User:Kew Gardens 613/List of unopened subway entrances

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 * Broad Street - unbuilt passageway and easement entrance inside the Radio Corporation Building, 64 Broad Street, on west side of Broad Street between Exchange Place and Beaver Street
 * Rector Street - provision at south end of uptown platform to Exchange Alley on east side of Trinity Place
 * 36th Street - never-opened entrances at southern corners of 36th Street and 4th Avenue

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 * 103rd Street - possible provisions for entrances to 104th Street and Lexington Avenue
 * Street stair numbering at this station jumps from S1 to S4, with nowhere else in the existing mezzanine to add two street stairs
 * 104th Street is toward the northern third of the platforms, similar to the 111th Street entrances at 110th Street, a station with similar design
 * Sewer lines run adjacent to the bottom of both platforms' sidewalls; these likely prevented the entrances' construction


 * Elder Avenue - provisions for entrances at the northwest and southeast corners of Elder Avenue and Westchester Avenue.
 * Lexington Avenue/51st Street - provisions for a second stairway from the GE Building, further to the west on 51st Street.
 * Nevins Street - unopened entrance at northeast corner of Fulton Street and Flatbush Avenue
 * Accessed through a long passageway and lower level underpass from both platforms
 * Likely intended as a transfer to the Fulton St elevated
 * Pennsylvania Avenue - provisions for entrances at Georgia Avenue and Livonia Avenue. Has the same structural girders for an unbuilt mezzanine as Saratoga Avenue.
 * Saratoga Avenue - provisions for entrances at Grafton Street and Livonia Avenue - formally referenced as “structural girders of an unbuilt mezzanine”
 * Van Siclen Avenue - provisions for entrances at Bradford Street and Livonia Avenue
 * Winthrop Street - former/demolished exit or provision at north end of uptown platform to Winthrop Street on west side of Nostrand Avenue

IND

 * Northern Boulevard - provision for entrance to southeastern corner of 54th Street and Broadway
 * Steinway Street - provision for easement entrances to southeastern corner of 34th Avenue and Steinway Street.
 * Two short passageways, one to Steinway Street and another to 34th Avenue, were proposed to branch off the existing unfinished stair. Contract drawings state that "This stairway subject to change or omission".
 * Space of unfinished stair used by Station Department.
 * 75th Avenue - provision for entrance to north side of Queens Boulevard at 75th Road, east of 112th Street in an easement to the Medical Center building, space used by Division of Stations; entrance removed, opening urged in March 1941
 * Bedford–Nostrand Avenues - Provision for a future mid-block exit on the north side of Lafayette Avenue west of the stair to Nostrand Avenue at the northeastern corner of the widened mezzanine area
 * Broadway
 * Northwestern corner of South 4th Street and Union Avenue, northeastern corner of Meserole Street and Union Avenue - stairs S9 & S10;
 * Provision for entrance to northeastern corner of Johnson Avenue and Union Avenue, now used as a pipe chamber
 * Flushing Avenue
 * Provision at middle of platforms for entrances to Wallabout Street and Union Avenue
 * Northbound provision used as a Structural Storage Room
 * Southbound provision used as a Store Room
 * Provisions at existing control areas for additional street stairs
 * Northwest corner of Flushing Avenue and Marcy Avenue
 * Southeast corner of Flushing Avenue and Marcy Avenue
 * Southeast corner of Walton Street and Union Avenue, stair S4
 * Easement stair, partially built and blocked by wooden bulkhead
 * Fort Hamilton Parkway - never-opened exit to west side of Prospect Avenue at Reeve Place
 * The entrance did not open with the rest of the station, and was blocked at the mezzanine level with a wire mesh fence.
 * The property owner of 1246 Prospect Avenue filed a suit, claiming the entrance obstructed access to their property; the suit was scheduled to be tried on January 20, 1936.
 * A Board of Transportation report deemed the entrance to be not be needed for a considerable period of time; the stair was closed and slabbed over and its entrance structure was removed.
 * The report stated that the entrance could be reopened at its former location with the consent of the owner, or at the curb line without owner's consent when "traffic warrants reopening."
 * Greenpoint Avenue
 * Provisions at middle of platforms for entrances to southern corners of Java Street and Manhattan Avenue. Northbound side used for a Structures Room; Southbound side used by Station Department
 * Provision at south end of mezzanine (control area N405) for short passageway to stair northeast corner of Greenpoint Avenue and Manhattan Avenue
 * Based on station drawings, the new stair would have been labeled S4 and the currently mislabeled S4/P6 stair would have likely been relabeled S6/P6 based on geographical order
 * Kew Gardens—Union Turnpike - provisions at Northwestern corner of Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike
 * Accessed through passage for car drop-off zone on west side of Union Turnpike underneath Queens Boulevard
 * On June 23, 1936, the contractor was ordered to remove the structure provided for this stairway, to construct a wall across the opening to the entrance, and install a granite facing on this wall. The contractor was ordered to remove the concrete slab from the stairway at 78th Avenue and to complete it.
 * Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues
 * Provisions at middle of platforms for entrances at all four corners of Vernon Avenue and Marcy Avenue
 * Northbound provision used as a communications room
 * Southbound provision used as a Station Department room
 * Provisions at existing control areas for additional street stairs
 * Southeast corner of Marcy Avenue and Myrtle Avenue
 * Northeast corner of Marcy Avenue and Willoughby Avenue
 * Southwest corner of Marcy Avenue and Willoughby Avenue


