Division A (IRT) Structure Underground Opened 1 July 1918 Tracks 4 | Transit connections NYCT Bus: M20, M21 Platforms 2 side platforms Borough Manhattan | |
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Line IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Services 1 (all times)
2 (late nights) Address W Houston St, New York, NY 10014, USA Locale Greenwich Village, West Village Similar Chambers Street, 18th Street, Canal Street, Franklin Street, 23rd Street | ||
Houston Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at West Houston and Varick Streets in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times and the 2 during late night hours.
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Station layout
This underground station, opened on July 1, 1918, has two side platforms and four tracks. The two center tracks are at a lower elevation from the local tracks and used by the 2 and 3 express trains during daytime hours.
Both platforms have golden mosaic trim lines with blue and green borders and "H" tablets on a light blue background at regular intervals. The large name tablets read "HOUSTON ST." in gold Times New Roman font on dark blue background and gold border. There are also directional tablets in the same style. Yellow i-beam columns lining run along both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black name plate with white Helvetica lettering.
The station's artwork, installed during a 1994 in-house renovation, is entitled Platform Diving by Deborah Brown. It consists of murals on both platforms depicting sea creatures in an underwater subway system.
Exits
All fare control areas in this station are at platform level and there are no crossovers or crossunders, though evidence of a sealed-up crossunder is present at the north end by the main fare control areas. On both sides, a turnstile bank leads to a two staircases going up to West Houston and Varick Streets, either western corners on the South Ferry-bound side and either eastern corners on the Bronx-bound side. Only the Bronx-bound side has a token booth, however. The South Ferry-bound side is unstaffed.
Both platforms have an unstaffed secondary fare control area towards their south ends. Two High Entry/Exit Turnstiles and one exit-only turnstile leads to two staircases going up to Varick and King Streets, either western corners on the South Ferry-bound side and either eastern corners on the Bronx-bound side.