Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street station

Broadway–Lafayette Street/
Bleecker Street
Broadway–Lafayette Street/; Bleecker Street
New York City Subway station complex
	One of the two street stairs along the south side of East Houston Street between Broadway and Crosby Street
Station statistics
Address	Houston Street & Lafayette Street; New York, NY 10012
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	NoHo, SoHo, Greenwich Village
Coordinates	40°43′33″N 73°59′41″W
Division	A (IRT), B (IND)
Line	IND Sixth Avenue Line; IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4 (late nights); 6 (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction); B (weekdays during the day); D (all times); F (all times) <F> (two rush hour trains, peak direction); M (weekdays during the day)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M1, M21, M55, SIM7, SIM33
Other information
Opened	May 19, 1957 (IND–southbound IRT); September 25, 2012 (IND–northbound IRT)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Traffic
2022	7,806,844 48%
Rank	21 out of 423
Location
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
	Stops weekdays during the day

The Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street station is a New York City Subway station complex in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the IND Sixth Avenue Line. It is served by the 6, D, and F trains at all times; the B and M trains on weekdays during the day; the <6> and <F> trains during rush hours in the peak direction; and the 4 train during late nights.

The complex comprises two stations, Bleecker Street and Broadway–Lafayette Street. The Bleecker Street station was built for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), and was a local 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. The Broadway–Lafayette Street station was built as an express station for the Independent Subway System (IND) and opened on January 1, 1936.

The Bleecker Street station has two side platforms and four tracks; express trains use the inner two tracks to bypass the station. The Broadway–Lafayette Street station has two island platforms and four tracks. The transfer between the downtown IRT platform and the IND platform has been within fare control since May 19, 1957, and the corresponding free transfer from the uptown IRT platform to the rest of the station opened on September 25, 2012. The station complex contains elevators, which make it compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The original portion of the Bleecker Street station's interior is a New York City designated landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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