List of accessible New York City Subway stations

Street elevator serving as an entrance to the 66th Street – Lincoln Center station

Elevator at the elevated 231st Street station

Accessible restroom at Church Avenue

The majority of the New York City Subway system was built before 1990, the year the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) went into effect. As a side effect, many New York City Subway stations were not designed to be handicapped-accessible. Since then, elevators have been built in newly constructed stations to comply with the ADA. (Most grade-level stations required little modification to meet ADA standards.) In addition, the MTA identified "key stations," high-traffic and/or geographically important stations, which must conform to the ADA when they are extensively renovated.^[1] As of August 2015, out of 422 total stations in the system,^{[lower-alpha 1]} 103 are accessible;^{[lower-alpha 2]} many of them have AutoGate access.^[2][3][4] Four stations on the Staten Island Railway are also accessible. Additionally, there are 16 more non-ADA-accessible stations with cross-platform interchanges, as well as other same-platform transfers, designed to handle wheelchair transfers.^[4]

History

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has been gradually adding handicapped access to its key stations since the 1980s, as renovations take place. According to the MTA:

In improving services to individuals with disabilities, the MTA identified stations and facilities where compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) would benefit the most people, analyzing such factors as high ridership, transfer points, and service to major areas of activity. These stations were given priority in our station-renovation program. We are continuing to expand accessibility features to more and more locations.^[5]

According to the MTA, fully accessible stations have:

• elevators or ramps
• handrails on ramps and stairs
• large-print and tactile-Braille signs
• audio and visual information systems
• accessible station booth windows
• accessible MetroCard Vending Machines
• accessible service entry gates
• platform-edge warning strips
• platform gap modifications or bridge plates to reduce or eliminate the gap between trains and platforms
• telephones at an accessible height with volume control, and text telephones (TTYs)
• accessible restrooms at commuter rail stations with restrooms
  • Note: not all station buildings have restrooms.^[5]

List of accessible stations

Manhattan

As of December 2015, there are 51 ADA compliant stations in Manhattan, or 35 if stations in complexes are counted as one.

