72nd Street station

The 72nd Street station is a station on the first phase of the Second Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Second Avenue and 72nd Street, in the section of the in , it opened on January 1, 2017.
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: New York City Second Avenue Subway station
  • Also known as: “72nd Street” and “72 St”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and Frick Collection.

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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 an art museum on the of in . It was established in 1935 to preserve the collection of the industrialist Henry Clay Frick. is situated 2,600 feet west of 72nd Street station.

Museum
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The is an art museum located in , New York City, on 53rd Street between and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, as well as electronic media. is situated 1 mile southwest of 72nd Street station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lenox Hill and Upper East Side.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the of in . It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.

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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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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.

72nd Street station

Latitude
40.7688° or 40° 46′ 8″ north
Longitude
-73.95842° or 73° 57′ 30″ west
Operator
New York City Transit Authority
Network
NYC Subway
Open location code
87G8Q29R+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4587293105
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q4643230
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“72nd Street station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “72街車站”
  • Dutch: “72nd Street”
  • Esperanto: “Stacio 72-a Strato”
  • French: “72ème Rue”
  • Italian: “72nd Street”
  • Japanese: “72丁目駅”
  • Korean: “72번가”
  • Russian: “72-я улица”
  • Ukrainian: “72-а вулиця”
  • Ukrainian: “72-га вулиця”

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Highlights include Lenox Hill Station Post Office and Consulate General of the Czech Republic.

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