96th Street station (Second Avenue Subway)

 96 Street
 "Q" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform level
Station statistics
Address96th Street & Second Avenue
New York, New York
BoroughManhattan
LocaleUpper East Side (Carnegie Hill and Yorkville); East Harlem
Coordinates40°47′03″N 73°56′50″W / 40.7841°N 73.9472°W / 40.7841; -73.9472
DivisionB (IND)[1]
Line   IND Second Avenue Line
Services   N limited rush hour service only (limited rush hour service only)
   Q all times (all times)
   R one weekday a.m. rush hour trip in the northbound direction only (one weekday a.m. rush hour trip in the northbound direction only)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: M15, M15 SBS, M96[2]
Ferry transport NYC Ferry: Soundview route (at East 90th Street and East End Avenue)
StructureUnderground
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedJanuary 1, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01-01)[3][4]
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer
N/A
Traffic
20233,832,205[5]Increase 8.4%
Rank76 out of 423[5]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Terminus 86th Street
N limited rush hour service onlyQ all times
Location
96th Street station (Second Avenue Subway) is located in New York City Subway
96th Street station (Second Avenue Subway)
96th Street station (Second Avenue Subway) is located in New York City
96th Street station (Second Avenue Subway)
96th Street station (Second Avenue Subway) is located in New York
96th Street station (Second Avenue Subway)
Track layout

S1
S2
Tunnel continues to 105th Street
End of tail tracks
Tail tracks each
store two trains
S1
S2
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops rush hours only (limited service) Stops rush hours only (limited service)
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service) Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service)
Stops weekends and weekday evenings Stops weekends and weekday evenings

The 96th Street station is a station on the IND Second Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Second Avenue and 96th Street on the border of the Upper East Side/Yorkville and East Harlem neighborhoods in Manhattan, it is the northern terminus for the Q train at all times. It is also served by limited rush hour N trains and one northbound morning rush hour R train. The station is the terminus for the first phase of the Second Avenue Line.

The station was not originally proposed as part of the Program for Action in 1968, but a later revision to that plan entailed building a Second Avenue Subway with one of its stops located at 96th Street. Construction on that project started in 1972, but stalled in 1975 due to lack of funding. In 2007, a separate measure authorized a first phase of the Second Avenue Line to be built between 65th and 105th Streets, with stations at 72nd Street, 86th Street and 96th Street. The station opened on January 1, 2017, as a terminal station, with provisions to extend the line north to Harlem–125th Street in Phase 2. Since opening, the presence of the Second Avenue Subway's three Phase 1 stations has improved real estate prices along the corridor. The 96th Street station was used by approximately 6.2 million passengers in 2019.[6]

The station, along with the other Phase 1 stations along the Second Avenue Subway, contains features not found in most New York City Subway stations. It is fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, containing two elevators for disabled access. Additionally, the station contains air conditioning and is waterproofed, a feature only found in newer stations. The artwork at 96th Street is "Blueprint for a Landscape", a mural by Sarah Sze.

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Manhattan Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0a was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rivoli Sandoval Greene 2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.