Wall Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

The Wall Street station is a station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Wall Street and William Street in the Financial District of Manhattan. It is served by the 2 train at all times and the 3 train at all times except late nights.

Not to be confused with Wall Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line).

 Wall Street
 "2" train​"3" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform view
Station statistics
AddressWall Street & William Street
New York, NY 10005
BoroughManhattan
LocaleFinancial District
Coordinates40.706311°N 74.009528°W / 40.706311; -74.009528
DivisionA (IRT)[1]
Line   IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services   2 all times (all times)
​   3 all except late nights (all except late nights)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: M15, M15 SBS, SIM5, SIM15, SIM35
MTA Bus: BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25
Ferry transportation Staten Island Ferry at Whitehall Terminal
StructureUnderground
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedJuly 1, 1918 (July 1, 1918)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20196,910,581[2] Increase 7.1%
Rank56 out of 424[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Fulton Street
2 all times ​3 all except late nights
via 135th Street
 Clark Street
2 all times ​3 all except late nights
via Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College
Location
Wall Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) is located in New York City Subway
Wall Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
Wall Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) is located in New York City
Wall Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
Wall Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) is located in New York
Wall Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
Track layout

to Fulton Street
to Clark Street
Street map

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

History

Construction and opening
Mosaic on the wall

After the original IRT opened, the city began planning new lines. In April 1912, the New York Public Service Commission gave the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) the right to operate the proposed Clark Street Tunnel under the East River, between Old Slip in Lower Manhattan and Clark Street in Downtown Brooklyn.[3][4] The next month, the Old Slip–Clark Street route was assigned to the IRT instead; the plans called for a station at Fulton Street.[5][6] The BRT was allowed to extend its Centre Street Line south to a new Montague Street Tunnel. Both this extension and the IRT's Clark Street Tunnel were to have stations at Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan.[7] These routes were finalized in the Dual Contracts between the government of New York City, the BRT, and the IRT, which were signed in 1913.[8]

As part of the Dual Contracts, the New York City Public Service Commission planned to split the original IRT system into three segments: two north-south lines, carrying through trains over the Lexington Avenue and Broadway–Seventh Avenue Lines, and a west-east shuttle under 42nd Street. This would form a roughly "H"-shaped system.[8] The Dual Contracts entailed building the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line south of Times Square–42nd Street.[9][10] South of the Chambers Street station, the line was to split into two branches, one of which would travel under Park Place and William Street to the Clark Street Tunnel in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn branch was to have a station at William and Fulton Streets.[11] Before the Dual Contracts were signed, many business owners on William Street had opposed the construction of a subway line there, claiming that the subway's construction could damage buildings[12] because the street only measured 40 feet (12 m) wide.[13][14] The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, approved the William Street subway in February 1913.[15][16] The William Street subway was to be a two-track line; the Public Service Commission originally planned to place one track above the other but, by July 1914, had decided to build both tracks on one level.[17] The tunnel was to measure 29 feet (8.8 m) wide, except the stations on Fulton Street and Wall Street, which were to measure 40 feet (12 m) wide.[14]

The Public Service Commission began soliciting bids for the William Street portion of the line in September 1914.[18][19] Smith, Hauser, & McIsaac submitted a low bid of $2.254 million.[19] The awarding of the contract was delayed by a dispute over whether gas mains should be carried on temporary overpasses above the tunnel's excavation site.[20][21] Prior to the start of construction, the city government agreed to pay for any damage caused by the project.[22] The contractors underpinned every building along the tunnel because most of the buildings had shallow foundations that extended only to a shallow layer of quicksand, rather than to the bedrock below.[13][14]

The line was nearly completed by late 1917, but the signals and station finishes were incomplete due to World War I–related material shortages.[23][24] The Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line's Wall Street station opened on July 1, 1918, and was initially served by a shuttle to and from Chambers Street.[25] On August 1, 1918, the new "H" system was implemented, joining the two halves of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and sending all West Side trains south from Times Square; through trains on the Brooklyn branch began operating to Upper Manhattan and the Bronx.[26][27] The Wall Street station was the line's terminus until April 15, 1919, when the Clark Street Tunnel opened, allowing service to run to Brooklyn.[28][29] The connection eased congestion in the Joralemon Street Tunnel,[30] which, prior to the Clark Street Tunnel's opening, was the only tunnel carrying IRT trains between Manhattan and Brooklyn.[31]

Later years

The IRT had installed silencing devices on the station's turnstiles by early 1931.[32][33] The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.[34][35] During the 1964–1965 fiscal year, the platforms at Wall Street, along with those at four other stations on the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, were lengthened to 525 feet to accommodate a ten-car train of 51-foot IRT cars.[36]

In the 1980s, as part of the construction of the nearby 60 Wall Street, an entrance to the Wall Street station was constructed in that building's lobby.[37] In 1995, as a result of service reductions, the MTA was considering permanently closing one of the two Wall Street stations, as well as two other stations citywide, due to their proximity to each other. Either the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line station or the IRT Lexington Avenue Line station would have been closed.[38]

