14th Street–Union Square station
The 14th Street–Union Square station is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Broadway Line, the BMT Canarsie Line and the IRT Lexington Avenue Line. It is located at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and 14th Street, underneath Union Square Park in Manhattan. The complex is near the border of several neighborhoods, including the East Village to the southeast, Greenwich Village to the south and southwest, Chelsea to the northwest, and both the Flatiron District and Gramercy Park to the north and northeast. The 14th Street–Union Square station is served by the 4, 6, L, N, and Q trains at all times; the 5 and R trains at all times except late nights; the W train on weekdays; and <6> train weekdays in the peak direction.
14 Street–Union Square | |||||||||||||
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| New York City Subway station complex | |||||||||||||
Station entrance within Union Square Park | |||||||||||||
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| Address | East 14th Street, Park Avenue South & Broadway New York, NY 10003 | ||||||||||||
| Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||||
| Locale | Union Square | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′05″N 73°59′25″W | ||||||||||||
| Division | A (IRT), B (BMT) | ||||||||||||
| Line | BMT Broadway Line BMT Canarsie Line IRT Lexington Avenue Line | ||||||||||||
| Services | 4 (all times) 5 (all times except late nights) 6 (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) L (all times) N (all times) Q (all times) R (all except late nights) W (weekdays only) | ||||||||||||
| Transit | NYCT Bus: M1, M2, M3, M14A SBS, M14D SBS, SIM7, SIM33, X27, X28 | ||||||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||
| Levels | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 1, 1948 | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Partially ADA-accessible (BMT Broadway Line & BMT Canarsie Line platforms only) | ||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 17,809,631 35.3% | ||||||||||||
| Rank | 4 out of 423 | ||||||||||||
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14th Street–Union Square Subway Station (IRT; Dual System BMT) | |||||||||||||
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |||||||||||||
| MPS | New York City Subway System MPS | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 05000671 | ||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | July 6, 2005 | ||||||||||||
The Lexington Avenue Line platforms were built for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) as an express station on the city's first subway line, which was approved in 1900. The station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway. As part of the Dual Contracts, the Broadway Line platforms opened in 1917 and the Canarsie Line platform opened in 1924. Several modifications have been made to the stations over the years, and they were combined on July 1, 1948. The complex was renovated in the 1990s and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The Lexington Avenue Line station has two abandoned side platforms, two island platforms, and four tracks, while the parallel Broadway Line station has two island platforms and four tracks. The Canarsie Line station, crossing under both of the other stations, has one island platform and two tracks. Numerous elevators make most of the complex, except for the Lexington Avenue Line station, compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). In 2019, over 32 million passengers entered this station, making it the fourth-busiest station in the system.