Canal Street (New York City Subway)

Canal Street is a New York City Subway station complex in the Manhattan neighborhoods of Chinatown and SoHo, shared by the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, the BMT Nassau Street Line, and the BMT Broadway Line. It is served by:

• 6, J, N and Q trains at all times
• R train at all times except late nights
• <6> train on weekdays in the peak direction
• Z train during rush hours in the peak direction
• 4 train during late nights

Layout

The complex consists of four originally separate stations joined by underground passageways. Three of the four are perpendicular to Canal Street, crossing at Broadway (Broadway Main Line), Lafayette Street (Lexington Avenue Line) and Centre Street (Nassau Street Line). The Broadway Manhattan Bridge Line platforms are directly underneath Canal Street itself. The Bridge Line platforms serve as the transfer passageway between all other lines. After leaving Canal Street, the Manhattan Bridge line makes a hard right onto Broadway.

History

This complex was fully renovated between 1999 and 2004. The Broadway Main Line station was restored to its original look with new mosaics featuring Chinese characters, reflecting the station's location in Chinatown. The symbols on the red wall plaques mean "money" and "luck" and the "Canal Street" name tablet has ideographs that read "China" and "Town." During the most recent renovation in the 1990s, the original mosaics were uncovered but then either...
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