96th Street station (Second Avenue Subway)

96 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform level
Station statistics
Address	96th Street & Second Avenue New York, NY
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Upper East Side (Carnegie Hill and Yorkville); East Harlem
Coordinates	40°47′03″N 73°56′50″W / 40.7841°N 73.9472°W / 40.7841; -73.9472
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Second Avenue Line
Services	N  (limited rush hour service only) ​   Q  (all times) ​   R  (one weekday a.m. rush hour trip in the northbound direction only)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M15, M15 SBS, M96[2] NYC Ferry: Soundview route (at East 90th Street and East End Avenue)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	January 1, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01-01)[3][4]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	N/A
Traffic
2023	3,832,205[5]  8.4%
Rank	76 out of 423[5]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Terminus 86th Street N  ​Q  toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend S1 S2 Tunnel continues to 105th Street End of tail tracks Tail tracks each store two trains to 86th Street S1 S2
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours only (limited service) Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service) 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.