West Fourth Street–Washington Square (New York City Subway)

Infobox NYCS
name = West Fourth Street–Washington Square

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accessible = yes
bg_color = #11117D
bg_color_2 = #FF6E1A
line = IND Eighth Avenue Line
line_2 = IND Sixth Avenue Line
service=West 4th
platforms = 4 island platforms (2 on each level)
tracks = 8 (4 on each level)
passengers = 11.649 million
pass_year=2006
pass_percent=4
borough = Manhattan
connection = PATH at 9th Street
open_date=September 10, 1932New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New 8th Av. Line, September 10, 1932, page 6] (upper level)
December 15, 1940 (lower level)
north_custom_station = NYCS next|type=Eighth Avenue|station=14th Street|line=IND Eighth Avenue Line|service=Eighth south
north_custom_station_2 =NYCS next|type=Sixth Avenue local|station=14th Street|line=IND Sixth Avenue Line|service=Sixth local
north_custom_station_3 =NYCS next|type=Sixth Avenue express|station=34th Street–Herald Square|line=IND Sixth Avenue Line|service=Sixth express|acc=yes
south_custom_station = NYCS next|type=8th local|station=Spring Street|line=IND Eighth Avenue Line|service=Eighth south local
south_custom_station_2 = NYCS next|type=Eighth Avenue express|station=Canal Street|line=IND Eighth Avenue Line|service=Eighth south express
south_custom_station_3 = NYCS next|type=Sixth Avenue|station=Broadway–Lafayette Street|line=IND Sixth Avenue Line|service=Sixth

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 NYCS|A, NYCS|E, NYCS|D, and NYCS|F trains; by the NYCS|B and NYCS|V trains on weekdays; and by the NYCS|C 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;Fact|date=May 2007 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 does not 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

*M5
*M6
*M8

Nearby points of interest

*Washington Square Park
*West 4th Street Courts
*West Village

References

External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?7:2977|IND 8th Avenue|West 4th Street/Washington Square
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/aleff.htm A Lefferts]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/arock.htm A Rockwaway]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/btrain.htm B Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/ctrain.htm C Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/dtrain.htm D Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/ctrain.htm E Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/ftrain.htm F Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/vtrain.htm V Train]