96th Street station

The 96th Street station is a station on the IND Second Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Second Avenue and 96th Street on the border of the / and neighborhoods in , it is the northern terminus for the first phase of the Second Avenue Line.
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: New York City Second Avenue Subway station
  • Also known as: “96th Street” and “96 St”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

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 3,300 feet west of 96th Street station.

Hospital
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The is a hospital in the neighborhood of . It has been affiliated with New York Medical College since it was founded in 1875, representing the oldest partnership between a hospital and a private medical school in the United States. is situated 670 feet northeast of 96th Street station.

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.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the western portion of the borough of . is bounded by the and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, to the southeast, and and to the east.

96th Street station

Latitude
40.78432° or 40° 47′ 4″ north
Longitude
-73.94715° or 73° 56′ 50″ west
Inception
2017
Operator
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Network
New York City Subway
Open location code
87G8Q3M3+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4587293107
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q4646118
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Ukrainian—“96th Street station” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “৯৬তম স্ট্রিট স্টেশন (সেকেন্ড অ্যাভিনিউ সাবওয়ে)”
  • Bengali: “৯৬তম স্ট্রিট স্টেশন”
  • 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”
  • Russian: “96-я улица”
  • Spanish: “Calle 96”
  • Ukrainian: “96-а вулиця”
  • Ukrainian: “96-та вулиця”

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