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96th Street (Second Avenue Subway)

96th Street
NYCS-bull-trans-N.svg NYCS-bull-trans-Q.svg
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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Station statistics
Address 96th Street & Second Avenue
New York, NY 10128
Borough Manhattan
Locale Upper East Side (Carnegie Hill and Yorkville); East Harlem
Coordinates 40°47′03″N 73°56′50″W / 40.7841°N 73.9472°W / 40.7841; -73.9472Coordinates: 40°47′03″N 73°56′50″W / 40.7841°N 73.9472°W / 40.7841; -73.9472
Division B (IND)
Line       IND Second Avenue Line
Services       N selected rush-hour trips (selected rush-hour trips)
      Q all times (all times)
Transit connections Bus transport NYCT Bus: M15 (SB), M15 SBS (SB), M96
Structure Underground
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened January 1, 2017; 2 months ago (2017-01-01)
Accessible This station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Wireless service Wi-Fi and cellular service is provided at this station
Station succession


Next adjacent station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 north (Terminal): N selected rush-hour trips Q all times
106th Street: future
Next adjacent station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 south 86th Street: N selected rush-hour trips Q all times

96th Street is a station on the IND Second Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Second Avenue and 96th Street on the border of the Upper East Side and East Harlem neighborhoods in Manhattan, and it is the northern terminus for the Q train at all times, and for some N trains during rush hours. Opened on January 1, 2017, this station is the terminus for the first phase of the Second Avenue Line.

The 96th Street station is served by the Q train (rerouted from its former terminus of Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard) at all times, as well as some N trains during rush hours; it is the northern terminus of both services. It has two tracks and an island platform. The station is built so that it is more wide open than most other underground subway stations in the system. Its design was likened to a Washington Metro station by Dr. Michael Horodniceanu, President of MTA Capital Construction. The platform is approximately 49 feet (15 m) below ground, making the station the shallowest of the three Phase 1 stations. The platform for the 96th Street station, like the other Second Avenue Subway stations, is 27.8 feet (8.5 m) wide.

The station has air-cooling systems to make it at least 10 °F (6 °C) cooler than other subway stations during the summer. This requires the station to have large ventilation and ancillary buildings, rather than traditional subway grates. The station is also compliant with current fire codes, whereas most existing stations are not. Additionally, the station is waterproofed with concrete liners and fully drained.


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