96th Street station
The 96th Street station is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at West 96th Street and Central Park West on the Upper West Side, it is served by the B on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A train during late nights only.Photo: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Metro station
- Description: New York City IND Eighth 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.
Central Park
Photo: Ed Yourdon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
A vast green swath of open space in the heart of Manhattan, Central Park is a district in its own right, neatly separating the Upper East Side from the Upper West Side, stretching from Midtown at the southern end to Harlem at the north.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Museum
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is situated 3,600 feet southeast of 96th Street station.
American Museum of Natural History
Museum
Photo: Gigi alt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The American Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. American Museum of Natural History is situated 1 mile southwest of 96th Street station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manhattan Valley and Upper West Side.
Manhattan Valley
Neighborhood
Manhattan Valley is a neighborhood in the northern part of the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. 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.
Upper West Side
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Upper West Side covers a large area in upper Manhattan bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and Central Park and Morningside Park on the east.
East Harlem
Neighborhood
Photo: Diensthuber, CC BY 3.0.
East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, and formerly Italian Harlem, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the east and north.
96th Street station
- Categories: underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.79173° or 40° 47′ 30″ northLongitude
-73.96467° or 73° 57′ 53″ westOperator
New York City Transit AuthorityNetwork
NYC SubwayOpen location code
87G8Q2RP+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 6437617409OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q2613094
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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”
- Korean: “96번가역”
- Polish: “96th Street”
- Russian: “96-я улица”
- Russian: “96th Street”
- Spanish: “96th Street”
- Spanish: “Calle 96”
- Ukrainian: “96-та вулиця”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Second Presbyterian Church and Crenshaw Christian Center East.
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