Station	Services	Accessible entrance and notes
14th Street – Eighth Avenue		Elevator at northwest corner of 14th Street and Eighth Avenue.
14th Street – Union Square		Elevator at northeast corner of 14th Street and Park Avenue South (Union Square East). Note: 4 5 6 <6> platforms are not ADA compliant.
34th Street – Herald Square		MTA elevator at Herald Center building on west side of Broadway south of 34th Street. PATH elevator on west side of Sixth Avenue north of 32nd Street.
34th Street – Hudson Yards		Elevator near the southwest corner of Hudson Park & Boulevard and 34th Street.
34th Street – Penn Station		Elevator on south side of 34th Street west of Seventh Avenue at LIRR entrance.
34th Street – Penn Station		Elevator at southeast corner of 34th Street and Eighth Avenue to uptown A C E side platform level. Take elevator inside fare control down to the lower mezzanine for downtown A C E side platform level and both directions of A island platform level.
47th–50th Streets – Rockefeller Center		Elevator at northwest corner of 6th Avenue and 49th Street.
49th Street		Elevator at northeast corner of 49th Street and Seventh Avenue. Note: northbound trains only.
50th Street		Elevator on northwest corner of 49th Street and Eighth Avenue. Note: southbound trains only.
Lexington Avenue/ 51st – 53rd Streets		Elevator at northeast corner of 52nd Street and Lexington Avenue.
59th Street – Columbus Circle		Elevator at northwest corner of Columbus Circle and Central Park West. Elevator at southwest corner of 8th Avenue and Columbus Circle.
66th Street – Lincoln Center		Southbound service, elevator at southwest corner of 66th Street and Broadway/wheelchair ramp from the lower level of Avery Fisher Hall at southwest corner of Columbus Avenue and 64th Street. Northbound service, elevator at southeast corner of 66th Street and Broadway.
72nd Street		Elevators inside station house on north side of 72nd Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
96th Street		Elevators inside station house in median of Broadway; entrances on south side of 96th Street and north side of 95th Street.
125th Street		Elevator at northeast corner of 125th Street and Lexington Avenue (elevators to street level, mezzanine and platforms are out of service for long term repairs until October 3, 2016).[6][7]
125th Street		Elevator at southwest corner of 125th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue.
135th Street		Northbound service, elevator at northeast corner of 135th Street and Lenox Avenue. Southbound service, elevator at southwest corner of 135th Street and Lenox Avenue.
168th Street		Elevator at southeast corner of 168th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue for A C only. Note: elevators to 1 platforms are not accessible.
175th Street		Elevator at northeast corner of 177th Street and Fort Washington Avenue.
Bowling Green		Elevator at northeast corner of Broadway and Battery Place.
Bleecker Street / Broadway – Lafayette Street		Elevator at northwest corner of Lafayette and Houston Streets.
Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall		Elevator on west side of Centre Street south of Chambers Street. Note: J Z platforms are not ADA compliant.
Canal Street		Northbound 4 6 <6> service, elevator at northeast corner of Canal Street and Lafayette Street. Southbound 4 6 <6> service, elevator at northwest corner of Canal Street and Lafayette Street. Note: N Q R J Z platforms are not ADA compliant.
Chambers Street		Elevator at northwest corner of Hudson and Chambers Streets.
Cortlandt Street		Elevators at southwest corner of Dey Street/Broadway and northeast corner on John St/Broadway, shared by 4 5 trains.
Dyckman Street		Elevator at southwest corner of Hillside Avenue and St. Nicholas Avenue/Ft. George Hill. Note: accessible for southbound service only.
Fulton Street		Elevators at southwest corner of Dey Street/Broadway and northeast corner on John St/Broadway for 4 5 trains, connection to N R trains. Elevator at northeast corner of Fulton and Nassau Streets for A C J Z trains (elevator entrance to Broad St-bound J Z platform only; for Jamaica Center-bound trains at other platform, take elevator inside fare control down to the A C platform and walk to the elevator for 4 5 and Jamaica Center-bound J Z trains). Elevator at southwest corner of Fulton and William Streets for A C 2 3 trains. Transfer between 4 5 2 3 J Z trains using A C platform. Transfer between N R and all other trains using southbound 4 5 platform.
Grand Central – 42nd Street		Elevator to mezzanine inside main entrance, immediately to the right of Grand Central Terminal entrance (East 42nd Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue). Note: 42nd Street Shuttle platform at Times Square is not ADA compliant.
Inwood – 207th Street		Elevator at northwest corner of Broadway and 207th Street.
Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street		Elevator on north side of 63rd Street west of Lexington Avenue.
Roosevelt Island		Elevators at station house.
South Ferry		Elevator is out of service for long term repairs.[8] N R platforms are not ADA compliant.
Times Square – 42nd Street / Port Authority Bus Terminal		Elevator at southeast corner of 7th Avenue and 42nd Street for 1 2 3 7 <7> N Q R service. Elevator inside north wing of bus terminal at 8th Avenue between 41st Street and 42nd Street, near airport bus ticket office, for A C E service. South wing entrance for A C E service is also accessible via elevator and passageway from the north wing of the terminal. Elevator and lift at southwest corner of 8th Avenue and 44th Street, for A C E service only. The lift can be manually operated by a station agent's assistance. Note: 42nd Street Shuttle platform is not ADA compliant. The passageway ramp used to transfer to and from A C E and 1 2 3 7 <7> N Q R trains is not ADA compliant.
West 4th Street – Washington Square		Elevator at northeast corner of 6th Avenue and 3rd Street.
World Trade Center		Elevator via PATH station ramp; MTA elevator out of service for long term construction.[9] 2 3 A C platforms are not ADA compliant.

The Bronx

As of December 2015, there are 13 ADA compliant stations in the Bronx, or 12 if stations in complexes are counted as one.

Station	Services	Accessible entrance and notes
Third Avenue – 149th Street		Uptown elevator at southwest corner of 149th Street and 3rd Avenue. Downtown elevator at northwest corner of 149th Street and Melrose Avenue.
161st Street – Yankee Stadium		Elevator at northeast corner of 161st Street and River Avenue.
231st Street		Uptown elevator at southeast corner of 231 Street and Broadway. Downtown elevator at southwest corner of 231 Street and Broadway.
233rd Street		Elevator at northwest corner of White Plains Road and 233rd Street.
East 180th Street		Elevators inside station house at northwest corner of East 180th Street and Morris Park Avenue (accessible via wheelchair ramp at street level).
Fordham Road		Elevator at southeast corner of Jerome Avenue and Fordham Road.
Gun Hill Road		Elevators inside main entrance in White Plains Road median between Gun Hill Road and 211th Street.
Hunts Point Avenue		Elevator on the Monsignor Del Valle Square at the northwest corner of Hunts Point Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard.
Kingsbridge Road		Elevator at northeast corner of Grand Concourse and E Kingsbridge Road.
Pelham Bay Park		Elevator at back of station beyond escalators, near corner of Westchester Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard Wheelchair ramp overpass crossing over the Bruckner Expressway at the far east side of Bruckner Boulevard.
Pelham Parkway		Elevator at southwest corner of Pelham Parkway and White Plains Road.
Simpson Street		Uptown elevator at southwest corner of Simpson Street and Westchester Avenue. Downtown elevator at northeast corner of Simpson Street and Westchester Avenue. Note: Elevators to/from either platform will be out of service for long term repairs until June 2016.

