Wall Street is a station

Metro station

A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

 on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway

New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit...

, located at the intersection of Wall Street

Wall Street

Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...

 and William Street in the Financial District

Financial District, Manhattan

The Financial District of New York City is a neighborhood on the southernmost section of the borough of Manhattan which comprises the offices and headquarters of many of the city's major financial institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York...

 of Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

. It is served by the 2

2 (New York City Subway service)

The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red on station signs, route signs, and the official subway map, since it uses the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line through most of Manhattan....

and 3

3 (New York City Subway service)

The 3 Seventh Avenue Express is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red on station signs, route signs and the official subway map, since it uses the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line through most of Manhattan....

trains, the latter of which does not stop here during late night hours.

Description

This underground station, opened on August 1, 1918, is the southernmost in Manhattan on the Brooklyn Branch of the Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line. South of here, the line travels under the East River

East River

The East River is a tidal strait in New York City. It connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island from the island of Manhattan and the Bronx on the North American mainland...

 via the Clark Street Tunnel

Clark Street Tunnel

The Clark Street Tunnel carries the trains of the New York City Subway under the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. It was opened for revenue service on Tuesday, April 15, 1919, relieving crowding on the Joralemon Street Tunnel and providing passengers with a direct route...

 to Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn

Brooklyn Heights is a culturally diverse neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Originally referred to as 'Brooklyn Village', it has been a prominent area of Brooklyn since 1834. As of 2000, Brooklyn Heights sustained a population of 22,594 people. The neighborhood is part of...

. The single island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

 is between the two tracks, and very narrow compared to other stations in system. It has blue I-beam columns and dark blue floors tiles. The walls by the tracks have small "W" tablets on a mosaic trim except at the north end, where they have "WALL ST" written in black letters on white tablets over a green trim line. This is where the platform was extended in the 1950s.

There is a narrow full length mezzanine

Mezzanine (architecture)

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 above the platform that has mosaics pointing to and connecting all four station entrances.

Entrances/Exits

This station has four entrances/exits:

• The first exit is at the northern end of the station. It has a customer assistance booth with a bank of turnstile
  Turnstile
  A turnstile, also called a baffle gate, is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. It can also be made so as to enforce one-way traffic of people, and in addition, it can restrict passage only to people who insert a coin, a ticket, a pass, or similar...
  
  s and long passageway to a set of doors, where a short staircases goes up to the front entrance of One Chase Manhattan Plaza
  One Chase Manhattan Plaza
  One Chase Manhattan Plaza is a banking skyscraper located in the downtown Manhattan Financial District of New York City, between Pine, Liberty, Nassau, and William Streets. Construction on the building was completed in 1961...
  
  . Though signs at this entrance/exit say it leads to Cedar and William Streets, which are right outside the building, it does not go to the actual streets and the building entrance has no signs informing people that there is a subway entrance inside. This entrance is only open on weekdays.
• The second exit, also open weekdays only, contains a bank of turnstiles, an unused token booth, and a passageway to a spiral staircase that leads to Pine Street outside 60 Wall Street
  60 Wall Street
  60 Wall Street is a 55-story skyscraper in Lower Manhattan, which currently serves as the American headquarters of Deutsche Bank.- History :Built between 1987 and 1989 as the headquarters for J.P. Morgan & Co...
  
  . The passageway has an artwork called Subway Wall by Harry Roseman made in 1990 and installed after a 1993 station renovation. This exit also has a set of doors to two escalators and a double-wide staircase that go up to the public atrium lobby of 60 Wall Street. This entrance has two red globes and overhead signs, giving the impression of an outdoor station entrance built in the lobby.
• The third exit was the first to open to the station and is staffed full time. It has a bank of turnstiles and staircases to the northeast and northwest corners of William and Wall Streets. The entrance at the northeast corner is made of ornate medal and has a sign reading "Interborough Rapid Transit Co-to All Trains."
• The last exit is at the south end of the station. A single double-wide staircase from the platform leads to two HEET turnstiles and two regular turnstiles. Staircases lead to the both southern corners of William Streets. This exit, though open at all times, is unstaffed as there is no token booth.

External links

• nycsubway.org — Subway Wall Artwork by Harry Roseman (1990)
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• Station Reporter — 3 Train
• TheSubwayNut Pictures - Wall Street (2,3)
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Wall Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)
• Wall Street and William Street entrance from Google Maps Street View