Houston Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

Houston Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
300px Uptown platform
Station statistics
Address	West Houston Street & Varick Street New York, NY 10014
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Greenwich Village, West Village
Coordinates
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)       2  (late nights)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M20, M21
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1918 (1918-07-01)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	4,377,409  4.1%
Rank	110
Station succession
Next north	Christopher Street – Sheridan Square: 1  2
Next south	Canal Street: 1  2
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only
Location

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.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd Street ( toward 241st Street late nights) (Christopher Street – Sheridan Square)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry ( toward Brooklyn College late nights) (Canal Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

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Name Tablet and trim line

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Directional and trim line tablets

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.

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 end. 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.

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.

External links

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Stairs

• nycsubway.org—IRT West Side Line: Houston Street
• nycsubway.org — Platform Diving Artwork by Deborah Brown (1994)
• Station Reporter — 1 Train
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Houston Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)
• Houston Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• King Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View