Prince Street station

   BMT Broadway LineServices   N  (weekends and late nights)
​   Q  (late nights only)
​   R  (all except late nights)
​   W  (weekdays only)Transit NYCT Bus: M55, X27, X28StructureUndergroundPlatforms2 side platformsTracks4Other informationOpenedSeptember 4, 1917; 106 years ago (September 4, 1917)^[2]Opposite-
direction
transferNoTraffic20233,128,710^[3]  17% Rank104 out of 423^[3]

Services
Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Eighth Street–New York University N  ​Q  ​R  ​W  via Lexington Avenue–59th Street Canal Street N  ​R  ​W  via Whitehall Street–South Ferry Canal Street N  ​Q  via bridge

Location
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Track layout
Legend to Eighth Street–New York University to Canal Street to Canal Street and Manhattan Bridge

Street map

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops weekdays during the day
	Stops weekends during the day
	Stops late nights and weekends
	Stops late nights only

The Prince Street station is a local station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. Located in SoHo, Manhattan, it is served by the R train at all times except late nights, the W train on weekdays, the N train during late nights and weekends, and the Q train during late nights.

The station opened in 1917, had its platforms extended in the late 1960s, and was renovated in the late 1970s and in 2001.

History

Prince Street opened on September 4, 1917, as part of the first section of the BMT Broadway Line from Canal Street to 14th Street–Union Square.^[2] The station's platforms originally could only fit six 67-foot-long (20 m) cars. In 1926, the New York City Board of Transportation received bids for the lengthening of platforms at nine stations on the Broadway Line, including the Prince Street station, to accommodate eight-car trains. Edwards & Flood submitted a low bid of $101,775 for the project.^[4] The platform-lengthening project was completed in 1927, bringing the length of the platforms to 535 feet (163 m).^[5][6]

The city government took over the BMT's operations on June 1, 1940.^[7][8] In the late 1960s, New York City Transit extended the platforms for 10 car trains, and fixed the station's structure and the overall appearance. The station was overhauled in the late 1970s. The original trim lines were replaced with white cinderblock tiles, except for small recesses in the walls, which contained yellow-painted cinderblock tiles. The staircases were repaired and new platform edges were installed. The yellow cinderblock field contained the station-name signs and black text pointing to the exits. The renovation also replaced incandescent lighting with fluorescent lighting.

In 2001, the station received a major overhaul. It included an upgrade of the station for ADA compliance and restoration of the original late 1910s tiling. New York City Transit repaired the staircases, re-tiled the walls, fitted new tiling on the floors, upgraded the station's lights and the public address system, installing ADA yellow safety threads along the platform edge, new signs, and new trackbeds in both directions.^{[citation needed]}

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Eighth Street–New York University) ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard weekdays (Eighth Street–New York University) ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard late nights/weekends (Eighth Street–New York University) ← toward 96th Street late nights (Eighth Street–New York University)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	← toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (Canal Street/Tunnel) → ← toward Whitehall Street–South Ferry weekdays (Canal Street/Tunnel) → ← toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via Sea Beach (Canal Street/Bridge weekends, Tunnel late nights) → ← toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via Brighton late nights (Canal Street/Bridge)
	Side platform

This underground station has two side platforms and four tracks, the inner two of which are express tracks that do not serve the station. South of Prince Street, there are diamond crossovers between both directional pairs of local and express tracks.^[9] A punch box is located at the south end of the southbound platform to allow weekend N and late-night Q trains to cross the Manhattan Bridge.^[10]

The 2004 artwork, Carrying On, is by Janet Zweig. It uses water jet-cut steel, marble, and slate to create a mural along the entire length (totaling 1,200 feet) of both platforms. The 194 different frames in this frieze detail contain images of New Yorkers from all walks of life. As the title suggests, almost all of the images involve carrying something.

Exits

Fare control for each platform is at platform level. There is no free transfer between directions. Outside of fare control, the northbound platform has one street stair to either eastern corner of Broadway and Prince Street, while the southbound platform has one street stair to either western corner of that intersection.^[11]

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Green spacesReligion

Former	Church of the Divine Unity St. Alphonsus Ligouri Church

Culture/community

Restaurants	Balthazar Le Coucou Estela Fanelli Cafe Hamburger America Lombardi's Pizza SOB's Taïm The Musket Room Torrisi
Theaters and art	Drawing Center HERE Arts Center Holly Solomon Gallery New York Earth Room Performing Garage Recess Activities Sean Kelly Gallery Staley-Wise Gallery Storefront for Art and Architecture Team Gallery Terrain Gallery The Broken Kilometer The Wall
Hotels	The Bowery House The Dominick The Mercer Hotel Soho Grand Hotel Westchester House
Museums	Children's Museum of the Arts Dahesh Museum of Art Filipino American Museum Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art New York City Fire Museum World of McIntosh Experience Center
Other	Judson Health Center
Former	Aquagrill Artists' Choice Museum Fiamma Osteria FOOD Greene St. Recording Guggenheim Museum SoHo Jen Bekman Gallery Mimi Ferzt Gallery Moondance Diner Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Niblo's Garden OK Harris Gallery Rebelle St. Nicholas Hotel Theatre Comique Uncle Boons Veruka

BuildingsTransportation

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