14th Street–Union Square station
The 14th Street–Union Square station is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Broadway Line, the BMT Canarsie Line and the IRT Lexington Avenue Line. It is located at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and 14th Street, underneath Union Square Park in Manhattan. The complex is near the border of several neighborhoods, including the East Village to the southeast, Greenwich Village to the south and southwest, Chelsea to the northwest, and both the Flatiron District and Gramercy Park to the north and northeast. The 14th Street–Union Square station is served by the 4, 6, L, N, and Q trains at all times; the 5 and R trains at all times except late nights; the W train on weekdays; and <6> train weekdays in the peak direction.
For other uses, see 14th Street.
14 Street–Union Square 
East 14th Street, Park Avenue South & Broadway
New York, NY
Underground
3
July 1, 1948[2]
Partially ADA-accessible (BMT Broadway Line & BMT Canarsie Line platforms only)
21,527,757[3] 
20.9%
4 out of 423[3]
New York City Subway System MPS
July 6, 2005
The Lexington Avenue Line platforms were built for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) as an express station on the city's first subway line, which was approved in 1900. The station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway. As part of the Dual Contracts, the Broadway Line platforms opened in 1917 and the Canarsie Line platform opened in 1924. Several modifications have been made to the stations over the years, and they were combined on July 1, 1948. The complex was renovated in the 1990s and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The Lexington Avenue Line station has two abandoned side platforms, two island platforms, and four tracks, while the parallel Broadway Line station has two island platforms and four tracks. The Canarsie Line station, crossing under both of the other stations, has one island platform and two tracks. Numerous elevators make most of the complex, except for the Lexington Avenue Line station, compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). In 2019, over 32 million passengers entered this station, making it the fourth-busiest station in the system.
14 Street–Union Square
2 island platforms (in service)
cross-platform interchange
2 side platforms (abandoned)
4
October 27, 1904[12]
ADA-accessible to mezzanine only; platforms are not ADA-accessible
Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Yes
4
September 4, 1917[47]
ADA-accessible (Transfer to IRT Lexington Avenue Line platforms not accessible)
Yes
L 
(all times)
2
June 30, 1924
ADA-accessible (transfer to IRT Lexington Avenue Line platforms not accessible)
Yes
14 Street–Union Square
Ridership[edit]
The 14th Street–Union Square station has historically ranked among the New York City Subway's busiest stations.[184] Although the station had only 14 million passengers in 1913,[185] this had increased to 40 million passengers per year in 1925 shortly after the opening of the Canarsie Line platform.[186] By the early 1930s, the complex recorded 52 million annual passengers.[79] The number of passengers entering the 14th Street–Union Square station annually declined over the years, from 22.702 million in 1963 to 17.168 million in 1973.[187]
By 2011, the Union Square station was the fourth-busiest in the system, behind the Times Square, Grand Central, and Herald Square stations;[184] at the time, an average of 107,352 riders entered the station every weekday.[188] In 2019, the station had 32,385,260 boardings, making it the fourth-most-used station in the 423-station system. This amounted to an average of 101,832 passengers per weekday.[189] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, ridership dropped drastically in 2020, with only 10,830,712 passengers entering the station that year. However, it remained the system's fourth most-used station.[190][191]
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