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The 96th Street station is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.Located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 96th Street in the Carnegie Hill and East Harlem neighborhoods of Manhattan, it is served by the 6 train at all times, the <6> train during weekdays in the peak direction, and the 4 train during late nights.
96th Street rises after Second Avenue, and climbs from Third Avenue to Lexington Avenue – called "Carnegie Hill" – before leveling off at Central Park. The street is the traditional dividing line between Yorkville and the Upper East Side to the south and Spanish Harlem or East Harlem to the north. [6] [7]
The 96th Street station's platforms were lengthened in 1960 as part of an improvement project along the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. A new head house and elevators were constructed between 2007 and 2010. The 96th Street station contains two island platforms, two unused side platforms, and four tracks. The outer tracks are used by local ...
The 96th Street station is served by the Q trains at all times, some N trains during rush hours, and one northbound R train during the AM rush hours. [64] This station is the northern terminus of the Second Avenue Subway; [65] [66] the next stop to the south is 86th Street. [67] It has two tracks and an island platform. [26]
The current "H" configuration, with separate services along Lexington Avenue and Broadway/Seventh Avenue, was introduced in 1917. [7] Full Lexington Avenue local service from City Hall to 125th Street opened on July 17, 1918. Local service was extended to Third Avenue–138th Street on August 1, 1918. [8]
Lexington Avenue seen from 50th Street with the Chrysler Building in the background. Both Lexington Avenue and Irving Place began in 1832 when Samuel Ruggles, a lawyer and real-estate developer, petitioned the New York State Legislature to approve the creation of a new north–south avenue between the existing Third and Fourth Avenues, between 14th and 30th Streets.
Phase 1 of the Second Avenue Subway was constructed between the Lexington Avenue–63rd Street station on the 63rd Street Lines and an existing tunnel segment between 99th Street and 105th Street, with a terminal station at 96th Street. In Phase 1, tunneling was completed between East 63rd Street and East 92nd Streets through the use of TBMs.
The M96 begins at 96th Street and West End Avenue.They then continue eastbound to Central Park West onto the 97th Street Transverse, with the westbound M96 exiting at 97th Street and using Central Park West to dogleg turn onto 96th Street and later turning off 96th Street at Broadway, and using 97th Street and West End Avenue to loop back to 96th Street.