. Several station entrance stairs, for example, are integrated into adjacent buildings.<ref name="FNY-SubwayEntranceStylings" /> Nearly all station entrances feature color-coded globe or square lamps signifying their status as an entrance (see below).<ref name="nytimes 20020813" />

Out of all the stations on the New York City Subway,
* 275 are fully underground (59%) <!--277 plus Hudson Yards, 96th Street, 86th Street, and 72nd Street minus the 6 Brighton Line stations-->
* 153 are elevated stations (32%)
* 29 are on an embankment (6%)
* 15 are open-cut stations (3%) <!--6 Brighton Line stations plus 9 Sea Beach Line stations-->

This means that 61% of the stations are below the surface (59% being fully underground and about 2% with most of the station below the surface). 39% of stations are above the surface or overground.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Subway_FAQ:_Facts_and_Figures|title=www.nycsubway.org: Subway FAQ: Facts and Figures}}</ref>

=== Entrances ===
[[File:Times Sq NQRWS123-7 vc.jpg|thumb|An entrance to the [[Times Square–42nd Street station]]]]
==== Turnstiles and entrance gates ====
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{{see also|New York City transit fares#Turnstiles|l1=New York City transit fares}}
The New York City Subway primarily employs two types of [[turnstile]]s: a waist-high turnstile, and a full-height turnstile known as a [[High Entry-Exit Turnstile]] (HEET). The waist-high turnstiles, the most prominent in the system, were installed beginning in 1993 along with the implementation of MetroCard, though they originally accepted tokens.<ref name="NYTimes-NYCSAutomatingFare-1993">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/21/nyregion/automating-transit-fares-runs-afoul.html |title=Automating Transit Fares Runs Afoul |date=January 21, 1993 |last1=Faison |first1=Seth |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 6, 2015}}</ref> They are manufactured in Tennessee by [[Cubic Corporation]]. Some of the waist-high turnstiles date to the late 20th century, when tokens were used to pay fares; as such, they still have token-return compartments.<ref name="Bonanos 2024 f823">{{cite web | last=Bonanos | first=Christopher | title=The Hardest-Working Turnstile in the Subway | website=Curbed | date=April 16, 2024 | url=https://www.curbed.com/article/busiest-turnstile-nyc-subway-mta-grand-central.html | access-date=April 17, 2024}}</ref> The waist-high turnstiles are vulnerable to a practice called "back-cocking", in which people entering the system can partially rotate the turnstile as if they were exiting, then slip through the side of the turnstile without paying.<ref>{{cite web | last=Simko-Bednarski | first=Evan | title=MTA modifying turnstiles to recapture $45.6M in skipped fares | website=New York Daily News | date=July 17, 2023 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/07/17/mta-modifying-turnstiles-to-recapture-456m-in-skipped-fares/ | access-date=February 14, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Hoogensen | first=Finn | title=MTA making it harder to ‘back-cock’ at subway turnstiles | website=PIX11 | date=May 23, 2024 | url=https://pix11.com/news/local-news/mta-making-it-harder-to-back-cock-evade-fare-at-subway-turnstiles/ | access-date=February 14, 2025}}</ref>

The newer HEETs resemble several older turnstiles of that design informally called "iron maidens", and are prevalent at subway entrances without token booths to discourage fare evasion.<ref name="PCAC-ClosedSubwayEntrance-2001" /> Both turnstiles are stainless steel and are bidirectional, allowing passengers to enter with fare payment and to exit. A third older type of turnstile, the High Exit Turnstile (HET), is a black-painted unidirectional iron maiden and only turns in the exiting direction.<ref name="PCAC-ClosedSubwayEntrance-2001" /> Entrance is also available via Service Entry gates or AutoGates, which cater primarily to handicapped passengers<ref name=MTA-HowtoRideSubway>{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/subway/howto_sub.htm |title=How to Ride the Subway |access-date=November 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="NYCAccessibilityGuide-2008">{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/mopd/downloads/pdf/accessibility_guide.pdf |title=NYC Official Accessibility Guide |date=2008 |website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]] |publisher=[[New York City|City of New York]] |access-date=September 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807065656/http://www.nyc.gov/html/mopd/downloads/pdf/accessibility_guide.pdf |archive-date=August 7, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.disablednyc.com/archive/index.php/t-147.html |title=Stuck in the System: Disabled rider questions subway access |date=June 13, 2002 |website=disablednyc.com |publisher=[[Metro New York]] |location=[[New York City Hall|City Hall]] |last1=Zimmer |first1=Amy |access-date=September 20, 2015}}</ref> or passengers with large items such as strollers and luggage. These gates double as pushbar Emergency Exits, though they are often used for regular exiting in crowded stations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/01/nyregion/exit-alarms-in-the-subways-are-silenced-by-the-mta.html |title=Exit Alarms in the Subways Are Silenced by the M.T.A. |date=December 31, 2014 |last1=Flegenheimer |first1=Matt |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 6, 2015}}</ref> As a precaution against [[fare evasion]], two-fifths of the system's emergency exit doors had been retrofitted with delayed-opening devices {{As of|2025|lc=y}}, and security guards were staffed outside emergency exits.<ref name="Chen Rosenberg e918">{{cite web | last1=Chen | first1=Stefanos | last2=Rosenberg | first2=Jonah | title=How NYC Is Trying to Stop Subway Fare Evasion: Spikes, Fins, Guards | website=The New York Times | date=December 3, 2025 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/nyregion/nyc-subway-fare-evasion-mta.html | access-date=December 5, 2025}}</ref> The delayed-opening devices, which prevent the door from opening until several seconds after the door is pushed, can be overridden by MTA staff in emergencies.<ref>{{cite web | last=Cuevas | first=Eduardo | title=Controversial NYC subway emergency exits don't open right away | website=USA TODAY | date=2025-12-06 | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/06/controversial-nyc-subway-emergency-exits/87646467007/ | access-date=2025-12-09}}</ref>

