Bowling Green (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

Bowling Green
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Platform for trains going to Brooklyn (right)
Station statistics
Address	Battery Place & Broadway New York, NY 10004
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Financial District
Coordinates	40°42′15″N 74°00′52″W / 40.704106°N 74.014521°W / 40.704106; -74.014521Coordinates: 40°42′15″N 74°00′52″W / 40.704106°N 74.014521°W / 40.704106; -74.014521
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4  (all times)       5  (all except late nights)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M20, M55, X1, X3, X4, X8, X9, X10, X11, X12, X14, X15, X17, X19, X27, X28, X29 MTA Bus: BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, BxM18, QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25 Bee-Line Bus: BxM4C NJT Bus: 120 Staten Island Ferry (at Whitehall Terminal)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	1 side platform 2 island platforms (1 in use, 1 abandoned)
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 10, 1905; 111 years ago (1905-07-10)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	9,153,462  10.8%
Rank	36 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	Wall Street: 4  5
Next south	Borough Hall: 4  5  (Terminal): 5  South Ferry (closed)
Next north	Fulton Street: 4  5
Next south	Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center: 4  5  none: 5
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops weekdays only
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Battery Park Control House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Station headhouse on Battery Park dates to 1905
Show map of New York City Show map of New York Show map of the US Location of station in New York City
Coordinates	40°42′15″N 74°00′52″W / 40.704106°N 74.014521°W / 40.704106; -74.014521
Built	1905
Architect	Heins & LaFarge
MPS	Interborough Rapid Transit Subway Control Houses TR
NRHP Reference #	80002669
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1980

Bowling Green is a station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at Broadway and Battery Place (at the Bowling Green), in the Financial District of Manhattan. It is served by the 4 train at all times and the 5 train at all times except late nights.

The station has two tracks and two platforms in service: a center island platform that serves Brooklyn-bound trains, and a side platform that serves uptown trains. An abandoned and walled off island platform and track on the west side of the station were formerly used by the Bowling Green – South Ferry Shuttle to the inner platform at South Ferry. South of the station, the tracks diverge with one set entering the Joralemon Street Tunnel to Brooklyn. The line continues to the closed South Ferry inner loop station, which is used by the 5 train when it short turns at Bowling Green during evenings and weekends.

When the station opened on July 10, 1905, there was as yet no IRT service to Brooklyn, and all Lexington Avenue trains terminated at South Ferry, using the outer-loop platform. After the Joralemon Street Tunnel opened in 1908, some Lexington Avenue trains continued to terminate at South Ferry, even during rush hours, while others went to Brooklyn. This service pattern was soon found to be inadequate for the high volume of Brooklyn riders.