Canal Street station (New York City Subway)

 Canal Street
 "6" train"6" express train"J" train"N" train"Q" train"R" train"W" train"Z" train
New York City Subway station complex
Entrance on Centre Street
Station statistics
AddressCanal Street between Broadway & Centre Street
New York, New York
BoroughManhattan
LocaleChinatown, Little Italy, SoHo
Coordinates40°43′5″N 74°0′0″W / 40.71806°N 74.00000°W / 40.71806; -74.00000
DivisionA (IRT), B (BMT)[1]
LineBMT Broadway Line
IRT Lexington Avenue Line
BMT Nassau Street Line
Services   4 late nights (late nights)
   6 all times (all times) <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)​
   J all times (all times)
   N all times (all times)
   Q all times (all times)
   R all except late nights (all except late nights)
   W weekdays only (weekdays only)
   Z rush hours, peak direction (rush hours, peak direction)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: M55[2]
StructureUnderground
Levels2 (Manhattan Bridge platforms cross at an angle and under the other three lines)
Other information
OpenedSeptember 4, 1917; 107 years ago (1917-09-04) (connection between BMT Manhattan Bridge & Nassau St Lines)
January 16, 1978; 46 years ago (1978-01-16) (connection to IRT)[3]
AccessibleThis station is partially compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Partially ADA-accessible (IRT Lexington Avenue Line platforms only)
Traffic
202310,521,747[4]Increase 21.2%
Rank17 out of 423[4]
Location
Canal Street station (New York City Subway) is located in New York City Subway
Canal Street station (New York City Subway)
Canal Street station (New York City Subway) is located in New York City
Canal Street station (New York City Subway)
Canal Street station (New York City Subway) is located in New York
Canal Street station (New York City Subway)
Street map

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Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The Canal Street station is a New York City Subway station complex. It is located in the neighborhoods of Chinatown and SoHo in Manhattan and is shared by the BMT Broadway Line, the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, and the BMT Nassau Street Line. It is served by the 6, J, N, and Q trains at all times; the R train at all times except late nights; the W train during weekdays; the <6> train during weekdays in the peak direction; the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction; and the 4 train during late nights.

The complex comprises four stations, all named Canal Street; the Broadway Line's local and express tracks stop at separate sets of platforms. The Lexington Avenue Line platforms were built for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), and was a local station on the city's first subway line. That station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway. The other three stations were built for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; later the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, or BMT) as part of the Dual Contracts. The Nassau Street Line station opened on August 4, 1913; the Broadway Line express station opened on September 4, 1917; and the Broadway Line local station opened on January 5, 1918. The IRT and BMT stations were connected in 1978. Several modifications have been made over the years, including a full renovation between 1999 and 2004.

The Lexington Avenue Line station, under Lafayette Street, has two side platforms and four tracks; express trains use the inner two tracks to bypass the station. The Nassau Street Line station, under Centre Street, has two island platforms and three tracks, but only one platform and two tracks are in use. The Broadway local station, under Broadway, has two side platforms and four tracks, the inner two of which are not in use. The Broadway express station, under Canal Street, has two side platforms and two tracks, running at a lower level than the other three sets of platforms. The Lexington Avenue Line platforms contain elevators from the street, which make it compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, but the other platforms are not wheelchair-accessible.

  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 add3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.