{"id":9078,"date":"2015-07-18T13:19:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T18:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/?p=9078"},"modified":"2015-07-18T13:19:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T18:19:23","slug":"nyc-subway-bleecker-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/18\/nyc-subway-bleecker-street\/","title":{"rendered":"nyc subway | bleecker street"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Bleecker street station used to be a standalone station, but relatively recently it underwent a fairly massive reconstruction in order to connect it properly to the Broadway-Lafayette complex, allowing transfers in both directions to the IND B\/D\/F\/M lines.  The construction of this transfer point was also cause to install some modern artwork &#8211; namely the \u201cHive\u201d &#8211; a neon lighted honeycomb light structure above the new escalators that allow people to transfer from one platform to the other.  <\/p>\n<p>The Bleecker street platform itself is fairly classic &#8211; with some of the more beautiful original terra cotta detailing (some of which is often featured in advertising, television and movies, both because it is quite pretty and because it is a signifier of a classically \u201chip\u201d part of New York City).  According to Wikipedia, there were other more traditional station name <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bleecker_Street_\/_Broadway_\u2013_Lafayette_Street_(New_York_City_Subway)#\/media\/File:Bleecker_Street_IRT_004.jpg\">tile mosaics<\/a> (similar to other IRT line stations), but these have been removed.  I don\u2019t know if there\u2019s a plan to reinstall them or if this is a permanent removal.  <\/p>\n<p>Station opened: October 27, 1904<br \/>\nOriginal system: IRT<br \/>\nTrains: 6<br \/>\nSource\/More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bleecker_Street_\/_Broadway_\u2013_Lafayette_Street_(New_York_City_Subway)#IRT_Lexington_Avenue_Line_platforms\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8893-930x623.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.07.18.bleecker]\" title=\"nyc subway | bleecker street | platform\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8893t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8894-930x623.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.07.18.bleecker]\" title=\"nyc subway | bleecker street | terra cotta and mosaic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8894t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8898-930x623.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.07.18.bleecker]\" title=\"nyc subway | bleecker street | terra cotta closeup\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8898t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8900-623x930.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.07.18.bleecker]\" title=\"nyc subway | bleecker street | large terra cotta sign\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8900t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8901-930x623.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.07.18.bleecker]\" title=\"nyc subway | bleecker street | large terra cotta sign\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8901t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8903-930x623.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.07.18.bleecker]\" title=\"nyc subway | bleecker street | cross platform view\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8903t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8907-930x623.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.07.18.bleecker]\" title=\"nyc subway | bleecker street | transfer point and the hive\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8907t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8909-930x623.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2015.07.18.bleecker]\" title=\"nyc subway | bleecker street | closeup of the hive\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_8909t.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bleecker street station used to be a standalone station, but relatively recently it underwent a fairly massive reconstruction in order to connect it properly to the Broadway-Lafayette complex, allowing transfers in both directions to the IND B\/D\/F\/M lines. 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