86th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

86th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Local downtown platform
Station statistics
Address	East 86th Street & Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10028
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Upper East Side
Coordinates	40°46′46″N 73°57′20″W / 40.779469°N 73.955626°W / 40.779469; -73.955626Coordinates: 40°46′46″N 73°57′20″W / 40.779469°N 73.955626°W / 40.779469; -73.955626
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4  (all times)       5  (all except late nights)       6  (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M86 SBS, M98, M101, M102, M103 MTA Bus: BxM1
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	4 side platforms (2 on each level)
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened	July 17, 1918 (98 years ago) (1918-07-17)
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	20,890,828  0.8%
Rank	10 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	96th Street (local): 4  6  <6> 125th Street (express): 4  5
Next south	77th Street (local): 4  6  <6> 59th Street (express): 4  5
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only 86th Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) U.S. National Register of Historic Places MPS New York City Subway System MPS NRHP Reference # 05000236 Added to NRHP March 30, 2005
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86th Street is an express station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 86th Street on the Upper East Side, it is served by the 4 and 6 trains at all times, the 5 train at all times except late nights, and the <6> during weekdays in peak direction.

This underground station, opened on July 17, 1918 as part of an expansion of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line north of Grand Central – 42nd Street, is built on two levels. Each level has two tracks and two side platforms. The upper level serves local trains while the lower level serves express trains. There is no express service during late nights and the lower level is closed during that period. Three staircases connect the levels on each side.

There are no crossovers or crossunders between the platforms, making this one of only three express stations in the system where free transfers between opposite directions are not possible (the other is Nostrand Avenue on the IND Fulton Street Line, and Bergen Street, whose lower level is closed, on the IND Culver Line). Each platform has its original Dual Contracts trim line consisting mostly of yellows and browns. Small "86" tablets in a circle run along this trim line. The name tablets have "86TH STREET" in white Times New Roman font on a reddish-brown background with a light-brown inner border and green outer border. Dark-blue columns run along all four platforms at regular intervals.