96th Street subway station
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- 1904
The 96th Street station opens as one of the subway's original 28 stations
Work on this stretch of the West Side line, from 82nd to 104th Street, began on August 22, 1900, under a contract awarded to William Bradley. It opened on October 27, 1904, among the 28 stations that began the city's first subway. At the start it was the terminus for local trains, while express trains ran as locals on north to 145th Street.
“The 96th Street station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1979
The Warriors film stages a chase at 96th Street but shoots it elsewhere
The cult film The Warriors, released in 1979, includes a chase scene set at the 96th Street station. The scenes were not shot here: they were filmed on disused outer tracks at Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets in Brooklyn, and the exterior shots were taken at the 72nd Street station.
“The 96th Street station was the location of a chase scene in the 1979 cult film The Warriors, but the scenes were actually filmed…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2010
Bloemendaal, 180 stainless-steel flowers, is hung in the new station house
The station house in the Broadway median, between 95th and 96th Streets, holds Bloemendaal, an artwork by Antenna Design New York, the team of Masamichi Udagawa and Sigi Moeslinger. It consists of 180 polished stainless steel flowers linked in rows and hung from the steel beams. The title recalls the neighborhood's past as Bloomingdale, from a Dutch name meaning vale of flowers.
Source: mta.info
- 2024
Two 1 trains collide just north of the station and derail, with 24 reported hurt
Around 3 p.m. on January 4, 2024, two 1 trains collided at low speed near 96th Street and Broadway, and the MTA said both derailed. One carried about 300 passengers; the other was out of service after vandalism. The FDNY reported 24 people with non-life-threatening injuries, and the 1, 2 and 3 lines were suspended that night.
Source: cbsnews.com
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