Division A (IRT) Structure Underground Borough Manhattan Tracks 4 | Transit connections NYCT Bus: M20, M22 Opened 1 July 1918 Added to NRHP 30 March 2005 | |
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Address Chambers Street & West Broadway
New York, NY 10013 Line IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Services 1 (all times)
2 (all times)
3 (all except late nights) Locale Financial District, Tribeca Similar Canal Street, 18th Street, 23rd Street, Franklin Street, 28th Street | ||
Chambers Street is an express station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Chambers Street and West Broadway in Lower Manhattan. It is served by the 1 and 2 trains at all times, and the 3 train at all times except during nights.
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Station layout
There are four tracks and two island platforms. The 1 train uses the local tracks, and the 2 and 3 trains use the express tracks. South of this station, the 2 and 3 trains curve east and branch off to Park Place, Fulton Street, Wall Street, and then Brooklyn. The 1 train continues directly south towards its terminal, South Ferry.
North of the station are diamond crossovers in both directions, allowing the 2 train to run local during late nights, switching over to the express tracks north of Chambers Street and then heading to Brooklyn; there are no crossovers south of the station due to its close proximity to Park Place. These switches were also used after the September 11, 2001 attacks, when the South Ferry branch of the line was impassable, and the 1 train was routed to Brooklyn in place of the 3 train and all trains that stopped here were local in Manhattan.
Exits
The station's only exits are through the mezzanine above the center of the station. Street stairs lead to four of the five corners of the intersection of Chambers and Hudson Streets, and West Broadway. The only corner without a street stair is the northern-corner wedge between Hudson Street and West Broadway, where the James Bogardus Plaza is located. The southwest corner of the intersection has two stairs.
As part of a 2007–2009 renovation, elevators were installed in the station (two from platform level to the mezzanine and one from fare control to the streets) to make it ADA-accessible for people with disabilities. The street elevator is on the northwest corner of Chambers and Hudson Streets.