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| name = 86 Street
| accessible = yes
| image = 86th Street Second Av. Subway Station Unveiled (31863534822).jpg
| image_caption = Platform level, with two specially designed [[R160 (New York City Subway car)|R160]] Q trains. On the beam above the stairs is the word "Excelsior", the [[Coat of arms of New York|New York state motto]], meaning "ever upward".
| address = 86th Street &amp; Second Avenue<br>New York, NY 10028
| borough = [[Manhattan]]
| locale = [[Upper East Side]], [[Yorkville, Manhattan|Yorkville]]
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| division = IND
| line = [[Second Avenue Subway|IND Second Avenue Line]]
| service = Second
| service_header = Second header
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| platforms = 1 [[island platform]]
| tracks = 2
| structure = Underground
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| code = 476
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The '''86th Street station''' is a [[metro station|station]] on the first phase of the [[Second Avenue Subway|Second Avenue Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. Located at the intersection of [[Second Avenue (Manhattan)|Second Avenue]] and [[86th Street (Manhattan)|86th Street]], in the [[Yorkville, Manhattan|Yorkville]] section of the [[Upper East Side]] in [[Manhattan]], it opened on January 1, 2017. The station is served by the [[Q (New York City Subway service)|Q]] train at all times, limited rush hour [[N (New York City Subway service)|N]] trains, and one northbound A.M. rush hour [[R (New York City Subway service)|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.<ref name="ridership"/>

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]].

==History==
[[File:86th St 2d Av ventilation structure cut jeh.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ancillary building]]
[[File:86 St 2 Av Jan 2017 27.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Vestibule for the two sets of escalator entrances at Entrance 2]]

=== Background ===
The Second Avenue Line was originally proposed in 1919 as part of a [[Proposed New York City Subway expansion (1929-1940)|massive expansion]] of what would become the [[Independent Subway System]] (IND).<ref name="nycsub 1972">{{cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Second_Avenue_Subway:_The_Line_That_Almost_Never_Was|title=www.nycsubway.org: Second Avenue Subway: The Line That Almost Never Was|year=1972|publisher=nycsubway.org|access-date=September 30, 2015}}</ref><ref name="raskin">{{Cite Routes Not Taken}}</ref>{{rp|203}}  Work on the line never commenced, as the [[Great Depression]] crushed the economy.<ref name="nycsubway.org">{{cite web|url=http://nycsubway.org/wiki/IND_Second_System_-_1929_Plan|title=IND Second System 1929 Plan|publisher=nycsubway.org|access-date=March 25, 2016}}</ref> Numerous [[history of the Second Avenue Subway#Initial planning|plans for the Second Avenue Subway]] appeared throughout the 20th century, but these were usually deferred due to lack of funds. In anticipation of the never-built new subway line, the [[IRT Second Avenue Line|Second]] and [[IRT Third Avenue Line|Third Avenue]] [[Elevated railway|elevated lines]] were demolished in 1942 and 1955, respectively.<ref name=":02">{{cite web|url=http://mta.info/planning/sas/sas_history_1.htm|title=Second Avenue Subway Project – History|date=October 19, 2002|access-date=February 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021019053707/http://mta.info/planning/sas/sas_history_1.htm|archive-date=October 19, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1955/05/13/80773167.pdf|title=Last Train Rumbles On Third Ave. 'El'; An Era Ends With Final Run of Third Avenue 'El' LAST TRAIN ROLLS ON THIRD AVE. 'EL'|work=The New York Times |access-date=August 23, 2016}}</ref> The Second Avenue Elevated had one station at [[86th Street (IRT Second Avenue Line)|86th Street and Second Avenue]]—right above the same intersection where the subway station is located<ref>See:

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=== Unrealized proposals ===
The [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] proposed a full-length [[Second Avenue Subway]] as part of its 1968 [[Program for Action]]. The line was to be built in two phases—the first phase from 126th to 34th Streets, the second phase from 34th to Whitehall Streets.<ref>{{Cite web|website=nycsubway.org|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/The_New_York_Transit_Authority_in_the_1970s|title= The New York Transit Authority in the 1970s|access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref><ref name="nycsubway.org 1971">{{cite web | url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Second_Avenue_Subway:_Route_132-A | title=Draft Environmental Statement, Second Avenue Subway, Route 132-A | work=Urban Mass Transportation Administration | publisher=nycsubway.org | date=August 1971 | access-date=May 22, 2014}}</ref> The line's planned stops in Manhattan, spaced farther apart than those on existing subway lines, proved controversial; the Second Avenue line was criticized as a "rich man's express, circumventing the [[Lower East Side]] with its complexes of high-rise low- and middle-income housing and slums in favor of a silk stocking route."<ref name="raskin" />{{rp|218}} There was to be a station at 86th Street, but the next station north would be at [[106th Street (Second Avenue Subway)|106th Street]]<ref name="raskin" />{{rp|218}} and the next station south would be at 57th Street.<ref name="MTA-FEIS-AppB">{{cite report|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_docs/feis/appendixb.pdf|title=Second Avenue Subway Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), May 2004 Appendix B Development of Alternatives|date=May 2004|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=August 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122065059/http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_docs/feis/appendixb.pdf|archive-date=November 22, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In a planning report, a possible 86th Street station had already been confirmed.<ref name=":33">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/28/archives/2d-avenue-subway-to-get-just-3-stops-north-of-57th-transit.html|title=2d Avenue Subway to Get Just 3 Stops North of 57th|last=Moran|first=Nancy|date=August 28, 1970|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=December 25, 2016|via=New York Times Archives}}</ref>

