72nd Street

The 72nd Street station is an express station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Broadway, 72nd Street, and Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side of .
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: New York City IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line subway station
  • Also known as: “72 St” and “72nd Street station”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and American Museum of Natural History.

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A vast green swath of open space in the heart of , is a district in its own right, neatly separating the from the , stretching from Midtown at the southern end to at the north.

Museum
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The is a natural history museum on the of in . Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from , the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. is situated 2,200 feet east of 72nd Street.

Park
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is a 0.1-acre park on a trapezoidal traffic island on the of in . Named for Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, the park is bounded by 72nd Street on the south, 73rd Street on the north, Broadway on the west, and Amsterdam Avenue on the east.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lincoln Square and Upper West Side.

Neighborhood
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is the name of both a and the surrounding neighborhood on the of in . is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets.

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The covers a large area in upper bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and and Morningside Park on the east.

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The of is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of , the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York.

72nd Street

Latitude
40.77902° or 40° 46′ 45″ north
Longitude
-73.98186° or 73° 58′ 55″ west
Inception
October 27th, 1904
Operator
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Network
New York City Subway
Open location code
87G8Q2H9+J7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1011407261
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2887299
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“72nd Street” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “72街車站”
  • Dutch: “72nd Street”
  • Esperanto: “Stacidomo 72-a Strato”
  • French: “72ème Rue”
  • French: “72nd Street”
  • Italian: “72nd Street”
  • Japanese: “72丁目駅”
  • Korean: “72번가”
  • Polish: “72nd Street”
  • Russian: “72-я стрит”
  • Russian: “72-я улица”
  • Spanish: “Calle 72”
  • Ukrainian: “72-га вулиця”
  • Wu Chinese: “72街车站 (IRT百老汇-第七大道线)”
  • Wu Chinese: “72街车站（IRT百老汇-第七大道线）”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Giuseppe Verdi Monument and Control House on 72nd Street.

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