86th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

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For other uses, see 86th Street.

New York City Subway station in Manhattan, New York

86 Street
Closed New York City Subway station
Uptown platform
Station statistics
Address	West 86th Street & Central Park West New York, NY 10024
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Upper West Side
Coordinates	40°47′07″N 73°58′10″W / 40.785286°N 73.969316°W / 40.785286; -73.969316Coordinates: 40°47′07″N 73°58′10″W / 40.785286°N 73.969316°W / 40.785286; -73.969316
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	Closed
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M10, M86 SBS
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	2 side platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932 (85 years ago) (1932-09-10)[1]
Closed	June 4, 2018; 58 days ago (2018-06-04) (reconstruction)
Rebuilt	October 2018; 2 months' time (2018-10)
Station code	158[2]
Wireless service	[3]
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	3,177,707[4]  8.6%
Rank	163 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	96th Street: no passenger service
Next south	81st Street–Museum of Natural History: no passenger service
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Street map

86th Street is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Central Park West and 86th Street on the Upper West Side, the station is closed for renovations from June to October 2018. Under normal service patterns, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service. The B train provides additional service here on weekdays except nights.

Contents

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  1 Station layout
  
  • 
    1.1 Exits
    
  
  


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  2 References
  


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  3 External links
  

Station layout

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Track layout
Legend
Upper level
to 96 St
Lower level
to 81 St

G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance
B1	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Northbound local	← do not stop here (96th Street)
	Side platform, not in service
	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
B2	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ do not stop here (81st Street–Museum of Natural History) →
	Side platform, not in service

This underground station, opened on September 10, 1932,^[1][5] has two levels with northbound trains on the upper level and southbound trains on the lower one. From west to east, each level has one side platform, one local track and one express track.

The platforms have no tile band and name tablets read "86TH ST." in white sans serif lettering on a Midnight blue background with a black border. There are small "86" and directional signs in white lettering on a black background. Blue I-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white lettering.

Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, will undergo a complete overhaul as part of the Enhanced Station Initiative and be entirely closed for up to 6 months. Updates include cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories and maps.^[6][7] A request for proposals for the 72nd Street, 86th Street, Cathedral Parkway–110th Street, and 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue stations was issued on June 1, 2017,^[8] and the New York City Transit and Bus Committee officially recommended that the MTA Board award the $111 million contract to ECCO III Enterprises in October 2017.^[9] As part of the renovations, the station will be closed from June 4, 2018, to October 2018.^[10]

Exits

This station has three fare control areas, all of which are on the upper level. The full-time one at 86th Street is at the south end and has a turnstile bank, token booth, and three street stairs. Right inside fare control, there is a staircase going down to the lower level.^[11] The station's other two entrances/exits are unstaffed. The one at 87th Street, at the center of the upper level, has a staircase connecting both platforms.^[11] The third fare control area at 88th Street has two HEET turnstiles and one exit-only turnstile.^[11] The staircase here formerly showed a blue diamond B,^[12] which was never used for service (an orange one was used in 1986-1988), but this has since been covered with decals indicating the correct services.

• One stair, NW corner of Central Park West and West 86th Street^[11]


• Two stairs, SW corner of Central Park West and West 86th Street^[11]


• One stair, NW corner of Central Park West and West 87th Street^[11]


• One stair, NW corner of Central Park West and West 88th Street^[11]

References

1. 
   ^ ^ab "List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line". The New York Times. September 10, 1932. p. 6. 
   


2. 
   ^ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017. 
   


3. 
   ^ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
   


4. 
   ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018. 
   


5. 
   ^ Crowell, Paul (September 10, 1932). "Gay Midnight Crowd Rides First Trains In The New Subway: Throngs at Station an Hour Before Time, Rush Turnstiles When Chains are Dropped" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
   


6. 
   ^ "MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long "Revamp"". Gothamist. January 8, 2016. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016. 
   


7. 
   ^ "MTAStations" (PDF). governor.ny.gov. Government of the State of New York. Retrieved July 18, 2016. 
   


8. 
   ^ "Enhanced Stations Initiative Program; Contract A·36622C (Package 3) for Design & Construction at 72nd Street, 86th Street, Cathedral Parkway (110th Street), and 163rd Street - Amsterdam Avenue Stations on the 8th Avenue Line (IND), Manhattan" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 1, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017. 
   


9. 
   ^ "New York City Transit and Bus Committee Meeting" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 23, 2017. p. 131. Retrieved November 9, 2017. 
   


10. 
    ^ Warerkar, Tanay (2018-02-19). "MTA will shutter 4 Upper Manhattan subway stations for repairs". Curbed NY. Retrieved 2018-02-20. 
    


11. 
    ^ ^abcdefg "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Upper West Side" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2016. 
    


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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 86th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line).

• nycsubway.org — IND 8th Avenue: 86th Street
  


• Station Reporter — B Train
  


• Station Reporter — C Train
  


• The Subway Nut — 86th Street Pictures
  


• 86th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View


• 87th Street exit only stairs from Google Maps Street View


• 88th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View


• Platform from Google Maps Street View

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