New turnstile designs were introduced in the 2020s. The MTA announced in 2021 that it would install wide-aisle fare gates for disabled passengers at five subway stations by mid-2022;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barone |first=Vincent |date=November 17, 2021 |title=MTA to test out new, wider subway turnstiles to improve accessibility |url=https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/local/mta-to-test-out-wider-subway-turnstiles-to-improve-access |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=1010 Wins}}</ref> the implementation of these fare gates was delayed by a year.<ref>{{cite web | last=Brachfeld | first=Ben | title=MTA to begin installing wide turnstiles for wheelchair users in subway this year | website=amNewYork | date=February 21, 2023 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-wide-turnstiles-wheelchair-users-subway-stations/ | access-date=February 22, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Brosnan | first=Erica | title=MTA to install new 'wide-aisle' turnstiles at two subway stations | website=Spectrum News NY1 New York City | date=February 22, 2023 | url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/transit/2023/02/22/mta-to-install-new-wide-turnstiles-at-two-subway-stations | access-date=February 22, 2023}}</ref> Additionally, in an attempt to reduce fare evasion, the MTA exhibited several designs for half-height and full-height Plexiglas turnstiles in May 2023, which would replace the existing waist-high turnstiles.<ref>{{cite web | last=Simko-Bednarski | first=Evan | title=MTA showcases possible turnstile replacements | website=New York Daily News | date=May 17, 2023 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-turnstile-replacement-mta-fare-evasion-20230517-ofcauzbxtvblpjs7hpx5tqzbae-story.html | access-date=May 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=NYC Transit: MTA unveils turnstile redesigns to 'stop the bleed' from fare evasion | website=ABC7 New York | date=May 17, 2023 | url=https://abc7ny.com/mta-turnstiles-fare-evasion-public-transit/13260344/ | access-date=May 18, 2023}}</ref> On December 4, 2023, the first wide aisle fare gates were installed at [[Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station]].<ref name="ABC7 New York 2023 u825">{{cite web | title=MTA unveils wider fare gates to improve accessibility, decrease fare evasion | website=ABC7 New York | date=December 5, 2023 | url=https://abc7ny.com/mta-fare-gates-accessible-subway-evasion/14143805/ | access-date=December 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Parry | first=Bill | title=MTA debuts new turnstiles at Jamaica subway station designed to increase accessibility, hinder fare evasion – QNS.com | website=QNS.com | date=December 6, 2023 | url=https://qns.com/2023/12/mta-debuts-turnstiles-jamaica-subway-station/ | access-date=December 7, 2023}}</ref> Within two months, there was a slight increase in fare-paying riders at the station, although passengers were able to evade fares merely by leaning over the new turnstiles and activating the motion sensors.<ref name="Liebman 2024 a228">{{cite web | last=Liebman | first=Samantha | title=MTA battles flaws with new turnstiles amid rise in fare evasion | website=Spectrum News NY1  | date=January 26, 2024 | url=https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/traffic_and_transit/2024/01/26/mta-battles-flaws-with-new-turnstiles-amid-rise-in-fare-evasion | access-date=January 28, 2024}}</ref> Following adjustments to the turnstiles, the MTA announced in May 2024 that the new turnstiles would be installed at fifteen stations by the end of that year,<ref name="Brachfeld 2024 y467">{{cite web | last=Brachfeld | first=Ben | title=MTA will test middle-out turnstiles at 15 subway stops this year | website=amNewYork | date=May 22, 2024 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-test-middle-out-turnstiles-subway/ | access-date=May 23, 2024}}</ref> but the installation of the turnstiles was delayed.<ref>{{cite web | last=Brachfeld | first=Ben | title=MTA running behind on pilot program for turnstiles of the future | website=amNewYork | date=October 30, 2024 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-behind-pilot-program-future-turnstiles/ | access-date=November 2, 2024}}</ref> {{As of|2025}}, the MTA planned to install the new turnstiles at 150 stations in four years.<ref>{{cite web | last=Liebman | first=Samantha | title=MTA installing new fare gates to stop turnstile jumping | website=Spectrum News NY1  | date=December 2, 2025 | url=https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/traffic_and_transit/2025/12/02/installation-underway-on-new-subway-fare-gates | access-date=December 5, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Khalifeh | first=Ramsey | title=MTA to begin replacing NYC's subway turnstiles with modern fare gates | website=Gothamist | date=April 28, 2025 | url=https://gothamist.com/news/mta-to-begin-replacing-nycs-subway-turnstiles-with-modern-fare-gates | access-date=December 5, 2025}}</ref>

The MTA has also tested out other features to prevent fare evasion. These have included low metal fins or "sleeves" on each arm of a turnstile, to dissuade potential fare evaders from squeezing through the gaps between the arms,<ref name="Chen Rosenberg e918"/><ref>{{cite web | last=Simko-Bednarski | first=Evan | title=MTA tests new ways to block subway turnstile jumpers, ‘back cockers’ and more | website=New York Daily News | date=February 12, 2025 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/12/mta-tests-new-ways-block-subway-turnstile-jumpers-back-cockers-more/ | access-date=February 14, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Martinez | first=Jose | title=Turnstile Armor Is MTA’s Latest Defense Against Farebeaters | website=THE CITY - NYC News | date=February 12, 2025 | url=https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/12/turnstile-armor-debut-subways/ | access-date=February 14, 2025}}</ref> as well as high spiked panels between separate turnstiles.<ref name="Chen Rosenberg e918"/><ref>{{cite web | last=Stallone | first=Michael | title=MTA installs turnstile 'spikes' at NYC subway station | publisher=FOX 5 New York | date=January 16, 2025 | url=https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nyc-subway-crime-mta-fare-evasion-hochul-new-york-city | access-date=January 17, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Russo-Lennon | first=Barbara | last2=Moses | first2=Dean | title=MTA’s ‘modern fare gates’ with spiked turnstile barriers doesn’t seem to thwart many fare evaders | website=amNewYork | date=January 16, 2025 | url=https://www.amny.com/news/mta-fare-gates-spiked-barriers-fare-evaders/ | access-date=January 17, 2025}}</ref> In December 2025, the MTA announced that these features would be installed in almost every station.<ref>{{cite web | last=Nessen | first=Stephen | title=Nearly every NYC subway station will get spikes, paddles to combat fare evasion | website=Gothamist | date=December 15, 2025 | url=https://gothamist.com/news/nearly-every-nyc-subway-station-will-get-spikes-paddles-to-combat-fare-evasion | access-date=December 15, 2025}}</ref>

==== {{Anchor|Globe lamps}}Lamps ====
{{multiple image|align=right|image1=181st Street subway station entrance at 184th Street and Overlook Terrace.jpg|width1=250|caption1=A 1980s-era square lamp at the [[181st Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|181st Street station]]. The green lamp is seen at right|image2=NYC Subway red lamps vc.jpg|width2=196|caption2=Exit from the [[Parkside Avenue station]]}}

At most of the system's entrances and exits, there is a lamppost or two bearing a colored spherical or cube-shaped lamp. These lights roughly indicate the station's availability (i.e. how often it is accessible): green means always a full-time, 24/7 entrance and the presence of a 24 hour booth, typically located at the busiest entrance. Red means either a part-time booth or no booth, hence either exit-only or more and more often 24/7 entrance with MetroCard exclusively via HEETs. Older lamps are completely colored green or red. Newer ones, called "half-moons", have only the top half colored, while the bottom half is milky white; this is to provide more light. The half-colored globes have the same meanings as the globes with full colors.<ref name="nytimes 20020813" /> There are also some square lamps.

The meaning of the lights is poorly understood by passengers and was originally more complicated. Green, yellow, and red lights were introduced in 1982 to indicate the entrance's availability, mostly to prevent muggings by warning riders away from entrances that were closed at night. Originally, green signified an entrance located at a full-time station booth, which was open [[24/7]] and had regular waist-high [[turnstiles]]. Yellow signified a part-time booth, to which access to the platforms could be gained using [[High Entry-Exit Turnstile]]s (HEETs). Red signified an exit-only.<ref name="nytimes 20020813" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2011/11/13368/ |title=Subway Entrance Lamps |publisher=Forgotten New York
|date=November 7, 2011
| access-date = February 10, 2016
}}</ref> This proved too complicated and yellow was dropped in the early 1990s. Red globes now indicate both part-time entrance or exit-only.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/subway/index.html |title=New York City Transit |date=February 9, 1999 |access-date=February 14, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990209102449/http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/subway/index.html |archive-date=February 9, 1999}}</ref> A joke when the system was introduced was that "green meant go in, red meant don't. And yellow meant to take a cab." ([[Taxicabs of New York City|NYC medallion taxis]] are yellow).<ref name="nytimes 20020813">{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE2DF113AF930A2575BC0A9649C8B63 |title=Tunnel Vision; The Light at the Top of the Subway Stairs |last=Kennedy |first=Randy |date=August 13, 2002 |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 7, 2008}}</ref>

