86th Street station

The 86th Street station is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Central Park West and 86th Street on the , it is served by the B on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A train during late nights only.
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: New York City IND Eighth Avenue Line subway station
  • Also known as: “86th Street” and “86 St”
  • Wheelchair access: no

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 2,100 feet southwest of 86th Street station.

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 3,000 feet east of 86th Street station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper West Side and Manhattan Valley.

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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.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the northern part of the of in . It is bounded by West 110th Street to the north, Central Park West to the east, West 96th Street to the south, and Broadway to the west.

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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.

86th Street station

Latitude
40.78536° or 40° 47′ 7″ north
Longitude
-73.96931° or 73° 58′ 10″ west
Operator
New York City Transit Authority
Network
NYC Subway
Open location code
87G8Q2PJ+47
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6437617408
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q1948534
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“86th Street station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “86街車站”
  • Dutch: “86th Street”
  • Esperanto: “Stacio 86-a Strato”
  • French: “86ème rue”
  • French: “86th Street”
  • Italian: “86th Street”
  • Japanese: “86丁目駅”
  • Korean: “86번가”
  • Polish: “86th Street”
  • Russian: “86-я улица”
  • Spanish: “Calle 86”
  • Ukrainian: “86-та вулиця”

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