⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking NYC: Broadway-Lafayette / Bleecker Street subway station

February 11, 2023 - 1:30 PM
Walkthrough of the Broadway-Lafayette/Bleecker Street subway station complex serving the B, D, F, M, and 6 trains, entering at Broadway and Houston Street and ending at the uptown 6 train platform.
Downtown 6 platform - 2:25
Downtown B/D/F/M platform - 3:06
"Hive" by Leo Villareal, at the Uptown 6 platform - 4:01
From Wikipedia:
The Broadway-Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street station is a New York City Subway station complex in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the IND Sixth Avenue Line. It is served by the 6, D, and F trains at all times; the B and M trains on weekdays; the 6 and F trains during rush hours in the peak direction; and the 4 train during late nights.
The complex comprises two stations, Bleecker Street and Broadway-Lafayette Street. The Bleecker Street station was built for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), and was a local station on the city's first subway line, which was approved in 1900. The station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway. The Broadway-Lafayette Street station was built as an express station for the Independent Subway System (IND) and opened on January 1, 1936.
The Bleecker Street station has two side platforms and four tracks; express trains use the inner two tracks to bypass the station. The Broadway-Lafayette Street station has two island platforms and four tracks. The transfer between the downtown IRT platform and the IND platform has been within fare control since May 19, 1957, and the corresponding free transfer from the uptown IRT platform to the rest of the station opened on September 25, 2012. The station complex contains elevators, which make it compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The original portion of the Bleecker Street station's interior is a New York City designated landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.