Brooklyn

As of December 2015, there are 26 ADA compliant stations in Brooklyn, or 21 if stations in complexes are counted as one.

Station	Services	Accessible entrance and notes
Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center		Elevator at southeast corner of Pacific Street and Fourth Avenue. Elevators at Hanson Place and Flatbush Avenue in Atlantic Terminal mall. Elevator at southeast corner of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues, adjacent to the Barclays Center. D N R use Pacific Street elevator. B Q 2 3 4 5 and LIRR use Hanson Place elevator. B Q 2 3 4 5 use Flatbush Avenue elevator.
Avenue H		Ramp on north side of Avenue H and East 15th Street for southbound trains only.
Bay Parkway		Elevator at northwest corner of Bay Parkway and 86th Street.
Borough Hall		Elevator in front of Supreme Court Building at Court Street and Montague Street for 2 3 and northbound 4 5. Note: 4 5 (southbound) and N R (both directions) not accessible.
Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway		Station at street level.
Church Avenue		Elevator for northbound service at southeast corner of Church Avenue and Nostrand Avenue. Elevator for southbound service at southwest corner of Church Avenue and Nostrand Avenue.
Church Avenue		Elevator at northwest corner of Church Avenue and McDonald Avenue.
Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue		Elevator and ramps in station house at northeast corner of Surf Avenue and Stillwell Avenue.
Crown Heights – Utica Avenue		Elevator at northwest corner of Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway, in Eastern Parkway median.
DeKalb Avenue		Elevator at southeast corner of DeKalb Avenue and Flatbush Avenue Extension.
Euclid Avenue		Elevator at northeast corner of Euclid and Pitkin Avenues.
Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College		Elevator at southeast corner of Flatbush Avenue and Nostrand Avenue.
Flushing Avenue		Elevator at southwest corner of Flushing Avenue and Broadway.
Franklin Avenue – Fulton Street		Elevator at southwest corner of Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street.
Jay Street – MetroTech		Elevator at northwest corner of Jay and Willoughby Streets.
Kings Highway		Elevators inside station house on south side of Kings Highway between 15th and 16th Streets.
Marcy Avenue		Elevator for Queens bound service at southwest corner of Marcy Avenue and Broadway. Elevator for Manhattan bound service at northwest corner of Marcy Avenue and Broadway.
Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues		Enter through station house entrances at the intersection of Myrtle/Wyckoff Avenues; elevator to platforms inside station house.
Park Place		Ramp from Prospect Place west of Franklin Avenue; service in both directions on single track.
Prospect Park		Entrance ramp on Lincoln Road between Flatbush Avenue and Ocean Avenue; elevators after fare control.
Utica Avenue		Elevator at northwest corner of Fulton Street and Malcolm X Boulevard.

Queens

As of December 2015, there are 22 ADA compliant stations in Queens, or 19 if stations in complexes are counted as one.

Station	Services	Accessible entrance and notes
21st Street – Queensbridge		Elevator at northwest corner of 21st Street and 41st Avenue (elevators to street level, mezzanine and platforms are out of service for long term repairs until October 2016).[10]
61st Street – Woodside		Elevator at northeast corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 61st Street.
Aqueduct Racetrack		Elevator next to south staircase down to Resorts World Casino Parking Lot. The Sky Bridge entrance to the Casino is also accessible.
Court Square		Elevator at northeast corner of 23rd Street and Jackson Avenue; E M G platforms are not ADA compliant.
Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue		Elevators to platform level inside station house at northeast corner of Mott Avenue and Beach 22nd Street.
Flushing – Main Street		Elevator on Roosevelt Avenue east of Main Street, north side.
Forest Hills – 71st Avenue		Elevator on south side of Queens Boulevard between 70th Road and 71st Avenue.
Howard Beach – JFK Airport		Elevators at Coleman Square and 159th Avenue.
Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue/ 74th Street – Broadway		Elevator after fare control in station house on Roosevelt Avenue between 74th and 75th Streets, or enter on Broadway between 74th and 75th Streets.
Jamaica – 179th Street		Elevator at southeast corner of 179th Place and Hillside Avenue.
Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer		Elevator on south side of Archer Avenue at Parsons Boulevard.
Jamaica – Van Wyck		Elevator at corner of 89th Avenue and Van Wyck Expressway south service road, adjacent to Jamaica Hospital (elevators to street level, mezzanine and platforms are out of service for long term repairs until October 2016).[11]
Junction Boulevard		Elevator at northeast corner of Junction Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue.
Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike		Elevator at southeast corner of Union Turnpike and Kew Gardens Road.
Mets – Willets Point		Local service to Main Street-Flushing on Mets baseball game, USTA game, or special events. Ramp to overpass on south side of Roosevelt Avenue. Only Northbound side-platform accessible
Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue		Station at street level.
Queens Plaza		Elevator at southwest corner of Queens Plaza South and Jackson Avenue.
Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street		Station at street level.
Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue JFK Airport		Elevator off southeast corner of Sutphin Boulevard at Archer Avenue near elevated LIRR tracks.

