18th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

For the now-closed subway station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, see 18th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line).
18th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address West 18th Street & Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10011
Borough Manhattan
Locale Chelsea
Coordinates 40°44′28″N 73°59′53″W / 40.741°N 73.998°W / 40.741; -73.998Coordinates: 40°44′28″N 73°59′53″W / 40.741°N 73.998°W / 40.741; -73.998
Division A (IRT)
Line       IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Services       1  (all times)
      2  (late nights)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: M7, M20
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened July 1, 1918 (1918-07-01)
Wireless service [1]
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 2,676,304[2]Increase 2%
Rank 187 out of 422
Station succession
Next north 23rd Street: 1  2 
Next south 14th Street: 1  2 

18th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 18th Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times, and by the 2 train during late nights.

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local toward Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street ( toward 241st Street late nights) (23rd Street)
Northbound express do not stop here
Southbound express do not stop here →
Southbound local toward South Ferry ( toward Brooklyn College late nights) (14th Street)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Frieze mosaics with number "18"
NE corner stairs at 18th Street and 7th Avenue

This station, which opened on July 1, 1918, has two side platforms and four tracks. It was renovated in 1991–2, but retains its original trim line and name tablet mosaics and no artwork was installed. Beige columns run along the entire length of both platforms with every other one having a name tablet.

Each platform has a same-level fare control area that is staffed full-time and contains a turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs. The southbound side leads to both western corners of Seventh Avenue and 18th Street while the northbound side leads to the eastern corners.

Each platform has an exit-only at the north end containing a platform level turnstile and emergency gate and single street staircase leading to 19th Street and Seventh Avenue (the southwest corner for the southbound side and southeast corner for the northbound one).

References

  1. NYC Subway Wireless
  2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

External links

Exit-only on the southbound platform
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