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Canal Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

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Division
  
A (IRT)

Structure
  
Underground

Opened
  
1 July 1918

Tracks
  
4

Transit connections
  
NYCT Bus: M20

Platforms
  
2 side platforms

Borough
  
Manhattan

Locale
  
SoHo, Manhattan, Tribeca

Canal Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

Line
  
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line

Services
  
1  (all times)       2  (late nights)

Address
  
New York, NY 10013, United States

Similar
  
23rd Street, Chambers Street, 18th Street, 145th Street, Rector Street

Canal Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located in Lower Manhattan at the intersection of Canal and Varick Streets. It is served by the 1 train at all times, and by the 2 train during late night hours.

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Station layout

This underground station is located on the street of the same name, which is the boundary of SoHo and Tribeca. Lying within a block of three different pocket parks (St. John's Park, Duane Park, and Cavala Park), the station sits at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel outside of the Tribeca North Historic District. Much of the surrounding area is characterized by its historic loft architecture.

Like all stations on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line south of 34th Street–Penn Station, Canal Street opened on July 1, 1918 as part of a southwestern expansion of the line to the South Ferry loop station. (That station has been replaced by another with the same name.) The station was renovated in 1992 by MTA New York City Transit's in-house staff.

This station has two side platforms and four tracks, numbered 1 to 4 from west to east, with center tracks 2 and 3 serving the 2 and 3 express trains that bypass the station during daytime hours. The platforms are mildly offset and, although there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfers between directions, there is evidence of a sealed crossunder on both of the platforms.

Exits

Fare control is on platform level for both sides. The two northbound street stairs are on the northeast corner of Varick Street and Canal Street, and the one southbound street stair is on the northwest corner. The northeast-corner entrances have been floodproofed.

References

Canal Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) Wikipedia