With the introduction of the [[MetroCard (New York City)|MetroCard]] in 1994, the MTA converted many previous exit-only entrances to full-time entrances via HEETs.<ref name="PCAC-ClosedSubwayEntrance-2001" /> The introduction of half-colored globes further confused riders of the subway system, and as of a 2002 survey, the globe lamps are poorly understood.{{efn|According to a 2002 ''[[New York Times]]'' article:{{paragraph}}

"Junior Torres, smoking a cigarette yesterday near an entrance to the A-line on Eighth Avenue and 15th Street, said confidently that he knew exactly what all the globes meant: green means always open, red means always closed, half-green means open most of the time and half-red means closed most of the time. 'That's what they mean,' Mr. Torres said.{{paragraph}}

"Two transit workers near a 14th Street entrance allowed that they had never known just what the colors meant. And Toribio Nunez, coming out of the entrance, said he had always assumed that they were purely decorative, like lights on a Christmas tree. 'I've never looked at them, to tell you the truth,' he said.{{paragraph}}

"Linda Vaccari and Laura Cugini, tourists from Bologna, Italy, said they were pretty sure that the colors showed the colors of the train lines below, though this often did not work.<ref name="nytimes 20020813"/>"}}

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=== Concourse ===
[[File:West_4_St_mezzanine_vc.jpg|thumb|The long and wide mezzanine in the [[West Fourth Street–Washington Square station]] in Greenwich Village.]]
Many stations in the subway system have [[Mezzanine (architecture)|mezzanines]].<ref name="PCAC-ClosedSubwayEntrance-2001" /> In underground stations, this typically consists of the first level below the street or the areas between the street and platform level. For open-cut, grade-level and elevated stations, prevalent in uptown Manhattan and the outer boroughs, the mezzanine area often consists of a [[Station building|station house]] at street level or above the street.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://forgotten-ny.com/1999/01/subway-signs-even-though-the-mta-is-relentless-when-it-comes-to-replacing-old-signage-in-its-quest-for-uniformity-there-are-still-some-glorious-examples-of-signs-from-a-rather-more-ornate-era-still/ |title=Station Houses| website = forgotten-ny.com|date=January 15, 1999| access-date = February 24, 2016}}</ref><ref name="BMTJamaicaExtPlan-1915">{{cite web |title=Construction of Foundations and Structure: Section 1, Jamaica Line |url=http://bmt-lines.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/jamaica.pdf |publisher=[[Rapid transit operations of the BRT and BMT|New York Municipal Railway Corporation]] |access-date=March 4, 2016 |date=1915 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093539/http://www.bmt-lines.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/jamaica.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Mezzanines allow for passengers to enter from multiple locations at an intersection and proceed to the correct platform without having to cross the street before entering. At busy intersections, they act as a [[Subway (underpass)|pedestrian underpass]] or overpass.<ref name="PCAC-ClosedSubwayEntrance-2001"/>

They also allow for crossover between [[Upper Manhattan|uptown]] and [[downtown]] trains on [[side platform]]s or a pair of [[island platform]]s, which is very useful when local tracks are closed for construction. Within the mezzanines are [[Paid area|fare control]] areas, where passengers physically pay their fare to enter the subway system.<ref name="PCAC-ClosedSubwayEntrance-2001">{{cite web |url=http://www.pcac.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2001-Reopening-Closed-Entrances.pdf |title=Reopening Closed Subway Entrances |date=November 2001 |website=pcac.org |publisher=New York City Transit Riders Council |access-date=December 6, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222153323/http://www.pcac.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2001-Reopening-Closed-Entrances.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="MTA-JayLawrenceMetroTech">{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/procure/miscproj/a35913.pdf |title=MTA New York City Transit Jay Street / Lawrence Street Stations Contract A-35913 / A-35914 / A-35927 / A-35978 |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |access-date=December 6, 2015 |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628023219/http://web.mta.info/nyct/procure/miscproj/a35913.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In underground subway stations built close to ground level or under narrow streets, a characteristic of early IRT and BMT construction, the fare control area is at platform level with no mezzanine crossovers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/IRT_West_Side_Line |title=www.nycsubway.org: IRT West Side Line |website=www.nycsubway.org| access-date = February 24, 2016}}</ref> Many elevated stations also have platform-level fare control with no common station house between directions of service.<ref name=NYCSorg-BMTJamaica>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/BMT_Nassau_Street-Jamaica_Line |title=www.nycsubway.org: BMT Nassau Street-Jamaica Line |website=www.nycsubway.org| access-date = February 25, 2016}}</ref>

Upon entering a station, passengers may use station booths, formerly known as token booths,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/metrocard/buybooth.htm |title=MTA/New York City Transit - Subway Station Booth |website=web.mta.info |access-date=March 13, 2016 |archive-date=November 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124072428/http://web.mta.info/metrocard/buybooth.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> or vending machines to buy their fare, which is stored in a [[MetroCard (New York City)|MetroCard]]. Each station has at least one booth open 24/7, typically located at the busiest entrance.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/nyregion/09subway.html |title=M.T.A. Station Agent Cuts Leave Riders Lost |last=Grynbaum |first=Michael M. |date=October 8, 2009 |newspaper=New York Times|access-date=March 13, 2016 }}</ref> After swiping the card at a turnstile, customers enter the fare-controlled area of the station and continue to the platforms.<ref name="MTA-HowtoRideSubway" /> Inside fare control are "Off-Hours Waiting Areas", which consist of benches and are identified by a yellow sign.<ref name="MTA-HowtoRideSubway" /><ref name="MTA-RidingSafely">{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/safety/ |title=Riding Safely |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |access-date=December 6, 2015}}</ref>

For various reasons, including maintenance costs, decreases in ridership, along with crime and safety issues, many stations have fare control areas, mezzanine areas and entrances that have been closed.<ref name=MTA-ReviewAC-2015>{{cite web |title=Review of the A and C Lines |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/AC_LineReview.pdf |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |access-date=January 19, 2016 |date=December 11, 2015 |archive-date=February 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203061138/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/AC_LineReview.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-subway-stations-with-closed-entrances-proliferate-despite-ridership-spike-1.11045566 |title=Closed entrances at over 100 subways stations create bottlenecks |website=am New York|date=November 2015 | access-date = February 24, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.amny.com/transit/williamsburg-bushwick-subway-entrances-sealed-despite-ridership-spike-1.10949347 |title=Brooklyn subway entrances remain locked despite ridership spike |website=am New York|date=October 12, 2015 | access-date = February 24, 2016}}</ref> Many mezzanines that previously stretched the entire length of a station have been split or partitioned by fencing or permanent walls. These closed areas have been abandoned or converted into space for Transit Operations or the [[New York City Police Department]].<ref name="PCAC-ClosedSubwayEntrance-2001" /><ref name="MTA-JayLawrenceMetroTech" />
[[File:59th Street–Columbus Circle (New York City Subway) by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|The [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]] station at [[59th Street–Columbus Circle (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|59th Street–Columbus Circle]]]]