All Second Avenue Subway stations built under the Program for Action would have included escalators, high intensity lighting, improved audio systems, platform edge strips, and non-slip floors to accommodate the needs of the elderly and people with disabilities, but no elevators. Space at each station would have been used for ancillary facilities.<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 16, 1973|title=Notice of Public Hearing Southern Extension of the Second Avenue Line for the New York City Transit System|work=New York Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26070094/daily_news/|access-date=December 8, 2018}}</ref> The stations were to be made with brick walls and [[Pavers (flooring)|pavers]] alongside stainless steel, and would have relatively small dimensions, with {{Convert|10|ft||abbr=|adj=on}} mezzanine ceilings. Gruzen & Partners received a contract for the design of the 86th Street station.<ref>{{cite New York 1960}}</ref>{{rp|110}}

A combination of Federal and State funding was obtained, and despite the controversy over the number of stops and route, a groundbreaking ceremony was held on October 27, 1972 at Second Avenue and 103rd Street.<ref name="MTA-FEIS-AppB" /><ref>[http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Second_Avenue_Subway:_Timeline "Second Avenue Subway: Timeline"]. nycsubway.org. Retrieved April 7, 2014.</ref><ref name="mtasas3">{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/capconstr/sas/background.html|title=Second Avenue Subway - History|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408220035/http://web.mta.info/capconstr/sas/background.html|archive-date=April 8, 2014|access-date=April 7, 2014}}</ref> Although work on the 86th Street station never commenced, three short segments of tunnel in [[East Harlem]] and [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Chinatown]] were built.<ref name="nymag 20090724">{{cite magazine|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2009/07/the_tortured_history_of_the_se.html|title=The Long, Tortured History of the Second Avenue Subway|last=Jewler|first=Sam|date=July 24, 2004|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=August 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SiM3AQAAMAAJ&q=route+132-b+second+avenue&pg=PA34|title=Manhattan East Side Transit Alternatives Study (MESA): Environmental Impact Statement|date=1999|language=en}}</ref>{{Rp|9D-24}} However, the city soon experienced its most dire [[New York City 1970s fiscal crisis|fiscal crisis]] yet, due to the stagnant economy of the early 1970s, combined with the [[White flight|massive outflow of city residents to the suburbs]], and in September 1975, construction on the line stopped, and the tunnels were sealed.<ref name="mtasas3"/><ref name="nyt 19750926">{{cite news|last=Burks|first=Edward C.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/26/archives/work-is-stopped-on-subway-line-city-lacks-funds-to-finish-part-of.html|title=Work is Stopped on Subway Line; City Lacks Funds to Finish Part of 2d Ave. Project|date=September 26, 1975|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=October 4, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727115426/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/26/archives/work-is-stopped-on-subway-line-city-lacks-funds-to-finish-part-of.html|archive-date=July 27, 2018|page=41}}</ref>

In 1999, the [[Regional Plan Association]] considered [[Proposed expansion of the New York City Subway#1998–99|a full-length Second Avenue Subway]], which include 86th Street as one of its planned 31 stations. The main station entrance would be at 86th Street to the north, with additional exits between 86th and 82nd Streets to the south.<ref>[http://www.rpa.org/pdf/metrolink.pdf Metrolink] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802231532/http://www.rpa.org/pdf/metrolink.pdf |date=August 2, 2010 }}, p.20</ref>

=== Construction ===
[[File:Second Avenue Subway (10671867485).jpg|thumb|270px|left|Tunnel portal at edge of station cavern]]