Staten Island Railway stations

Replacing tactile warning strip

Tactile-Braille sign at Ocean Parkway

Accessible MetroCard vending machines

Although the Staten Island Railway is not considered part of the New York City Subway, the MTA still shows it on the New York City Subway map and operates it as a rapid transit system similar to the New York City Subway. As of 2014, there are four ADA-accessible stations on the Staten Island Railway.

Station	Accessible entrance and notes
St. George	North side elevator (Elevator PE-W) for bus, taxi, ferry or railway levels. South side elevator (Elevator PE-S) for passenger drop-off, or ferry levels.
Dongan Hills	Ramps on both sides of the station.
Great Kills	Ramps on both sides of the station.
Tottenville	Ramp at south end of the station.

Future accessible stations

Under renovation:

• 23rd Street^[12]
• 8th Avenue^[13]
• Cortlandt Street^[14]
• New Utrecht Avenue / 62nd Street^[13]
• Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard^[12]
• South Ferry^[8]
• World Trade Center^[9]

Under construction:

• 72nd Street^[15]
• 86th Street^[16]
• 96th Street^[17]
• Arthur Kill^[18]

In planning:

• 68th Street – Hunter College^[12]

In design:

• 5th Avenue – 59th Street^[12]
• 57th Street – Seventh Avenue^[12]
• 59th Street^[14]
• 86th Street^[14][19]
• Astoria Boulevard^[12][14]
• Bedford Avenue^[12][14]
• Bedford Park Boulevard^[12][14]
• Chambers Street^[12][14]
• Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum^[14]
• Greenpoint Avenue^[12][14]
• Gun Hill Road^[12][14]
• Junius Street – Livonia Avenue (to be made into a station complex)^[14]
• Times Square (42nd Street Shuttle platforms only)^[14]

Pending Federal Transit Authority funds from Core Capacity Grant Program:

• 1st Avenue^[14][20]
• 149th Street – Grand Concourse^[14]
• Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway (station already accessible; improvements only)^[14]
• Court Square^[14]
• Seventh Avenue^[21]
• Woodhaven Boulevard^[14]

See also

• List of New York City Subway stations
• List of New York City Subway transfer stations
• List of New York City Subway terminals
• List of closed New York City Subway stations
• List of Staten Island Railway stations

Notes

1. This assumes that station complexes count as one station.
2. This includes station complexes but excludes some non-accessible platforms at such complexes.

References

1. "MTA Guide to Accessible Transit". New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
2. "MTA Guide to Accessible Transit: MTA Subways and Buses". New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
3. "About New York City Transit". MTA.info. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
4. "MTA Guide to Accessible Transit". MTA.info. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
5. "MTA - Customers With Disabilities". mta.info. Archived from the original on 30 December 2006.
6. "Elevators at 125th St. and Lexington Subway Station to Close for 9 Months". mta.info.
7. "No elevator service at 125 St 4, 5, 6 Station". mta.info.
8. http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/SouthFerryStationReopenApril2013.htm Elevator service notice for 1 train.
9. Special Notice: World Trade Center-Chambers St E Line station accessibility
10. "No elevator service at 21 St-Queensbridge F subway Station". mta.info.
11. "No elevator service at Jamaica-Van Wyck E subway Station". mta.info.
12. "The MTA’s Key Station Plan for subway accessibility - The Weekly Nabe". The Weekly Nabe.
13. "Two elevators coming to the N line during massive rehabilitation"
14. "MTA Capital Program 2015-2019: Renew. Enhance. Expand." (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York). October 28, 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
15. MTA.info—72nd Street Newsletter February 2012
16. MTA.info—86th Street Newsletter February 2012
17. MTA.info—96th Street Newsletter February 2012
18. SI Live—Photos, video: Groundbreaking for new Arthur Kill Staten Island Railway station, set to open in 2015 "The station will feature...wheelchair-accessible ramps..."
19. "Bay Ridge corner congested with buses, community board tells MTA". brooklyneagle.com.
20. "MTA - news - MTA Seeking Federal Funds for $300M for L Line Improvements". mta.info.
21. "MTA to Park Slope: If You Want Subway Elevators, Find $15 Million". mta.info.

External links

• Unofficial March 2015 map of accessible stations via WordPress