=== Facilities and amenities ===

==== Air conditioning ====

In August 2006, the MTA announced that all future subway stations, which include [[34th Street–Hudson Yards (IRT Flushing Line)|34th Street–Hudson Yards]], [[South Ferry (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|South Ferry]], and all [[Second Avenue Subway]] stations, will have platforms outfitted with air-cooling systems.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/nyregion/second-ave-subway-line-wont-have-sidewalk-ventilation-grates.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1& |title=No Heel Hazards (or Gusts) as Subway Expands |date=September 30, 2013 |work=New York Times |access-date=May 5, 2014 |author=Roberts, Sam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/cooler-subways-coming-eventually-article-1.550619 |title=Cooler Subways Coming&nbsp;– Eventually |last=Donohue |first=Pete |date=August 4, 2006 |newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |location=New York |access-date=February 10, 2016}}</ref> The existing [[Grand Central–42nd Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|Grand Central–42nd Street]] station also has these cooling systems; however, for the most part, subway stations lack air-cooling systems due to their expense, and only a few stations have ceiling fans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2009/08/does_the_new_york_subway_syste.html |title=Does the New York Subway System Really Need to Be This Hot? |date=August 30, 2009 |quote=However, New York's system now has a few D.C.-style chiller units&nbsp;— some were installed in Grand Central's 4,5,6 station during the Terminal's recent restoration, and there are four in the brand new South Ferry station. |work=New York Magazine |access-date=May 23, 2014 |author=Jewler, Sam}}</ref>

==== Artwork ====
{{see also|MTA Arts & Design}}

Many stations are decorated with intricate ceramic tile work, some of it dating back to 1904 when the subway first opened. The [[New York City Subway tiles|subway tile artwork]] tradition continues in a [[Percent for Art]] program.

The [[MTA Arts & Design]] program oversees art in the subway system.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/ |title=Arts for Transit: The Official Subway and Rail Art Guide |publisher=www.mta.info |work=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=July 7, 2008}}</ref> Permanent installations, such as sculpture, mosaics, and murals; photographs displayed in lightboxes encourage people to use mass transit.<ref>[http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/transit/128782/subway-art-hard-to-miss--easy-to-uncover/ Subway Art Hard To Miss, Easy To Uncover] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714215348/http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/transit/128782/subway-art-hard-to-miss--easy-to-uncover/ |date=July 14, 2011 }} NY1 local news channel. Made November 11, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/artwork |title=Subway Art Guide |work=nycsubway.org}}</ref> In addition, commissioned art displayed in stations and "art cards", some displaying poetry, are in many of the trains themselves in unused advertisement fixture slots. Some of the art is by internationally known artists such as [[Elizabeth Murray (artist)|Elizabeth Murray]]'s ''Blooming'', displayed at [[Lexington Avenue/59th Street (BMT Broadway Line)|Lexington Avenue/59th Street]] station.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=R&artist=1&station=5 |title=MTA – Arts for Transit {{!}} NYCT Permanent Art
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==== Accessibility ====
[[File:BwyWalk0505_StationLincolnCenter.jpg|thumb|A street elevator serving as an entrance to the [[66th Street–Lincoln Center station]]]]
{{Main|List of accessible New York City Subway stations}}
Since the majority of the system was built before 1990, the year the [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|Americans with Disabilities Act]] (ADA) went into effect, many New York City Subway stations were not designed to be handicapped-accessible. Since then, elevators have been built in newly constructed stations to comply with the ADA. Most grade-level stations required little modification to meet ADA standards. The MTA identified "key stations", high-traffic and/or geographically important stations, which must conform to the ADA when they are extensively renovated.  {{NYCS const|acc_as_of}}, out of {{NYCS const|number|total}} total stations in the system,<!-- {{efn|This assumes that station complexes count as one station.}} --> {{NYCS const|number|accessible}} are accessible;{{efn|This includes station complexes but excludes some non-accessible platforms at such complexes.}} many of them have [[MetroCard (New York City)#Disabled/Senior Citizen Reduced-Fare MetroCard|AutoGate]] access.<ref name="NYCTAAccess">{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/accessibility/transit.htm|title=MTA Guide to Accessible Transit: MTA Subways and Buses|publisher=New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=March 8, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/facts/about_us.htm|title=About New York City Transit|work=MTA.info|access-date=June 1, 2011}}</ref><ref name="stations">{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/accessibility/stations.htm|title=MTA Guide to Accessible Transit|work=MTA.info|access-date=June 1, 2011}}</ref>

Five stations on the [[Staten Island Railway]] are accessible. There are 16 more non-ADA-accessible stations with [[cross-platform interchange]]s, as well as other same-platform transfers, available, though the MTA notes that the gaps between train cars and platforms at these stations may nonetheless exceed the maximums established by the ADA.<ref name="stations" />

====Escalators====
The subway station had 284 escalators {{As of|2019|lc=y}}, including 232 operated by the New York City Transit Authority and 42 operated by property owners. Some stations have multiple escalators.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martinez |first1=Jose |last2=Choi |first2=Ann |date=September 24, 2019 |title=The 232 escalators maintained by the MTA are functional only about 87% of the time, according to new figures |url=https://www.thecity.nyc/2019/09/24/the-fault-in-our-stairs-subway-escalator-reliability-plunges/ |access-date=December 14, 2025 |website=THE CITY - NYC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzsimmons |first=Emma G. |date=May 6, 2019 |title=Another Way the Subway Fails Riders: Broken Escalators |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/nyregion/mta-escalators-broken-subways.html |access-date=December 14, 2025 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>

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==== Entertainment ====
{{Main|Music Under New York}}
[[File:Broadway-Lafayette_station_by_David_Shankbone.jpg|right|thumb|A typical scene of musicians performing on the platform of the [[Broadway–Lafayette Street station]].]]

While a permit is not required for [[busking|performances]] in the subway, certain codes of conduct are required.<ref name="MTA-performance">{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/rules/SubwayPerformerRules.htm |title=Performer Rules |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |access-date=2020-05-10 }}</ref> Any musician/entertainer may perform in subway mezzanines and platforms. On platforms, there may be no amplifications as this is part of MTA policies: {{Quote|The New York City Transit (NYCT) [...] authorizes these types of free expression in subway stations: "Public speaking; distribution of written materials; solicitation for charitable, religious or political causes; and artist performances, including the acceptance of donations."<ref name="MTA-performance"/>}}

