South Ferry/Whitehall Street station
The South Ferry/Whitehall Street station is a New York City Subway station complex in the Financial District neighborhood of Manhattan, under Battery Park. The complex is shared by the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and the BMT Broadway Line. It is served by the 1 and R trains at all times, the W train only on weekdays during the day, and the N train at night.
For the former IRT elevated station, see South Ferry (IRT elevated station).
South Ferry/Whitehall Street 
South Street & Whitehall Street
New York, NY
March 16, 2009
Partially ADA-accessible (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platform only)
5,995,305[2] 
16.4%
33 out of 423[2]
The complex originally consisted of three separate stations. In 1905, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) opened a balloon loop at South Ferry, serving the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue and IRT Lexington Avenue Lines. The Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) opened its station at Whitehall Street in 1918. The same year, the IRT opened a second loop for the IRT Lexington Avenue Line on the inside of the existing loop; the two loop stations were not connected to each other nor to the BMT station. Despite their proximity, the stations remained separate for 91 years.
In the early 2000s, as part of the recovery effort from the September 11, 2001, attacks, a new South Ferry terminal for the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line was proposed. That station opened in 2009, replacing the loop station and providing a connection between the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line's 1 train and the Broadway Line's N, R, and W trains. The new terminal for the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line was severely damaged during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and the MTA temporarily re-opened the loop station between 2013 and 2017, adding a temporary connection between the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line's loop and the BMT Broadway Line's platforms. The newer terminal reopened in June 2017 following extensive renovations and waterproofing work.
This station complex is the third on the site to bear the name South Ferry. The first was an elevated station located nearby, which was open from 1877 to 1950 and served the former IRT Ninth, Sixth, Third, and Second Avenue elevated lines. The second was the old South Ferry loop station, located above the existing station complex.
South Ferry
None (abandoned)
Underground
originally 2 side platforms, the inner platform is walled off
- July 19, 1905 (outer loop)
- July 1, 1918 (inner loop)
- September 15, 2002 (outer loop, first reopening)
- April 4, 2013 (outer loop, second reopening)
- February 13, 1977 (inner loop)
- September 11, 2001 (outer loop, first closure)
- March 16, 2009 (outer loop, second closure)
- June 27, 2017 (outer loop, third closure)
Rector Street (Broadway–7th Ave)
Bowling Green (Lexington Ave)
(Terminal)
1 
(all times)
Underground
2
March 16, 2009
October 28, 2012
June 27, 2017
N/A
Movable gap filler at station
Conductor controls the whole length of the curved platform using monitors
Passageway to BMT platforms as seen from end of loop platform
Whitehall Street–South Ferry
Underground
3
September 20, 1918
ADA-accessible to mezzanine only; platforms are not ADA-accessible
Yes
Whitehall Street
5,995,305[2] 16.4%
33 out of 423[2]