 * High Street - never-opened exit to southeastern corner of Cadman Plaza East (originally Washington Street) and Red Cross Place
 * Nostrand Avenue — never-opened exit to the northern corners of Arlington Place and Fulton Street, stairs S5 and S6.
 * Removed and filled in with concrete in late December 1934 or January 1935.
 * On February 1, 1937, Mayor LaGuardia received a petition signed by over 830 people that urged the opening of the entrances.
 * 14th Street/Eighth Avenue - unbuilt easement entrance on east side of Eighth Avenue, north of Greenwich Avenue
 * Accessed by an unopened passageway
 * 34th Street–Penn Station - unbuilt easement entrance to 594 8th Avenue at southeastern corner of 35th Street and Eighth Avenue
 * 42nd Street—Bryant Park - unbuilt entrances mid-block on north side of 42nd Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue
 * Original 2004 plans for the 42nd Street shuttle’s reconstruction called for an easement entrance on the south side of One Bryant Park in a pedestrian plaza, accessing a passageway connecting the west end of the Times Square shuttle platform with the northern mezzanine of the Bryant Park IND station.
 * Later 2019 plans called for a longer shuttle platform shifted to the east, shortening the passageway, replacing the easement entrance with two sidewalk stairs, and shifting the access point to the east end of the shuttle platform.
 * In 2021, the sidewalk stairs and the underpass to the shuttle platform were entirely removed from plans. The transfer to the IND station was moved to a passageway extending from the shuttle platform.
 * A red and white globe still marks the location of the easement entrance despite the latter never opening.
 * 59th Street—Columbus Circle
 * Future passageway to just north of the northeastern corner of Central Park South and Columbus Circle from the north central mezzanine
 * likely never-opened easement exit and passageway to the southwestern corner of 61st Street and Central Park West into the Circle Building and to a stairway outside the building. Was to be a switchback staircase. The developer, Veronica Realty, reached an agreement with the Board of Transportation for the passageway, entrance, and to have a show-window installed into the passageway.
 * 72nd Street - provision for entrance door to basement of The Majestic apartment building
 * 103rd Street - provisions for easement entrances
 * Southwestern corner of 102nd Street and Central Park West - entrance into apartment building
 * Northwestern corner of 103rd Street and Central Park West - entrance and shop window into building
 * Southwestern corner of 104th Street and Central Park West - entrance and shop window into building
 * Canal Street - provision for easement entrance at southeastern corner of Canal Street and Sixth Avenue
 * Second Avenue
 * Closed eastern mezzanine east of First Avenue with no entrances constructed. Connected to western mezzanine by two passageways.
 * Provision at closed mezzanine area to south side of Houston Street at Houston Street Playground. Entrance not completed to street.
 * Seventh Avenue–53rd Street - never-opened exit under substation at 126 53rd Street (just east of 6½ Avenue), stair S1, control area N302. Spaced used for Transformer Closet, Circuit Breaker House
 * Opening recommended in an 1985 study by the New York City Department of City Planning to reduce crowding at Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station.
 * Spring Street - never-opened easement entrance at the northwestern corner of Vandam Street and Sixth Avenue, Stair S5 (1)
 * The stairways were barricaded shortly after the opening of the subway, a masonry wall was erected at the building line, and the walls were backfilled.
 * In 1937, the easement was released to the Board of Transportation for the construction of a money collection building. That plan was abandoned, and, in 1948, the Chairman of the Board of Transportation surrendered the easement as no longer needed for rapid transit purposes.
 * The property owner, Nessler Properties, in 1962, requested the release of the stairway easement as part of its plan to construct a 16-story apartment building on the site.
 * Currently used for storage.
 * West Fourth Street–Washington Square
 * Southeastern corner of Washington Place and Sixth Avenue to lower mezzanine, Stair S5.
 * Space partially occupied by police room. The portion of the mezzanine in front of the entrance is used by the Structure D Night Force. Entrance partially constructed along with the station, but never opened.
 * A small shed at street level had protected the entrance, which included a stairwell and an unused escalator well. In 1952, the property above the entrance easement was sold, along with the easement, with the understanding that the owner would provide a concrete slab to protect the entrance.
 * Passageway to Ninth Street PATH station
 * A fare array situated at the north end of the mezzanine, in front of the unfinished passageway, was shown as barricaded by a chain linked fence at the time of the station's opening.
 * The passageway connected to the existing entrance to the Ninth Street station and contained two additional PATH entrances on opposite sides of Sixth Avenue, one of which was discovered by a local resident.
 * It is unclear if the passage ever opened, or if it was ever completed.
 * York Street - provisions in ceiling for entrance to Sands Street and Jay Street
 * At two structural bays along the platform, there are spaces in the ceiling and columns are spaced 17.5 feet apart, instead of the usual 15 feet.
 * Provisions are considered appropriate for addition of a second entrance to the station.

Provision for second staircase at the same corner
Many IND stations in the 1930s were designed with double-width stairs from the mezzanine level leading to an intermediate landing, with provisions for a second street stair from this landing.


 * East Broadway - Southeastern corner of East Broadway and Rutgers Street


 * Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike – Southeastern corner of 80th Road and Kew Gardens Road
 * Northern Boulevard - Northwestern corner of 54th Street and Northern Boulevard
 * Spring Street
 * Northwestern corner of Charlton Street and Sixth Avenue
 * Southeastern corner of Prince Street and MacDougal Street

Entrances

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

Closed areas

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Turnstiles

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

Token Booths

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Rare subway signs

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Provisions

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