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Second Avenue station

The Second Avenue station is a station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Second Avenue and Houston Street on the border between the and the , in .
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: New York City IND Sixth Avenue Line subway station
  • Also known as: “2 Av”, “2nd Avenue–Lower East Side”, and “Second Avenue”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New York University and New Museum.

University
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is a private research university in , New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a non-denominational all-male institution near based on a curriculum focused on a secular education. is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Second Avenue station.

Museum
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The of Contemporary Art is a at 235 Bowery, on the of in New York City. It was founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker. is situated 890 feet southwest of Second Avenue station.

Movie theater
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is an international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video, with a particular focus on independent, experimental, and avant-garde cinema. is situated 500 feet north of Second Avenue station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include NoHo and East Village.

Neighborhood
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, short for "North of Houston Street", is a primarily residential neighborhood in , . It is bounded by Mercer Street to the west, the Bowery to the east, 9th Street to the north, and Houston Street to the south.

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The , east of the on , was traditionally considered part of the , and constitutes the portion north of Houston St, south of 14th St, and east of Broadway.

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, short for "South of Houston Street" and a reference to its supposed similarities to the , is a diverse and increasingly upscale neighborhood of .

Second Avenue station

Latitude
40.7234° or 40° 43′ 24″ north
Longitude
-73.98994° or 73° 59′ 24″ west
Operator
New York City Transit Authority
Network
NYC Subway
Open location code
87G8P2F6+92
Open­Street­Map ID
node 597928311
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q2131874
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Second Avenue station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “第二大道車站”
  • Dutch: “2nd Avenue”
  • Esperanto: “Stacio Dua Avenuo”
  • French: “Second Avenue”
  • French: “Seconde Avenue”
  • Italian: “Second Avenue”
  • Japanese: “2番街駅”
  • Polish: “Second Avenue”
  • Russian: “Вторая авеню”
  • Spanish: “Segunda Avenida”
  • Ukrainian: “2-га авеню”

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Highlights include Yonah Schimmel’s Knish Bakery and Sunshine Cinema.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Second Avenue station”. Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY 2.5.