91st Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
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91st Street
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| Former New York City Subway rapid transit station | |
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| 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 |
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| Opened | October 27, 1904 |
| 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. It opened in 1904 as part of the first IRT line, and it closed in 1959 due to platform lengthening at adjacent stations.
Operation of the first subway began on October 27, 1904, with the opening of all stations from City Hall to 145th Street on the West Side Branch. A station was provided at 91st Street to avoid having 10 blocks without a subway station (86th Street to 96th Street).
The station's decline started to come about in 1948, platforms on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line from 103rd Street to 238th Street were lengthened to 514 feet (157 m) to allow trains of ten 51.4-foot-long (15.7 m) cars to stop at these stations; previously, platforms could only accommodate six-car local trains. The platform extensions were opened in stages through 1948. A further circumstance that caused the 91st Street station's closure came in the late 1950s. A new service pattern was implemented on the line during peak hours, removing a rush-hour service bottleneck north of 96th Street by rerouting local trains up the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line to Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street and express trains to the Bronx and 145th Street via the IRT Lenox Avenue Line. On February 6, 1959, all Broadway trains became locals and all Lenox Avenue trains were expresses, eliminating the need to switch tracks.
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