Everything about West Fourth Street Washington Square New York City Subway totally explained
West Fourth Street–Washington Square is a
station 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 at all times by the,,, and trains; by the and trains on weekdays; and by the at all times except late nights.
This bi-level station was built by the
IND as the major transfer point between its two Manhattan trunk lines. Each level has two
island platforms and four tracks; the upper level is served by the
IND Eighth Avenue Line and the lower by the
IND Sixth Avenue Line, with a full-length mezzanine sandwiched between the two. The upper level began service first, in September 1932. Service on the lower level began in January 1936 with a shuttle service 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
July 1,
1968; prior to then, the express tracks here and at
34th Street–Herald Square were used as terminal tracks only.
There are two fare control areas, one at each end of the station. Both lead directly to the Eighth Avenue Line at the upper level platforms; access to the Sixth Avenue Line at the lower level is via the upper level only. Recent renovations have added
ADA-compliant elevators, providing access to both levels and to the mezzanine. Curiously, this massive station has unexpectedly few exits, and those that do exist are relatively small. This illustrates the station's main purpose as the major transfer point between the IND trunk lines. Furthermore, the station doesn't actually have an exit to Fourth Street itself. The north exit is at Waverly Place and the south exit is at West 3rd Street.
The naming of the station as "West Fourth Street," as opposed to merely "Fourth Street," is apparently due to clear up confusion between this station and a proposed station on the never-built
IND Second System at South Fourth Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Bus connections
Nearby points of interest
Washington Square Park
West 4th Street Courts
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