14th Street station (PATH)

For other uses, see 14th Street.

14th Street station is a station on the PATH system. Located at the intersection of 14th Street and Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, it is served by the Hoboken–33rd Street and Journal Square–33rd Street lines on weekdays, and by the Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken) line on weekends.

14th Street
PATH rapid transit station
The ornate station pillars at 14th Street station
General information
Location	14th Street and Sixth Avenue Manhattan, New York
Coordinates	40.737393°N 73.996862°W / 40.737393; -73.996862
Owned by	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Line(s)	Uptown Hudson Tubes
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	New York City Subway: ​​ at 14th Street (7th Avenue) ​ at 14th Street (6th Avenue) at Sixth Avenue NYCT Bus: M7, M14 SBS, M55
Construction
Accessible	No
History
Opened	February 25, 1908 (February 25, 1908)[1]
Passengers
2018	2,700,912[2]  5.5%
Rank	9 of 13
Services
Preceding station PATH Following station Weekdays Ninth Street toward Hoboken HOB–33 23rd Street toward 33rd Street Ninth Street toward Journal Square JSQ–33 Weeknights, Weekends, Holidays Ninth Street toward Journal Square JSQ–33 (via HOB) 23rd Street toward 33rd Street
Former services Preceding station Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Following station Ninth Street toward Summit Avenue Summit Avenue–33rd Street 19th Street toward Hudson Terminal
Track layout Legend PATH to 23rd Street Sixth Ave Line to 23rd Street 14th Street (NYCS) 14th Street (PATH) Sixth Ave Line to W Fourth St PATH to Ninth Street
Location

History

The original station, opened on February 25, 1908,^[1] was modified slightly as a result of the building of the Sixth Avenue Line. The platforms were extended to the south, and the northern ends were closed. This allowed the downtown platform to share a street entrance with the downtown IND subway.

The southbound platform was renovated in 1986.^[3]

Station layout

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent
Platform level	Northbound local	← toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street ([[{{{prev}}} ({{{line}}})|{{{prev}}}]])
	Island platform
	Northbound express	← toward Wakefield–241st Street ([[{{{prev}}} ({{{line}}})|{{{prev}}}]]) ← toward Harlem–148th Street ([[{{{prev}}} ({{{line}}})|{{{prev}}}]])
	Southbound express	→ toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College ([[{{{prev}}} ({{{line}}})|{{{prev}}}]]) → → toward New Lots Avenue ([[{{{prev}}} ({{{line}}})|{{{prev}}}]]) →
	Island platform
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry ([[{{{prev}}} ({{{line}}})|{{{prev}}}]]) →
B2 Sixth Avenue and PATH platforms	Northbound local	← toward Jamaica–179th Street (23rd Street) ← toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue weekdays (23rd Street)
	Side platform
	Side platform
	Northbound	←      HOB–33 weekdays toward 33rd Street (23rd Street) ←           JSQ–33 (via HOB weekends) toward 33rd Street (23rd Street)
	Southbound	→      HOB–33 weekdays toward Hoboken (Ninth Street) → →           JSQ–33 (via HOB weekends) toward Journal Square (Ninth Street) →
	Side platform
	Side platform
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (West Fourth Street–Washington Square) → → weekdays toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (West Fourth Street–Washington Square) →
B3 Canarsie platform	Westbound	← toward Eighth Avenue (Terminus)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→ toward Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (Union Square) →
B4	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →

This PATH station consists of two side platforms, which are not connected by a crossover or crossunder. The southbound platform shares a mezzanine area with the IND Sixth Avenue Line's station at 14th Street, which the PATH station is located in between, but the northbound platform exits directly to the street.^[4] The tracks of the PATH station are located above the Sixth Avenue Line's express tracks, which the tunnels for were dug using the "deep-bore" tunneling method in the mid-1960s, and are not visible from the platforms. The deep-bore tunnel's round shape becomes square below this station and at 23rd Street, where provisions exist for lower level platforms. There is no free transfer between either platform, nor to any of the other stations in the 14th Street/Sixth Avenue station complex.

19th Street station

North of the 14th Street station is the abandoned 19th Street station,^[5] which was the original northern terminus of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad. It opened on February 25, 1908,^[1] and closed on August 1, 1954.^[6] It is now used for storing mechanical equipment and is still visible from trains travelling between 14th Street and 23rd Street.

Subway connections

Direct New York City Subway connections include:

• 14th Street on the IND Sixth Avenue Line (F, <F>, and ​M trains)
• 14th Street on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line (1, ​2, and ​3 trains) via a block-long passageway
• Sixth Avenue on the BMT Canarsie Line (L train)

Passengers traveling from New Jersey must exit to street level, enter a nearby subway entrance, and descend to a separate subway mezzanine in order to access the IND station complex.

The entrances for New Jersey-bound PATH commuters are on the southwest and northwest corners of 6th Avenue and 14th Street. The entrance for 33rd Street-bound PATH commuters is on the east side of 6th Avenue, midblock between 13th and 14th Streets. The New School and Union Square are nearby.^[7]

References

1. "Trolley Tunnel Open to New Jersey". The New York Times. February 26, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved July 20, 2016. The natural barrier which has separated New York from New Jersey since those States came into existence was, figuratively speaking, wiped away at 3:40½ o'clock yesterday afternoon when the first of the two twin tubes of the McAdoo tunnel system was formally opened, thus linking Manhattan with Hoboken, and establishing a rapid transit service beneath the Hudson River.
2. "PATH Ridership Report". Port Authority NY NJ. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
3. Anderson, Susan Heller; Dunlap, David W. (1986-05-27). "NEW YORK DAY BY DAY; PATH Recalls Early Years". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
4. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
5. "The PATH Turns 100". The New York Times. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
6. "The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad – Celebrating 100 Years of Service to the NY/NJ Metropolitan Region". Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. Retrieved 2009-08-16.^{[dead link]}
7. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Union Square / Gramercy Park" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

External links

• PATH – 14th Street Station Archived 2018-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
• 14th Street southbound entrance (shared with NYCS) from Google Maps Street View
• 14th Street northbound entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View