Canal Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

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For other uses, see Canal Street (disambiguation).

New York City Subway station in Manhattan, New York

Canal Street   ​ ​
New York City Subway station
Station statistics
Address	Canal Street & Sixth Avenue New York, NY 10013
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Tribeca, SoHo
Coordinates	40°43′19″N 74°00′19″W / 40.72186°N 74.005365°W / 40.72186; -74.005365Coordinates: 40°43′19″N 74°00′19″W / 40.72186°N 74.005365°W / 40.72186; -74.005365
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (all times) ​      C  (all except late nights) ​      E  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M55, X27, X28
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932; 85 years ago (1932-09-10).[1]
Station code	169[2]
Accessibility	Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Wireless service	[3]
Former/other names	Canal Street–Holland Tunnel
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	5,932,386[4]  3.1%
Rank	75 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	West Fourth Street–Washington Square (express): A  Spring Street (local): A  ​C  ​E
Next south	World Trade Center (local): E  Chambers Street (express): A  ​C
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only
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Street map

Canal Street (formerly Canal Street–Holland Tunnel) is an express station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Canal Street, Vestry Street, and Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) in Lower Manhattan, it is served by the A and E trains at all times, and the C train at all times except late nights.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Station layout
  
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    2.1 Track layout
    
  
  
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    2.2 Exits
    
  
  


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  3 References
  


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  4 External links
  

History

This station opened on September 10, 1932 as part of the opening of the first city-owned subway line, the IND Eighth Avenue Line. On this date, the line opened from Chambers Street north to 207th Street. Construction of the whole line cost $191,200,000. Service at this station was provided with express service from is onset.^[1]

On February 17, 1953, the Board of Transportation installed two devices at either end of the station to alert police of passers-by above of emergencies in the station. The devices, which cost $1,100, were called "Call-a-Cop." In the station agent booth, an agent could set off an alarm bell and turn on a red warning light aboveground at Canal and Walker Streets on Sixth Avenue by lightly pushing on a treadle. The warning lights were placed atop eight-feet tall metal poles located at subway entrances. This device would have been installed at other stations if the pilot here was successful.^[5]

Station layout

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Track layout
Legend
to W 4 St to Spring St to WTC to Chambers St

Exit-only turnstile from the southbound platform

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
P Platforms	Northbound local	← toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (Spring Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Northbound express	← toward 207th Street (West Fourth Street–Washington Square all except nights, Spring Street late nights) ← toward 168th Street (Spring Street)
	Southbound express	→ toward Rockaway Park or Lefferts Boulevard(Chambers Street) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound local	→ toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Rockaway Park late nights) (Chambers Street) → → toward World Trade Center (Terminus) →

This station has four tracks and two island platforms, which are each approximately 660 feet (200 m) long. There are two diamond crossovers allowing express trains to cross to the local track or local trains to cross to the express track. One is located to the south of the station for downtown (southbound) trains and the other is located to the north of the station for uptown (northbound) trains; this can be a bottleneck for trains in either direction. The platforms are offset, and a signal tower is located at the south end of the southbound platform.^[6]

This underground station is located on the street of the same name, which is the boundary of SoHo and Tribeca. Lying within a block of three different pocket parks (St. John's Park, Duane Park, and Cavala Park), the station sits one block from the entrance to the Holland Tunnel outside of the Tribeca North Historic District.^[7] Much of the surrounding area is characterized by its historic loft architecture.

Track layout

South of this station, the tracks split into two levels and cross at a flying junction.^[6] These were intended to allow for the construction of a future junction with a proposed line under Worth Street as part of the IND Second System. The proposed route would have run under Worth Street and East Broadway, and crossed the East River to Brooklyn. The bellmouths for this proposed route are visible from the E train headed towards and coming from the World Trade Center station. On the tunnel wall where the turnout is, there is an arrow painted with the words reading: "Worth St." written next to it.^[8]

Exits

Laight Street stairs

The Canal Street station contains five exits. Only one exit is located at the station's namesake–Canal Street–at the northeast corner of Sixth Avenue and Canal Street. The other exit leading from the northern section of the station leads to the south side of Laight Street, between Sixth Avenue and St. Johns Lane. At the center of the station there are exits to the northwest and northeast corners of Sixth Avenue and West Broadway. At the southern end of the station there are two exits. One exit leads to the northeast corner of Sixth Avenue and Walker Street, while the other leads to the AT&T Building.^[9][10]

References

1. 
   ^ ^ab 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). New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
   


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   ^ "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. 
   ^ "CALL-A-COP' SHOWN; Device in IND Subway Station Alerts Police in Street". The New York Times. February 18, 1953. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 2, 2018. 
   


