86th Street station (Second Avenue Subway)

86 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform level, with two specially designed R160 Q trains. On the beam above the stairs is the word "Excelsior", the New York state motto, meaning "ever upward".
Station statistics
Address	86th Street & Second Avenue New York, NY
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Upper East Side, Yorkville
Coordinates	40°46′40.3″N 73°57′6.3″W / 40.777861°N 73.951750°W / 40.777861; -73.951750
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Second Avenue Line
Services	N  (limited rush hour service only) ​   Q  (all times) ​   R  (one weekday a.m. rush hour trip in the northbound direction only)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M15, M15 SBS, M86 SBS[2] NYC Ferry: Soundview route (at East 90th Street and East End Avenue)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	January 1, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01-01)[3][4]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	5,443,029[5]  11.5%
Rank	45 out of 423[5]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 96th Street N  ​Q  ​R  Terminus 72nd Street N  ​Q  toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to 96th Street to 72nd Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours only (limited service) Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service) Stops weekends and weekday evenings

The 86th Street station 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 86th Street, in the Yorkville section of the Upper East Side in Manhattan, it opened on January 1, 2017. The station is served by the Q train at all times, limited rush hour N trains, and one northbound A.M. rush hour R train. There are two tracks and an island platform.

The station was part of the original Second Avenue Subway as outlined in the Program for Action in 1968. Construction on that project started in 1972, but stalled in 1975 due to lack of funding. In 2007, a separate measure authorized a first phase of the Second Avenue Line to be built between 65th and 105th Streets, with stations at 72nd, 86th, and 96th Streets. The station opened on January 1, 2017, as an intermediate station along Phase 1. Since opening, the presence of the Second Avenue Subway's three Phase 1 stations has improved real estate prices along the corridor. The 86th Street station was used by approximately 8.4 million passengers in 2019.^[6]

The station, along with the other Phase 1 stations along the Second Avenue Subway, contains features not found in most New York City Subway stations. It is fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, containing two elevators for disabled access. Additionally, the station contains air conditioning and is waterproofed, a feature only found in newer stations. The artwork at 86th Street is Subway Portraits, a selection of twelve face portraits by painter Chuck Close.