14th Street station (PATH)

14th Street station is a station on the PATH system. Located at the intersection of 14th Street and Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, it is served by the Hoboken–33rd Street and Journal Square–33rd Street lines on weekdays, and by the Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken) line on weekends.

14th Street
Port Authority Trans-Hudson PATH rapid transit station
The ornate station pillars at 14th Street station
General information
Location14th Street and Sixth Avenue
Manhattan, New York
Coordinates40°44′15″N 73°59′49″W / 40.737393°N 73.996862°W / 40.737393; -73.996862
Owned byPort Authority of New York and New Jersey
Line(s)Uptown Hudson Tubes
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
AccessibleNo
History
OpenedFebruary 25, 1908 (February 25, 1908)[1]
Passengers
20182,700,912[2]Decrease 5.5%
Rank9 of 13
Services
Preceding station PATH Following station
Weekdays
Ninth Street
toward Hoboken
HOB–33 23rd Street
Ninth Street JSQ–33
Weeknights, Weekends, Holidays
Ninth Street JSQ–33 (via HOB) 23rd Street
Former services
Preceding station Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Following station
Ninth Street Summit Avenue–33rd Street 19th Street
Track layout
14th Street (NYCS)
14th Street (PATH)
Sixth Ave Line to W Fourth St
PATH to Ninth Street

History edit

The original station, opened on February 25, 1908,[1] was modified slightly as a result of the building of the Sixth Avenue Line. The platforms were extended to the south, and the northern ends were closed. This allowed the downtown platform to share a street entrance with the downtown IND subway.

The southbound platform was renovated in 1986.[3]

Station layout edit

G Street level Exit/entrance
B1 Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, transfers between services
B2
Broadway–Seventh Avenue platforms
Northbound local   toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (18th Street)
  toward Wakefield–241st Street nights (18th Street)
Island platform
Northbound express   toward Wakefield–241st Street (34th Street–Penn Station)
  toward Harlem–148th Street (34th Street–Penn Station)
Southbound express   toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Chambers Street)
  toward New Lots Avenue (Chambers Street)
Island platform
Southbound local   toward South Ferry (Christopher Street–Sheridan Square)
  toward Flatbush Avenue late nights (Christopher Street–Sheridan Square)
B2
Sixth Avenue and
PATH platforms
Northbound local    toward Jamaica–179th Street (23rd Street)
  toward 57th Street weekdays (23rd Street)
Side platform
Side platform
Northbound      HOB–33 weekdays toward 33rd Street (23rd Street)
          JSQ–33 (via HOB weekends) toward 33rd Street (23rd Street)
Southbound      HOB–33 weekdays toward Hoboken (Ninth Street)
          JSQ–33 (via HOB weekends) toward Journal Square (Ninth Street)
Side platform
Side platform
Southbound local    toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (West Fourth Street–Washington Square)
  weekdays toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (West Fourth Street–Washington Square)
B3
Canarsie platform
Westbound   toward Eighth Avenue (Terminus)
Island platform
Eastbound   toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (Union Square)
B4 Northbound express    do not stop here
Southbound express    do not stop here →

This PATH station consists of two side platforms, which are not connected by a crossover or crossunder. The southbound platform shares a mezzanine area with the IND Sixth Avenue Line's station at 14th Street which the PATH station is located in between, but the northbound platform exits directly to the street.[4] The tracks of the PATH station are located above the Sixth Avenue Line's express tracks, which the tunnels for were dug using the "deep-bore" tunneling method in the mid-1960s, and are not visible from the platforms. The deep-bore tunnel's round shape becomes square below this station and at 23rd Street, where provisions exist for lower level platforms. There is no free transfer between either platform, nor to any of the other stations in the 14th Street/Sixth Avenue station complex.

19th Street station edit

North of the 14th Street station is the abandoned 19th Street station,[5] which was the original northern terminus of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad. It opened on February 25, 1908,[1] and closed on August 1, 1954.[6] It is now used for storing mechanical equipment and is still visible from trains travelling between 14th Street and 23rd Street.

Subway connections edit

Direct New York City Subway connections include:

Passengers traveling from New Jersey must exit to street level, enter a nearby subway entrance, and descend to a separate subway mezzanine in order to access the IND station complex.

The entrances for New Jersey-bound PATH commuters are on the southwest and northwest corners of 6th Avenue and 14th Street. The entrance for 33rd Street-bound PATH commuters is on the east side of 6th Avenue, midblock between 13th and 14th Streets. The New School and Union Square are nearby.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Trolley Tunnel Open to New Jersey". The New York Times. February 26, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved July 20, 2016. The natural barrier which has separated New York from New Jersey since those States came into existence was, figuratively speaking, wiped away at 3:40½ o'clock yesterday afternoon when the first of the two twin tubes of the McAdoo tunnel system was formally opened, thus linking Manhattan with Hoboken, and establishing a rapid transit service beneath the Hudson River.
  2. ^ "PATH Ridership Report". Port Authority NY NJ. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  3. ^ Anderson, Susan Heller; Dunlap, David W. (1986-05-27). "NEW YORK DAY BY DAY; PATH Recalls Early Years". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  4. ^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "The PATH Turns 100". The New York Times. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  6. ^ "The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad – Celebrating 100 Years of Service to the NY/NJ Metropolitan Region". Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. Retrieved 2009-08-16.[dead link]
  7. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Union Square / Gramercy Park" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

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