Performers must not be within {{convert|25|ft|m}} of a token booth or {{convert|50|ft|m}} from an MTA office/tower, blocking access to an escalator, stairwell, or elevator, interfering with transit services or passenger movement; or in an area where construction is occurring. In addition, performance is prohibited during public service announcements and may be no louder than 85 dBA at {{convert|5|ft|m}} away or 70 dBa at {{convert|2|ft|m}} from a token booth. Performances are prohibited in subway cars.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/rules/rules.htm |title=Rules of Conduct & Fines |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=February 10, 2016 |archive-date=February 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209231259/http://web.mta.info/nyct/rules/rules.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Since 1987, MTA has sponsored the "[[Music Under New York]]" (MUNY) program<ref>[http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/muny/ MTA's Arts for Transit's Music Under New York (MUNY) Section] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728061402/http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/muny/ |date=July 28, 2016 }} MTA.info website.</ref> in which street musicians enter a competitive contest to be assigned to the preferred high traffic locations. Each year, applications are reviewed and approximately 70 eligible performers are selected and contacted to participate in live auditions held for one day.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K5HpspsQcA |title=2010 Music Under New York Auditions |date=May 27, 2010 |work=MTA.info (YouTube) |access-date=May 29, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHbAGwoUIv0 |title=2011 Music Under New York Auditions |date=May 27, 2011 |work=MTA.info (YouTube) |access-date=May 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDHDbfddk44 |title=2012 Music Under New York Auditions |date=May 16, 2012 |work=MTA.info (YouTube) |access-date=May 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/musicians-try-out-for-coveted-spots-to-play-in-the-subway-1431911156 |title=Musicians Try Out for Coveted Spots to Play in the Subway |last=Ramey |first=Corinne |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660| access-date = February 10, 2016|date=May 17, 2015}}</ref> At present, more than 100 soloists and groups participate in MUNY providing over 150 weekly performances at 25 locations throughout the transit system, for example [[Natalia Paruz]], a [[musical saw]] player, plays at [[14th Street–Union Square (New York City Subway)|Union Square]]. 
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==== Restrooms ====
{{See also|Toilets in New York City#Public access}}
[[File:Church_Av_ind_toilets_jeh.JPG|thumb|Restrooms at [[Church Avenue (IND Culver Line)|Church Avenue]]]]
Restrooms are rare in the subway system. In 2010, there were 133 open restrooms in 81 of the system's 468<!--This number is the figure as of 2022, so a hard-coded figure is used here.--> stations.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/flush-with-filth-many-subway-station-bathrooms-dirty-or-locked-up-1.1857262 |title=Flush with filth: Many subway station bathrooms dirty, or locked up |date=April 11, 2010 |last2=Klopsis |first2=Nicholas |newspaper=[[Newsday]] |first1=Heather |last1=Haddon |access-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref> Most station restrooms previously open to the public have been closed and converted to storage spaces or employee use.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://untappedcities.com/2014/02/24/hold-it-in-why-are-most-bathrooms-in-the-nyc-subway-locked/ |title=Hold It In: Why Are Most Bathrooms in the NYC Subway Locked? |website=Untapped Cities |last1=Chatelain |first1=Phillipe Martin |date=February 24, 2014 |access-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref> There are a few major stations that have operating restrooms, including on the concourses of [[42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal]], [[Chambers Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|Chambers Street]], [[57th Street–Seventh Avenue (BMT Broadway Line)|57th Street–Seventh Avenue]], [[Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (New York City Subway)|Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue]], and [[Lexington Avenue/59th Street (New York City Subway)|Lexington Avenue/59th Street]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rapidtransitchallenge.com/finish.htm |title=Rapid Transit Challenge-restroom locations |access-date=April 13, 2007}}</ref> The majority of restrooms in the New York City Subway are found in express and transfer stations, at ADA-accessible stations, and at terminals, though not all of the aforementioned types of stations have restrooms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gothamist.com/2014/02/25/nyc_subway_bathroom_map.php |title=Map: Where Are The Usable Subway Bathrooms? |date=February 25, 2014 |work=[[Gothamist]] |author=Robbins, Christopher |access-date=May 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420033852/http://gothamist.com/2014/02/25/nyc_subway_bathroom_map.php |archive-date=April 20, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Newer subway stations have restrooms, including [[34th Street–Hudson Yards (IRT Flushing Line)|34th Street–Hudson Yards]] on the [[IRT Flushing Line]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2011/02/1394662/subway-planners-present-no-7-extension-room-improvement?page=all |title=Subway planners present the No. 7 extension, with room for improvement |date=February 15, 2011 |publisher=Capital New York |access-date=May 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508062227/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2011/02/1394662/subway-planners-present-no-7-extension-room-improvement?page=all |archive-date=May 8, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and three [[Second Avenue Subway]] stations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/capconstr/sas/documents/sdeis/chapter13.pdf |title=Second Avenue Subway SDEIS Chapter 13: Infrastructure and Energy |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=February 10, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508224749/http://web.mta.info/capconstr/sas/documents/sdeis/chapter13.pdf |archive-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref>

In the 2010s, the MTA planned to "overhaul" and reopen previously-closed restrooms.<ref name="MTA Our Customer Commitments">{{cite web | title=Our Customer Commitments | website=MTA | url=https://new.mta.info/CustomerCommitment | access-date=October 25, 2022}}</ref> All of the system's restrooms were closed in 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=Nowhere to go: MTA's daily COVID cleaning regimen is keeping station restrooms shuttered | website=amNewYork | date=September 16, 2021 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-covid-cleaning-regimen-is-keeping-station-restrooms-closed/ | access-date=October 25, 2022}}</ref> These restrooms remained closed in 2022, despite a drastic increase in the number of "soiled train" incidents, where human waste was found on trains.<ref>{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title='We are a transportation agency': Reopening subway restrooms not a priority, says MTA chief | website=amNewYork | date=January 19, 2022 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/we-are-a-transportation-agency-reopening-subway-station-bathrooms-not-a-priority-says-mta-chief/ | access-date=October 25, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first=Jose |last=Martinez | title=All Aboard the P Train: 'Soiled Car' Subway Incidents Pacing at Highest Level in Years | website=NBC New York | date=July 19, 2022 | url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-subway-bathrooms-closed-over-covid-exposure-guidelines-turn-mta-mess/3780426/ | access-date=October 25, 2022}}</ref> The MTA reopened restrooms at eight stations in January 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-09 |title=18 public restrooms reopening at various subway stops across NYC |url=https://abc7ny.com/nyc-subway-bathrooms-public-restrooms-new-york-city/12678561/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=ABC7 New York |language=en}}</ref> At the time, there were restrooms in 69 of the system's 472<!--This number is the figure as of 2022, so a hard-coded figure is used here.--> stations,<ref name=nyt-2022-10-24>{{Cite news|last=Ley|first=Ana|date=2022-10-24|title=M.T.A. Will Reopen Some Subway Bathrooms for First Time Since Pandemic|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/24/nyregion/mta-subway-bathrooms-reopen.html|access-date=2022-10-25|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and there were 163 total restrooms across the system.<ref name="Nessen 2022">{{cite web | last=Nessen | first=Stephen | title=A handful of NYC subway bathrooms will reopen to public | website=Gothamist | date=October 24, 2022 | url=https://gothamist.com/news/a-handful-of-nyc-subway-bathrooms-will-reopen-to-public | access-date=October 25, 2022}}</ref> {{As of|2024}}, there were 58 open bathrooms throughout the system.<ref name="Gonella 2024 q244">{{cite web | last=Gonella | first=Catalina | title=Announcements, maps and signs: Manhattan BP presses MTA to improve restroom accessibility | website=Gothamist | date=April 17, 2024 | url=https://gothamist.com/news/announcements-maps-and-signs-manhattan-bp-presses-mta-to-improve-restroom-accessibility | access-date=April 18, 2024}}</ref><ref name="ABC7 New York 2024 h749">{{cite web | title=NYC subway bathrooms: Manhattan borough president urges MTA to raise awareness about restrooms | website=ABC7 New York | date=April 17, 2024 | url=https://abc7ny.com/nyc-subway-bathrooms-manhattan-borough-president-urges-mta-to-raise-awareness-about-restrooms/14682879/ | access-date=April 18, 2024}}</ref>

