Canal Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
Canal Street  | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address |
Canal Street & Varick Street New York, NY 10013 | ||||||||
| Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||
| Locale | SoHo, Tribeca | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°43′19″N 74°00′22″W / 40.722°N 74.006°WCoordinates: 40°43′19″N 74°00′22″W / 40.722°N 74.006°W | ||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||
| Line | IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line | ||||||||
| Services |
1  (all times) 2  (late nights) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: M20 | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
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| Opened | July 1, 1918 | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
1,830,920[1]  1.5% | ||||||||
| Rank | 266 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
Houston Street: 1 2 | ||||||||
| Next south |
Franklin Street: 1 2 | ||||||||
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Canal Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located in Lower Manhattan at the intersection of Canal and Varick Streets. It is served by the 1 train at all times, and by the 2 train during late night hours.
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Northbound local | ← toward Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street ( toward 241st Street late nights) (Houston Street) | |
| Northbound express | ←  do not stop here | |
| Southbound express | → do not stop here → | |
| Southbound local | → toward South Ferry ( toward Brooklyn College late nights) (Franklin Street) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
This underground station is located on the street of the same name, which is the boundary of SoHo and Tribeca. Lying within a block of three different pocket parks (St. John's Park, Duane Park, and Cavala Park), the station sits at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel outside of the Tribeca North Historic District.[2] Much of the surrounding area is characterized by its historic loft architecture.
Like all stations on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line south of 34th Street–Penn Station, Canal Street opened on July 1, 1918 as part of a southwestern expansion of the line to the South Ferry loop station. (That station has been replaced by another with the same name.) The station was renovated in 1992 by MTA New York City Transit's in-house staff.
This station has two side platforms and four tracks, numbered 1 to 4 from west to east, with center tracks 2 and 3 serving the 2 and 3 express trains that bypass the station during daytime hours. The platforms are mildly offset and, although there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfers between directions, there is evidence of a sealed crossunder on both of the platforms. Fare control is on platform level for both sides with entrances on both sides of Varick Street on the northern side of Canal Street.
One entrance to the station, at the northeast corner of Varick Street and Canal Street, has been floodproofed.
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ "Tribeca North Historic District" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Commission. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
Further reading
- Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics : A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canal Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line). |
- nycsubway.org – IRT West Side Line: Canal Street
- Station Reporter – 1 Train
- Canal Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View