72nd Street (Second Avenue Subway)

72nd Street is a station on the first phase of the Second Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Second Avenue and 72nd Street on the Upper East Side, it opened on January 1, 2017, with the Q train providing full-time service, as well as some N service during rush hours. This is the southernmost station on the first phase of the Second Avenue Line; south of this station, the BMT 63rd Street Line diverges to the west, towards the Lexington Avenue–63rd Street station, and bellmouths exist for a future extension to Second Avenue–Houston Street and Hanover Square.Station layoutThe 72nd Street station is served by the Q train at all times, and some N trains during rush hours. It has two tracks and an island platform. The station is built so that it is more wide open than most other underground subway stations in the system, like other Second Avenue Subway stations but unlike existing New York City Subway stations. Due to its openness, the station was likened to a Washington Metro station by Dr. Michael Horodniceanu, President of MTA Capital Construction. The platform is approximately 99 feet (30 m) below ground, making it the deepest of the 3 stations built under phase 1. The platform for the 72nd Street station, like the other Second Avenue Subway stations, is 27.8ft wide.