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==== Retail ====
[[File:Astor_Place_IRT_008.JPG|thumb|A former women's restroom converted into a newsstand at [[Astor Place (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|Astor Place]]]]

Some platforms have newspaper stands that sell various items including newspapers and food. The MTA has installed retail spaces within paid areas in selected stations, including the station concourses of the [[Times Square–42nd Street station|Times Square]]–[[42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal station|Port Authority]] complex, the [[59th Street–Columbus Circle station]], and the [[47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station]].<ref name=nyt-2024-07-07>{{Cite news|last=Haag|first=Matthew|date=2024-07-07|title=The Sad State of Underground Retail in New York City|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/07/nyregion/mta-underground-retail.html|access-date=2024-07-08|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In the 1980s, the MTA operated around 350 retail spaces in the subway system.<ref name=nyt-2024-07-07/> During the 21st century, the MTA continued to make efforts in attracting more diverse retailers and vendors to set up shop in the subway system.<ref>[http://www.mta.info/news/2010/08/26/trendy-shops-subway Trendy Shops in the Subway] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111918/http://www.mta.info/news/2010/08/26/trendy-shops-subway |date=March 4, 2016 }} MTA.info website. Made August 26, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/below-the-surface-lies-retail-1432600781 |title=Below the Surface Lies Retail |website=Wall Street Journal |last1=Morris |first1=Keiko |date=May 26, 2015 |access-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref> {{As of|2017}}, there are 111 newsstands in the system, including 20 that are vacant. This includes three empty stands on the [[Second Avenue Subway]] that opened that year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/nyregion/second-avenue-subways-newsstands-are-shiny-new-and-empty.html|title=Second Avenue Subway's Newsstands Are Shiny, New — and Empty|last=Wang|first=Vivian|date=2017-10-10|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-10-13|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Many of the system's stores closed during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City]]. By 2024, only a little over one-quarter of storefronts (54 of 195 storefronts) still had tenants.<ref name=nyt-2024-07-07/>

====Lighting====
The subway system originally used [[incandescent lights]]; the first incandescent bulbs were installed in 1904 as part of the first subway line. As many as 50 types of incandescent lights were once used in the subway. To discourage the theft of the lighting fixtures, the New York City Subway system used lightbulbs with reversed threads, which could not be screwed into residential lamps.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Randy|date=2002-04-02|title=Tunnel Vision; In the Tunnels, Lights At the End of Their Era|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/02/nyregion/tunnel-vision-in-the-tunnels-lights-at-the-end-of-their-era.html|access-date=2024-02-21|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Over the years, all incandescent bulbs in stations have been replaced with [[fluorescent lights]].<ref name="Cudahy 1995 p. 131">{{cite book | last=Cudahy | first=B.J. | title=Under the Sidewalks of New York: The Story of the Greatest Subway System in the World | publisher=Fordham University Press | year=1995 | isbn=978-0-8232-1618-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LYSVd43vZwQC&pg=PA131 | page=131}}</ref> In 2024, the MTA announced that, as a safety measure, it would install 150,000 [[LED lights]] across the subway system by 2026.<ref name="Simko-Bednarski 2024 n452">{{cite web | last=Simko-Bednarski | first=Evan | title=NYC subway lights to shine brighter as MTA converts stations to LED fixtures by 2026 | website=New York Daily News | date=February 20, 2024 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/20/nyc-subway-lights-to-shine-brighter-as-mta-converts-stations-to-led-fixtures-by-2026/ | access-date=February 21, 2024|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web | last=Gainer | first=Alice | title=MTA adding LED lighting in 4 subway stations to improve conditions | website=CBS New York | date=February 20, 2024 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/mta-adds-led-lighting-in-4-subway-stations-to-improve-conditions/ | access-date=February 21, 2024|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web | last1=Lane | first1=Charles | last2=Nessen | first2=Stephen | title=MTA to install bright, white lights in every NYC subway station | website=Gothamist | date=February 20, 2024 | url=https://gothamist.com/news/mta-to-install-bright-white-lights-in-every-nyc-subway-station | access-date=February 21, 2024}}</ref> To discourage people from jumping onto the tracks, there are blue lights at several subway stations.<ref name="Simko-Bednarski 2023 a909">{{cite web | last=Simko-Bednarski | first=Evan | title=Dozens of subway track deaths prompt MTA to test safety measures like AI, 'calming' blue lights | website=New York Daily News | date=March 29, 2023 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2023/03/29/dozens-of-subway-track-deaths-prompt-mta-to-test-safety-measures-like-ai-calming-blue-lights/ | access-date=February 21, 2024|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web | last=Nadal | first=Emily | title=Extra Extra: Calming blue lights at subway stations | website=Gothamist | date=June 7, 2023 | url=https://gothamist.com/news/extra-extra-calming-blue-lights | access-date=February 21, 2024}}</ref>

=== Connections ===
Rapid transit and rail connections are available at designated stations to [[Amtrak]], [[Long Island Rail Road]], [[AirTrain JFK]], [[Metro-North Railroad]], [[New Jersey Transit]] and [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson|PATH]]. Connections to the [[Staten Island Ferry]] and privately operated ferries such as [[NYC Ferry]], [[NY Waterway]] and [[New York Water Taxi]], as well as intercity and commuter bus lines at the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] and [[George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal]], are also available. Free [[MetroCard (New York City)|MetroCard]]-only transfers to buses are available to [[MTA Regional Bus Operations|MTA New York City Transit buses]] (including the bus rapid transit [[Select Bus Service]]), [[MTA Regional Bus Operations|MTA Bus Company]], [[Nassau Inter-County Express|NICE buses]] (Nassau County) and [[Bee-Line Bus System|Bee-Line buses]] (Westchester County).<ref name="MTA 2007">{{cite web |url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/mta-board-approved-free-transfer-between-westchester-county-bee-lines |title=Press Release – MTA Headquarters – MTA Board Approved Free Transfer Between Westchester County Bee Lines Bus Service and New York City Transit Subway, Buses and Railway Starting in April |date=February 5, 2007 |website=MTA |access-date=October 21, 2015}}</ref>

===Station management===
In 2018, New York City Transit president [[Andy Byford]] implemented a "group station manager" program, where 24 people would be hired to oversee up to twenty-five stations. This replaced a previous system where station managers could be responsible for up to 100 stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-station-managers-1-21255844/|title=23 new subway station managers will oversee safety, cleanliness|date=September 25, 2018|website=amNewYork|access-date=March 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc7ny.com/4337124/|title=MTA New York City Transit introduces new station managers to bring accountability, better customer service at subway stations|date=September 25, 2018|website=ABC7 New York|access-date=March 17, 2020}}</ref> Group station managers were generally responsible for coordinating repairs and operations, as well as providing customer service in each of the stations under their purview.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gothamist.com/news/new-mta-station-managers-are-sweating-the-details-but-will-it-matter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523145417/https://gothamist.com/news/new-mta-station-managers-are-sweating-the-details-but-will-it-matter|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 23, 2022|title=New MTA Station Managers Are Sweating the Details, But Will It Matter?|last=Nessen|first=Stephen|date=2018-10-24|website=Gothamist|language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Newman|first1=Andy|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/nyregion/subway-complaints-nyc.html|title=Fix Everything Wrong at 23 Subway Stations? It Beats His Last Job|date=2020-03-17|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-17|last2=Wilson|first2=Earl|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> These group station managers repaired over 62,000 issues by early 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc7ny.com/5853131/|title=MTA solves more than 62,000 issues with new Group Station Manager Program|date=January 16, 2020|website=ABC7 New York|access-date=March 17, 2020}}</ref>

