User:Kew Gardens 613/List of closed New York City Subway entrances

This is a list of New York City Subway entrances that have been closed, demolished, or were planned to be closed, and those that have been reopened. This list does not include entrances to stations that have been closed or for stations that have been demolished. Many entrances were closed between the 1970s and 1990s due to concerns over crime, low ridership, and to cut costs by reducing station staffing. The two main waves of closings occurred in 1976 and 1991, as the country was in the midst of recessions. As crime has decreased, and as ridership has gone up, these entrances, for the most part have not been revisited. During some station renovation projects, closed entrances have been reopened.

Much of this information comes from websites such as stationreporter.net (now defunct), subwaynut.com, nycsubway.org, old photos, old tax photos, aerial photos, Google Maps streetview, public hearing notices, NYCTA board materials, newspaper clippings, Google Books, personal observations, whether they are images or memories of using the entrances in question, and through research done as part of Alan Minor's master's thesis. This list is on Wikipedia–a subpage of my userpage–so that this list can be crowdsourced and can be easily added to, and with citations. One of the goals of this list is to migrate the information from here to the relevant articles once they are sufficiently referenced. Another main purpose is to eventually create an article in the mainspace, which would require a lot of research. Proper citations would be appreciated, whether they are newspaper articles detailing their closure, New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) documentation, or images showing their existence. Additional information would be appreciated, including additional locations where closed entrances are located, the locations of demolished/removed entrances, more specific locational information including street corners and on mezzanine, the existence of entrances to private buildings and underground passageways connecting stations, and dates when the entrances in question closed, and if possible, why they closed.

In response to a request made by State Senator Martin Dilan, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) stated that 119 stations either had a closed street stair or closed control area, and that 130 stations had closed entrances. Within these 130 stations, there are 114 closed control areas and 298 closed street stairs. 188 of these were connected to closed control areas, with the remainder connected to control areas that remain open.

A history of closed New York City Subway entrances can be found here: User:Kew Gardens 613/History of closed New York City Subway entrances

Reopened entrances
As part of some station rehabilitation projects, closed subway entrances have been reopened. Reopening a subway entrance requires bringing stairs up to existing standards, including adding treads to them and evening them out. Turnstiles, security camera, signage, fare machines and Help Points also have to be installed.

Entrances

 * User:Kew Gardens 613/List of easement New York City Subway entrances
 * User:Kew Gardens 613/List of new New York City Subway entrances
 * User:Kew Gardens 613/List of part-time New York City Subway entrances
 * User:Kew Gardens 613/List of exit-only New York City Subway entrances

Closed areas

 * User:Kew Gardens 613/List of New York City Subway closed mezzanines and platform staircases
 * User:Kew Gardens 613/List of closed New York City Subway crossovers/crossunders

Turnstiles

 * User:Kew Gardens 613/List of New York City Subway HEETs

Token Booths

 * User:Kew Gardens 613/List of removed New York City Subway token booths
 * User:Kew Gardens 613/List of part-time New York City Subway token booths

Rare subway signs

 * User:Kew Gardens 613/Subway Signs

Provisions

 * User:Kew Gardens 613/New York City Subway Track Layout, Bellmouths and Provisions