91st Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

91st Street
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	West 91st Street & Broadway New York, NY 10025
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Upper West Side
Coordinates	40°47′29″N 73°58′27″W / 40.7914°N 73.9741°WCoordinates: 40°47′29″N 73°58′27″W / 40.7914°N 73.9741°W
Line	IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Services	None (abandoned)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	October 27, 1904[1]
Closed	February 2, 1959
Station succession
Next north	96th Street
Next south	86th Street

91st Street was a local station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. The station was in use from the opening of the subway in 1904 until February 1959, when the adjacent 96th Street station was lengthened to the south, providing a new entrance only 100 feet (30 m) away from 93rd Street. A station was provided at 91st Street to avoid having 10 blocks without a subway station. The station's two abandoned side platforms are still visible from passing trains. The 91st Street station is fairly well preserved, with the exception of some litter and graffiti.

Station layout

G	-	Street Level
P Platform Level	Side platform, not in service
	Northbound local	← ( late nights) does not stop here (96th Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ ( late nights) does not stop here (86th Street) →
	Side platform, not in service

See also

• Worth Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
• 18th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

References

1. New York Times, Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It, October 28, 1904

External links

• Abandoned Stations — 91 St
• nycsubway.org—IRT West Side Line: 91st Street
• A site with a historic 91st Street photo
• The Subway Station, a short story, set at this station.
• Forgotten NY – Original 28 Subway Stations (small statement only)