== Station platforms and configurations ==
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Out of the system's {{NYCS const|number|total}} stations, 283 are underground,{{efn|This counts both the island and loop platforms of the [[South Ferry (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|South Ferry Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line station]] as one station, even though these are two stations by MTA standards.}} 149 are [[Elevated railway|elevated]], 20 are in [[Cut (earthmoving)|open cuts]], 7 are at-grade,{{efn|This includes the [[Wilson Avenue station]], which is partially at-grade and partially elevated, but due to the surrounding topography, appears to be partially underground and partially at-grade, respectively. In addition, [[Harlem–148th Street station|Harlem–148th Street]] is also at-grade, and [[Botanic Garden (BMT Franklin Avenue Line)|Botanic Garden]] is in an open cut, though they seem to be underground.}} and 13 are on [[Embankment (transportation)|embankments]].{{efn|This counts stations that are partially on [[overpass]]es, but are not completely elevated.}}
<gallery mode="packed">
File:163 St-Amsterdam Ave station.jpg|A typical underground station ([[163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue station|163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue]])
File:176th Street station with departing downtown train.jpg|A typical elevated station ([[176th Street station|176th Street]])
File:Woodhaven Bl Qns Bl td 18 - IND.jpg|A typical entrance to an underground station ([[Woodhaven Boulevard station (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|Woodhaven Boulevard]])
File:30th Av BMT sta jeh.JPG|A typical entrance to an elevated station ([[30th Avenue station|30th Avenue]])
File:UnionSquareNQRWSubway.jpg|A typical underground station mezzanine ([[14th Street–Union Square station (BMT Broadway Line)|14th Street–Union Square]])
File:233 Street exit vc.jpg|A typical elevated station mezzanine ([[233rd Street station|233rd Street]])
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A typical subway station has waiting platforms ranging from {{convert|480|to|600|ft}} long. Some IND platforms may be as long as {{convert|660|to|745|ft}} long.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/History_of_the_Independent_Subway |title=History of the Independent Subway |last=Feinman |first=Mark S. |date=2000| access-date = February 10, 2016 |work=nycsubway.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stationreporter.net/indlengths.htm|title=IND Station Lengths|date=August 6, 2011|access-date=February 14, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806194606/http://www.stationreporter.net/indlengths.htm|archive-date=August 6, 2011}}</ref> Platforms of former commuter rail stations, such as those on the [[IND Rockaway Line]], are even longer. Due to the large number of transit lines, one platform or set of platforms often serves more than one service, unlike other rapid transit systems including the [[Paris Metro]], but like some lines on the [[London Underground]]. A passenger needs to look at the signs hung at the platform entrance steps and over each track to see which trains stop there and when, and at the arriving train to see which train it is.

[[File:Bay_Parkway_Station_from_20th_Avenue_Station.jpg|thumb|The [[Bay Parkway (BMT West End Line)|Bay Parkway]] station on the [[BMT West End Line|West End Line]]. The track in the middle is a bi-directional express track]]

Almost everywhere express trains run, they run on the inner one (of 3) or two (of 4) tracks. Local trains run on the outer two tracks. In a 3-track configuration, the center track can be used toward the center of the city in the morning and away from the center in the evening, though not every 3-track line has that express service.

There are several common platform configurations:
* On a 2-track line, a station may have one [[Island platform|center island platform]] used for trains in both directions, or 2 [[side platform]]s, one for a train in each direction.
* For a 3-track or 4-track line, local stops will have side platforms. The middle one or two tracks will not stop at the station.
* For most 3- or 4-track express stops, there will be two island platforms, one for the local and express in one direction, and another for the local and express in the other direction. Each island platform provides a [[cross-platform interchange]] between the local and express services.

In a few cases, a 4-track station has an island platform for the center express tracks and two side platforms for the outside local tracks. This occurs only at three stations near major railway stations where the next station along the line is also an express station with the more common platform configuration. The purpose of splitting the platforms is to limit overcrowding by preventing cross-platform interchanges between local and express services. The oldest station to be built with this layout is the [[Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)|Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station]] on the [[IRT Eastern Parkway Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Eastern west}}), where the connection is to the [[Atlantic Terminal]] of the [[Long Island Rail Road]], with an adjacent express station at [[Nevins Street station|Nevins Street]].

The layout also exists at 34th Street–Penn Station on both the [[34th Street–Penn Station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Broadway-Seventh south}}) and [[34th Street–Penn Station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|IND Eighth Avenue Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Eighth south}}), with adjacent express stations at [[Times Square–42nd Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|Times Square–42nd Street]] and [[42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal station|42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal]], where the connection is to [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Pennsylvania Station]], one of the two major New York City railway stations. This does not occur with the connection to New York's other major station, [[Grand Central Terminal]], at [[Grand Central–42nd Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|Grand Central]] on the [[IRT Lexington Avenue Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Lexington}}), which has no adjacent express station.

There is one notable 6-track local station, [[DeKalb Avenue station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)|DeKalb Avenue]] on the [[BMT Fourth Avenue Line]]. Trains to or from the [[Manhattan Bridge]] either stop at the outer tracks of the island platforms ({{NYCS trains|Brighton}}) or pass through and bypass the station on the middle tracks ("bypass express tracks") ({{NYCS trains|DeKalb bypass}}). Trains to or from the [[Montague Street Tunnel]] ({{NYCS trains|Montague|exclude=N}}) stop across the platform from the respective outer track.

=== Stations with two levels ===
[[File:Coney_Island_two_levels_of_trains_vc.jpg|right|thumb|Two levels of tracks near the [[West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium station]]]]
Some stations have two levels. The levels separate the platforms of different services and/or directions. For example:

* the local trains on one level and the express trains on another level
* trains of two different lines on two different levels
* trains of two different directions on two different levels, with a cross-platform interchange on each level
* trains of different services on two different levels that are on the same line

