West Fourth Street–Washington Square (IND Sixth Avenue Line)

West Fourth Street–Washington Square
New York City Subway rapid transit station
IND Eighth Avenue Line platforms
Station statistics
Address	West Third Street & Sixth Avenue New York, NY 10014 (main station entrance)
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Greenwich Village
Coordinates	40°43′54″N 74°00′03″W / 40.731682°N 74.000945°W / 40.731682; -74.000945Coordinates: 40°43′54″N 74°00′03″W / 40.731682°N 74.000945°W / 40.731682; -74.000945
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Sixth Avenue Line       IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (all times)       B  (weekdays at all hours except late evenings and nights)       C  (all times except late nights)       D  (all times)       E  (all times)       F  (all times)       M  (weekdays at all hours except late nights)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M55 PATH: JSQ–33, HOB–33, JSQ–33 (via HOB) (at 9th Street)
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	4 island platforms (2 on each level) cross-platform interchange
Tracks	8 (4 on each level)
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932; 84 years ago (1932-09-10) (upper level) January 1, 1936; 81 years ago (1936-01-01) (lower level)
Accessible
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	14,147,148  1.5%
Rank	20 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	34th Street–Herald Square (6th Ave express): B  D  14th Street (8th Ave): A  C  E  14th Street (6th Ave local): F  M
Next south	Broadway–Lafayette Street (6th Ave): B  D  F  M  Spring Street (8th Ave local): A  C  E  Canal Street (8th Ave express): A
Next north	34th Street–Herald Square (6th Ave): B  D  F  M  14th Street (8th Ave): A  C  E
Next south	Broadway–Lafayette Street (6th Ave): B  D  F  M  World Trade Center (8th Ave local): no regular service none; elevator at World Trade Center out of service: E  Fulton Street: A  C
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops weekdays only
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West 4th Street Subway Station (IND)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	05000223
Added to NRHP	March 30, 2005

West Fourth Street–Washington Square is an express station and transfer stop on the IND Sixth Avenue and IND Eighth Avenue Lines of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of West Fourth Street and Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. It is served by:

West Fourth Street was one of the 28 stations opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the first line of the Independent Subway System (IND), the Eighth Avenue Line, from Chambers Street to Inwood–207th Street. At the time, only the upper level was used, with service on the lower level beginning in January 1936 with service from the Eighth Avenue Line to Second Avenue; through service on the Sixth Avenue local tracks began in December 1940. The Sixth Avenue express tracks were built later and were put into through service on November 27, 1967; prior to then, the express tracks here and at 34th Street–Herald Square were used as terminal tracks only.

The station was named West Fourth Street as opposed to merely Fourth Street because the planners of the Independent Subway System believed there would be confusion between this station and South Fourth Street, a proposed transfer station on the never-built IND Second System in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.