Chambers Street (IRT Broadway

Chambers Street New York City Subway rapid transit station
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Chambers Street & West Broadway New York, NY 10013
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Financial District
Coordinates	40°42′56″N 74°00′33″W / 40.715517°N 74.009233°W / 40.715517; -74.009233Coordinates: 40°42′56″N 74°00′33″W / 40.715517°N 74.009233°W / 40.715517; -74.009233
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)       2  (all times)       3  (all except late nights)
Connection	New York City Bus: M20, M22
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1918
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	6,273,448[1]  6.9%
Rank	64 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Franklin Street (local): 1  2  14th Street (express): 2  3
Next south	Rector Street (local): 1  Park Place (express): 2  3  Cortlandt Street (local, closed)
Next north	34th Street – Penn Station: 1  2  3
Next south	South Ferry (local): 1  Borough Hall (express): 2  3
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Chambers Street is an express station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Chambers Street and West Broadway in Lower Manhattan. It is served by the 1 and 2 trains at all times, and the 3 train at all times except during nights.

Layout

There are four tracks and two island platforms. The 1 train uses the local tracks, and the 2 and 3 trains use the express tracks. South of this station, the 2 and 3 trains branch off to Park Place, Fulton Street, Wall Street, and then Brooklyn. The 1 train continues directly south towards its terminal, South Ferry.

North of the station are diamond crossovers in both directions, allowing the 2 train to run local during late nights, switching over to the express tracks north of Chambers Street and then heading to Brooklyn. These switches were also used after the September 11, 2001 attacks, when the South Ferry branch of the line was impassable, and the 1 train was routed to Brooklyn in place of the 3 train and all trains that stopped here were local in Manhattan.

As part of a 2007–2009 renovation, elevators were installed in the station (one from each platform to the mezzanine and two from fare control to the streets) to make it accessible for people with disabilities.^[2]

Nearby points of interest

• World Financial Center
• World Trade Center site
• Borough of Manhattan Community College
• Stuyvesant High School

Image gallery

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  Plaque with the first building of Kings College (later Columbia University), which was located around the corner on Park Place

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  Exit at Chambers Street and West Broadway

References

1. ^ "Facts and Figures: 2010 Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-26. 
2. ^ "2/3 Chambers Street Elevator Installation". Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center. http://www.lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/23_chambers_street_elevator_14416.aspx. Retrieved 2009-06-27. 

Further reading

• Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics : A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0

External links

• nycsubway.org — IRT West Side Line: Chambers Street
• Station Reporter — 1 Train
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• Station Reporter — 3 Train
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Chambers Street/Park Place (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)
• Chambers Street entrance from Google Maps Street View