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== List of stations ==
{{Main|List of New York City Subway stations}}
In addition to the main list detailing ridership and daytime services, the complete list of stations is also split by [[Borough (New York City)|borough]]. The second column displays the number of stations as counted by the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]. The third column shows the number of stations when "station complexes" are considered to be one station each.<ref name="submap">{{NYCS const|map}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Lists
! {{abbr|Number of stations|when stations in complexes are counted individually}}
! {{abbr|Number of stations|when stations in complexes are counted as a whole}}
! Station complexes
! class="unsortable" |Services
|- class="sortbottom"
| [[List of New York City Subway stations|Total]]
| {{NYCS const|number|total}}
| {{NYCS const|number|intl}}
| 32
| <span style="display:none">0</span>{{rint|nycs|1}} {{rint|nycs|2}} {{rint|nycs|3}} {{rint|nycs|4}} {{rint|nycs|5}} {{rint|nycs|6}} {{rint|nycs|6d}} {{rint|nycs|7}}<br />{{rint|nycs|7d}} {{rint|nycs|A}} {{rint|nycs|B}} {{rint|nycs|C}} {{rint|nycs|D}} {{rint|nycs|E}} {{rint|nycs|F}} {{rint|nycs|G}}<br />{{rint|nycs|J}} {{rint|nycs|L}} {{rint|nycs|M}} {{rint|nycs|N}} {{rint|nycs|Q}} {{rint|nycs|R}} {{rint|nycs|S}} <!-- {{rint|nycs|T}} -->{{rint|nycs|W}}<br />{{rint|nycs|Z}}
|-
| <span style="display:none">Bronx</span>'''[[List of New York City Subway stations in the Bronx|The Bronx]]'''
| <span style="display:none">0</span>70
| <span style="display:none">0</span>68
| <span style="display:none">0</span>2
| <span style="display:none">1 2 4 5 6 B D</span>{{rint|nycs|1}} {{rint|nycs|2}} {{rint|nycs|4}} {{rint|nycs|5}} {{rint|nycs|6}} {{rint|nycs|6d}} {{rint|nycs|B}} {{rint|nycs|D}}
|-
| <span style="display:none">Brooklyn</span>'''[[List of New York City Subway stations in Brooklyn|Brooklyn]]'''
| 170
| 157
| <span style="display:none">0</span>10
| <span style="display:none">2 3 4 5 A B C D F G J L M N Q R S W Z</span>{{rint|nycs|2}} {{rint|nycs|3}} {{rint|nycs|4}} {{rint|nycs|5}} {{rint|nycs|A}} {{rint|nycs|B}} {{rint|nycs|C}} {{rint|nycs|D}}<br />{{rint|nycs|F}} {{rint|nycs|G}} {{rint|nycs|J}} {{rint|nycs|L}} {{rint|nycs|M}} {{rint|nycs|N}} {{rint|nycs|Q}} {{rint|nycs|R}}<br />{{rint|nycs|Z}} {{rint|nycs|S}} ([[Franklin Avenue Shuttle|Franklin Avenue]])
|-
| <span style="display:none">Manhattan</span>'''[[List of New York City Subway stations in Manhattan|Manhattan]]'''
| 151
| 121
| 18
| <span style="display:none">1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A B C D E F J L M N Q R W S Z</span>{{rint|nycs|1}} {{rint|nycs|2}} {{rint|nycs|3}} {{rint|nycs|4}} {{rint|nycs|5}} {{rint|nycs|6}} {{rint|nycs|6d}} {{rint|nycs|7}}<br />{{rint|nycs|7d}} {{rint|nycs|A}} {{rint|nycs|B}} {{rint|nycs|C}} {{rint|nycs|D}} {{rint|nycs|E}} {{rint|nycs|F}} {{rint|nycs|J}}<br />{{rint|nycs|L}} {{rint|nycs|M}} {{rint|nycs|N}} {{rint|nycs|Q}} {{rint|nycs|R}} {{rint|nycs|W}} <!-- {{rint|nycs|T}} --> {{rint|nycs|Z}} {{rint|nycs|S}} ([[42nd Street Shuttle|42nd Street]])
|-
| <span style="display:none">Queens</span>'''[[List of New York City Subway stations in Queens|Queens]]'''
| <span style="display:none">0</span>81
| <span style="display:none">0</span>78
| <span style="display:none">0</span>2
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|}

== Station complexes ==
{{Main|List of New York City Subway transfer stations}}

The New York City Subway has several types of [[Interchange station|transfer stations]], among them station complexes (i.e. sets of two or more stations connected with a passageway inside [[fare control]]) and stations serving two or more [[List of New York City Subway lines|lines]] (considered to be one station each). The table below only lists the station complexes. For a more detailed list see the main article.<ref name=submap/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name of station complex
! class="unsortable" | Daytime Services
! Borough
|-
|[[14th Street/Sixth Avenue station|14th Street/Sixth Avenue]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS 14th Street - Sixth Seventh|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[14th Street/Eighth Avenue station|14th Street/Eighth Avenue]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS 14th Eighth|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[14th Street–Union Square station|14th Street–Union Square]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Union Square|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[34th Street–Herald Square station|34th Street–Herald Square]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Herald Square|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue station|42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Bryant Park|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[59th Street–Columbus Circle station|59th Street–Columbus Circle]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Columbus Circle header|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[149th Street–Grand Concourse (New York City Subway)|149th Street–Grand Concourse]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS 149th-Grand Concourse|time=bullets}}
|the Bronx
|-
|[[161st Street–Yankee Stadium station|161st Street–Yankee Stadium]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Yankee Stadium|time=bullets}}
|the Bronx
|-
|[[168th Street station (New York City Subway)|168th Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Washington Heights-168th|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station|Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Atlantic-Pacific|time=bullets}}
|Brooklyn
|-
|[[Borough Hall/Court Street station|Borough Hall/Court Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Court-Borough header|time=bullets}}
|Brooklyn
|-
|[[Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street station|Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS BleeckerLafayette header|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[Broadway Junction station|Broadway Junction]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Broadway Junction|time=bullets}}
|Brooklyn
|-
|[[Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall/Chambers Street station|Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall/Chambers Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Brooklyn Bridge - Chambers Street|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[Canal Street station (New York City Subway)|Canal Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Canal header|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[Chambers Street–World Trade Center/Park Place/Cortlandt Street station|Chambers Street–World Trade Center/Park Place/Cortlandt Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Chambers Cortlandt header|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[Court Square–23rd Street station|Court Square–23rd Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Court Square|time=bullets}}
|Queens
|-
|[[Delancey Street/Essex Street station|Delancey Street/Essex Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Delancey-Essex|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street station|Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Fourth Ninth header|time=bullets}}
|Brooklyn
|-
|[[Franklin Avenue/Botanic Garden station|Franklin Avenue/Botanic Garden]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Franklin-Botanic|time=bullets}}
|Brooklyn
|-
|[[Franklin Avenue station (Fulton Street)|Franklin Avenue]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Franklin-Fulton header|time=bullets}}
|Brooklyn
|-
|[[Fulton Street station (New York City Subway)|Fulton Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Fulton-Broadway|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[Grand Central–42nd Street station|Grand Central–42nd Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Grand Central|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[Jay Street–MetroTech station|Jay Street–MetroTech]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS MetroTech header|time=bullets}}
|Brooklyn
|-
|[[Lexington Avenue/51st Street station|Lexington Avenue/51st Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Lexington 51st header|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[Lexington Avenue/59th Street station|Lexington Avenue/59th Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Lexington-59th|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street station|Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Lorimer-Metropolitan|time=bullets}}
|Brooklyn
|-
|[[Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues station|Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Myrtle-Wyckoff|time=bullets}}
|Brooklyn
|-
|[[62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue station|62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS New Utrecht-62nd header|time=bullets}}
|Brooklyn
|-
|[[Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station|Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Roosevelt|time=bullets}}
|Queens
|-
|[[South Ferry/Whitehall Street station|South Ferry/Whitehall Street]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS South Ferry header|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|-
|[[Times Square–42nd Street station|Times Square–42nd Street]]<hr/>[[42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal station|Port Authority Bus Terminal]]
| style="text-align:center;" |{{NYCS Times Square PABT|time=bullets}}
|Manhattan
|}

== See also ==
{{Portal|New York City}}
{{NYCS const|list|links}}

==Notes==
{{notelist|30em}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Transportation/Subway-Stations/arq3-7z49/data Locations of subway stations] from NYC Open Data website

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