Bowling Green station

The Bowling Green station is a station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at Broadway and Battery Place (at Bowling Green), in the Financial District of Manhattan. It is served by the 4 train at all times and the 5 train at all times except late nights.

For the former Amtrak station in Bowling Green, Kentucky, see Historic Railpark and Train Museum.

 Bowling Green
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New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View from the southbound platform, with a southbound R142A 4 train departing
Station statistics
AddressBattery Place & Broadway
New York, NY 10004
BoroughManhattan
LocaleFinancial District
Coordinates40°42′15″N 74°00′52″W
DivisionA (IRT)
Line   IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services   4  (all times)
​   5  (all except late nights)
Transit
  • NYCT Bus: M15, M15 SBS, M20, M55, SIM1, SIM2, SIM4, SIM4X, SIM5, SIM5X, SIM15, SIM32, SIM34, SIM35, X27, X28
  • MTA Bus: BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, BxM18, QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25
  • Bee-Line Bus: BxM4C
  • NJT Bus: 120
  • Staten Island Ferry (at Whitehall Terminal)
StructureUnderground
Platforms1 side platform
2 island platforms (1 in use, 1 abandoned)
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedJuly 10, 1905 (1905-07-10)
Accessible ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20224,011,235  52.4%
Rank60 out of 423
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway Following station
Wall Street
4  ​5 
via 138th Street–Grand Concourse
 Borough Hall
4  ​5 
via Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College
Location
Track layout

​ to Wall Street
to Rector Street
​
 Bowling Green
loop
South Ferry
South Ferry
​ to Borough Hall
Legend
service
service
non-revenue tracks

Dashed lines cross below solid lines

South Ferry platforms are
directly above tracks
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights
Stops all times
Stops weekdays during the day
Stops weekday evenings only
Battery Park Control House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark No. 0829
Station headhouse on Battery Park dates to 1905
Coordinates40.704106°N 74.014521°W / 40.704106; -74.014521
Built1905
ArchitectHeins & LaFarge
MPSInterborough Rapid Transit Subway Control Houses TR
NRHP reference No.80002669
NYCL No.0829
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1980
Designated NYCLNovember 20, 1973

The station opened in 1905 as an extension of the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT)'s original subway line to South Ferry. At the time, there was a single island platform with one exit at Battery Park and another in Bowling Green. When the Lexington Avenue Line was expanded to Brooklyn in 1908, some trains continued going to South Ferry, resulting in the creation of a short island platform at the Bowling Green station for the Bowling Green–South Ferry shuttle. The shuttle operated until 1977. During the 1970s, the station was completely renovated, a new exit was built, and a third, side platform was created for northbound trains.

The Bowling Green station contains two island platforms and one side platform. The westernmost island platform, formerly used by the shuttle, has been closed since 1977. The station retains its original head house in Battery Park, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a New York City designated landmark. There are two other exits to Bowling Green, one of which contains an elevator that makes the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

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