6. 
   ^ ^ab Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books. 
   


7. 
   ^ "Tribeca North Historic District" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Commission. Retrieved July 10, 2011. 
   


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   ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8NAOtBXKhA A bellmouth is visible to the left, at the 4:12 mark into this video, just before the train enters the World Trade Center station.
   


9. 
   ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: SoHo / Tribeca" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015. 
   


10. 
    ^ Cox, Jeremiah (May 24, 2010). "The pillars on the sides of the staircase to the AT&T Building". subwaynut.com. Retrieved April 2, 2018. 
    

External links

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

• nycsubway.org – IND 8th Avenue: Canal Street–Holland Tunnel
  


• nycsubway.org — A Gathering Artwork by Martin & Munoz (unknown date)
  


• Station Reporter — A Lefferts
  


• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
  


• Station Reporter — C Train
  


• Station Reporter — E Train
  


• MTA's Arts For Transit — Canal Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
  


• Canal Street entrance from Google Maps Street View


• Laight Street entrance from Google Maps Street View


• West Broadway entrance from Google Maps Street View


• Beach Street — Walker Street entrance from Google Maps Street View


• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Eighth Avenue Express	Inwood–207th Street Dyckman Street 190th Street 181st Street 175th Street 168th Street 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue* 155th Street* 145th Street 135th Street* 125th Street 116th Street* Cathedral Parkway–110th Street* 103rd Street* 96th Street* 86th Street* 81st Street–Museum of Natural History* 72nd Street* 59th Street–Columbus Circle 50th Street* 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street* 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street* Canal Street Chambers Street Fulton Street High Street Jay Street–MetroTech Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets Lafayette Avenue* Clinton–Washington Avenues* Franklin Avenue* Nostrand Avenue Kingston–Throop Avenues* Utica Avenue Ralph Avenue* Rockaway Avenue* Broadway Junction Liberty Avenue* Van Siclen Avenue* Shepherd Avenue* Euclid Avenue Grant Avenue 80th Street 88th Street Rockaway Boulevard Lefferts branch 104th Street 111th Street Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard Rockaways branches Aqueduct Racetrack Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue Howard Beach–JFK Airport Broad Channel Far Rockaway branch Beach 67th Street Beach 60th Street Beach 44th Street Beach 36th Street Beach 25th Street Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue Rockaway Park branch Beach 90th Street Beach 98th Street Beach 105th Street Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
Eighth Avenue Local	168th Street 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue 155th Street 145th Street 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 81st Street–Museum of Natural History 72nd Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle 50th Street 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street Canal Street Chambers Street Fulton Street High Street Jay Street–MetroTech Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets Lafayette Avenue Clinton–Washington Avenues Franklin Avenue Nostrand Avenue Kingston–Throop Avenues Utica Avenue Ralph Avenue Rockaway Avenue Broadway Junction Liberty Avenue Van Siclen Avenue Shepherd Avenue Euclid Avenue
Eighth Avenue Local	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport Jamaica–Van Wyck Briarwood* Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike 75th Avenue* 71st Avenue 67th Avenue* 63rd Drive–Rego Park* Woodhaven Boulevard* Grand Avenue–Newtown* Elmhurst Avenue* Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street* Northern Boulevard* 46th Street* Steinway Street* 36th Street* Queens Plaza Court Square Lexington Avenue–53rd Street Fifth Avenue/53rd Street Seventh Avenue 50th Street 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street–Eighth Avenue 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street Canal Street World Trade Center
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)
Eighth Avenue Line ​ ​ ​ ​	Inwood–207th Street Dyckman Street 190th Street 181st Street 175th Street 168th Street 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue * 155th Street [← to 155th Street, Concourse Line] 145th Street 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street * 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street * 81st Street–Museum of Natural History 72nd Street * 59th Street–Columbus Circle [to Seventh Avenue, Sixth Avenue Line → / ← to Seventh Avenue, Queens Blvd. Line] 50th Street 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street Canal Street Chambers Street–World Trade Center Fulton Street High Street [to Jay Street–MetroTech, Fulton St. Line →]
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. Struck through passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.