Station layout
Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
Platform level Northbound ← "2" train toward Wakefield–241st Street (Fulton Street)
← "3" train toward Harlem–148th Street (Fulton Street)
Island platform
Southbound → "2" train toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (Clark Street) →
→ "3" train toward New Lots Avenue (Clark Street) →

The Wall Street station is under the intersection of Wall and William Streets.The 2 train serves the station at all times,[39] while the 3 train stops here at all times except late nights.[40] The station is the southernmost in Manhattan on the Brooklyn Branch of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.[41] South of here, the line travels under the East River via the Clark Street Tunnel to Brooklyn Heights. The station is between Fulton Street to the north and Clark Street in Brooklyn to the south.[42]

The single island platform is between the two tracks, and is very narrow compared to other stations in system. It has blue I-beam columns and dark blue floors tiles. The walls by the tracks have small "W" tablets on a mosaic trim except at the north end, where they have "WALL ST" written in black letters on white tablets over a green trim line. This is where the platform was extended in 1964–1965.[36] The platform also has cooling fans.[43]

There is a narrow full-length mezzanine above the platform that has mosaics pointing to, and connecting, all four station entrances.

Exits
Entrance at Nassau and Cedar Streets, just outside 28 Liberty Street. This entrance also provides access to the Broad Street station (J and ​Z trains) and the Wall Street/Broadway station (4 and ​5 trains).

This station has four sets of entrances/exits. The first exit is at the northern end of the station. It has a customer assistance booth with a bank of turnstiles and long passageway to a set of doors leading to the basement of 28 Liberty Street. A wide staircase leads to an entrance/exit at the east side of Nassau Street at Cedar Street. This entrance is only open on weekdays and also provides access to the Broad Street station (J and ​Z trains) and the Wall Street/Broadway station (4 and ​5 trains).[44]

The second exit, also open weekdays only, contains a bank of turnstiles and passageway to a spiral staircase that leads to Pine Street outside 60 Wall Street. The passageway has an artwork called Subway Wall by Harry Roseman made in 1990 and installed after a 1993 station renovation. This exit also has a set of doors to two escalators and a double-wide staircase that go up to the public atrium lobby of 60 Wall Street. This entrance has two red globes and overhead signs, giving the impression of an outdoor station entrance built in the lobby.[44]

The third exit was the original entrance to the station and is staffed full-time. It has a bank of turnstiles and staircases to both northern corners of William and Wall Streets.[44] The entrance at the northeast corner, outside 48 Wall Street, is made of ornate metal and has a sign reading "Interborough Rapid Transit Co-to All Trains."

The last exit is at the south end of the station, which leads to the same intersection as the third exit but is in a separate fare control area. A single double-wide staircase from the platform leads to two HEET turnstiles and two regular turnstiles. Staircases lead to both southern corners of William and Wall Streets; the southeastern corner exit is outside 55 Wall Street. This exit, though open at all times, is unstaffed as there is no token booth.[44]

A fifth exit, which led to the southwestern corner of Pine Street and William Street,[45][46] was closed after April 1992.[47] An exit to the northeast corner of the same intersection was removed and slabbed over in 1948.[48] The northeast-corner exit had been closed by 1944.[49][50] Exits also existed to the northwest and southeast corners of the same intersection until some point after 1944.

Lower Manhattan transit
"1" train Franklin Street
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall "4" train​"5" train ( "6" train)
"1" train​"2" train​"3" train Chambers Street
Chambers Street "J" train​"Z" train
"A" train​"C" train ( "E" train) Chambers Street–WTC
City Hall "R" train​"W" train
"2" train​"3" train Park Place
"1" train WTC Cortlandt
Cortlandt Street "R" train​"W" train
(  HOB   NWK ) World Trade Center
Fulton Street "2" train​"3" train​"4" train​"5" train​"A" train​"C" train​"J" train​"Z" train
"1" train Rector Street
Rector Street "R" train​"W" train
"4" train​"5" train Wall Street
Wall Street "2" train​"3" train
"4" train​"5" train Bowling Green
Broad Street ( "J" train​"Z" train)
"R" train ( "1" train "W" train) South Ferry/Whitehall Street
Whitehall Terminal
South Ferry loops
  • Entrance/Exit from Wall Street
    Entrance/Exit from Wall Street
  • Old IRT sign at an entrance
    Old IRT sign at an entrance
  • The platform viewed from the extremely narrow north end
    The platform viewed from the extremely narrow north end
  • Mezzanine above the platforms
    Mezzanine above the platforms
  • Entrance from 28 Liberty Street
    Entrance from 28 Liberty Street
  • Part-time entrance from the lobby of 60 Wall Street
    Part-time entrance from the lobby of 60 Wall Street

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