96th Street station

The 96th Street station is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 96th Street in the and East Harlem neighborhoods of , it is served by the 6 train at all times, the <6> train during weekdays in the peak direction, and the 4 train during late nights.
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: New York City IRT Lexington Avenue Line subway station
  • Also known as: “96th Street” and “96 St”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

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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 , often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 between 88th and 89th Streets on the of in New York City. is situated 2,400 feet southwest of 96th Street station.

Church
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St. Francis de Sales parish is a Roman Catholic church located at 135 E 96th St in on the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper East Side and East Harlem.

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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.

Neighborhood
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, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, and formerly Italian Harlem, is a neighborhood of in , north of the and bounded by 96th Street to the south, to the west, and the and to the east and north.

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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.

96th Street station

Latitude
40.78587° or 40° 47′ 9″ north
Longitude
-73.9509° or 73° 57′ 3″ west
Operator
New York City Transit Authority
Network
NYC Subway
Open location code
87G8Q2PX+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1261183482
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q2982555
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“96th Street station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “96街車站”
  • Dutch: “96th Street”
  • Esperanto: “Stacio 96-a Strato”
  • French: “96ème Rue”
  • French: “96th Street”
  • Italian: “96th Street”
  • Japanese: “96丁目駅”
  • Korean: “96번가”
  • Polish: “96th Street”
  • Russian: “96-я улица”
  • Russian: “96th Street”
  • Spanish: “96th Street”
  • Spanish: “Calle 96”
  • Ukrainian: “96-та вулиця”

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