In March 2007, plans for the [[construction of the Second Avenue Subway]] were revived.<ref name="TunnelBegin" /><ref name="Neuman">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/nyregion/09subway.html|title=Is That Finally the Sound of a 2nd Ave. Subway?|last=Neuman|first=William|date=April 9, 2007|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/news/2011/02/04/excavation-west-tunnel-second-avenue-subway-complete|title=Excavation of West Tunnel for Second Avenue Subway Complete|date=February 4, 2011|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=October 26, 2016|archive-date=October 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027192009/http://www.mta.info/news/2011/02/04/excavation-west-tunnel-second-avenue-subway-complete|url-status=dead}}</ref> The line's first phase, the "first major expansion" to the New York City Subway in more than a half-century,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.amny.com/transit/the-second-avenue-subway-explained-1.11244882|title=The Second Avenue subway explained|newspaper=am New York|access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref> included three stations in total (at 72nd, 86th, and 96th Streets), which collectively cost $4.45 to $4.5 billion.<ref>*{{cite web|url=http://www.rew-online.com/2014/05/14/light-at-end-of-tunnel-for-second-ave-subway/|title=Real Estate Weekly » Blog Archive » Light at end of tunnel for Second Ave. subway|last=Putzier|first=Konrad|date=May 14, 2014|publisher=Rew-online.com|access-date=June 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907034400/http://rew-online.com/2014/05/14/light-at-end-of-tunnel-for-second-ave-subway/|archive-date=September 7, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.masstransitmag.com/article/12227191/project-update-second-avenue-subway|title=Project Update: Second Avenue Subway|date=August 15, 2016|website=Mass Transit|access-date=October 27, 2016}}
</ref><ref name="CBS News 20152">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/drones-exclusive-look-at-new-york-city-second-avenue-subway-line/|title=Drone takes tour of NYC's 2nd Avenue subway line|date=September 16, 2015|website=CBS News|access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref> Its construction site was designated as being from 105th Street and Second Avenue to 63rd Street and Third Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyork.com/articles/real-estate/updates-on-nycs-biggest-subway-projects-second-avenue-and-east-side-access-59421/ |title=Updates on NYC's Biggest Subway Projects: Second Avenue and East Side Access |last=Nonko |first=Emily |date=January 30, 2014 |publisher=NewYork.com |access-date=June 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517132213/http://www.newyork.com/articles/real-estate/updates-on-nycs-biggest-subway-projects-second-avenue-and-east-side-access-59421/ |archive-date=May 17, 2014 }}</ref> The MTA awarded a $337 million contract—one that included constructing the tunnels between 92nd and 63rd Streets, building a launch box for the [[tunnel boring machine]] (TBM) at 92nd to 95th Streets, and erecting access shafts at 69th and 72nd Streets—to Schiavone Construction, [[Skanska|Skanska USA Civil]], and J.F. Shea Construction.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=NY Construction|url=http://newyork.construction.com/projects/topprojects06-07/tpstart1-5.pdf |title=Top Projects|date=February 8, 2017 |page=1}}</ref> The line's construction commenced on April 15, 2007,<ref name="TunnelBegin" /><ref name="Neuman" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/news/2011/02/04/excavation-west-tunnel-second-avenue-subway-complete|title=Excavation of West Tunnel for Second Avenue Subway Complete|date=February 4, 2011|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=June 28, 2011|archive-date=October 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027192009/http://www.mta.info/news/2011/02/04/excavation-west-tunnel-second-avenue-subway-complete|url-status=dead}}</ref> though planning for the station was finalized in June 2007,<ref>{{cite web |last=Rubinstein |first=Dana |url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2013/10/8533946/where-second-avenue-subway-going |title=Where is the Second Avenue Subway going? |publisher=Capital New York |date=October 23, 2013 |access-date=May 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322132244/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/politics/2013/10/8533946/where-second-avenue-subway-going |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> when the station entrances' locations were confirmed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_docs/070626_CB8_86thSt_final.pdf|title=86th Street Station Entrance at 86th Street|date=June 26, 2007|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref>

On September 15, 2011, the contract for building the station was awarded to the joint venture of [[Skanska USA]] and Traylor Bros Inc.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mta.info/news/stories/?story=382|title=MTA Awards Contract to Build 2nd Ave Subway Station at 86th St.|date=September 15, 2011|work=MTA.info|access-date=September 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://secondavenuesagas.com/2011/09/15/skanksa-jv-set-to-build-second-avenues-86th-st-station/ |title=Skanksa JV set to build Second Avenue's 86th St. station :: Second Ave. Sagas |date=September 15, 2011 |publisher=Second Avenue Sagas |access-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Zimmer 2011">{{cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110915/upper-east-side/construction-start-on-second-avenue-subways-86th-street-station|title=Construction to Start on Second Avenue Subway's 86th Street Station|last=Zimmer|first=Amy|date=September 15, 2011|website=DNAinfo New York|access-date=December 19, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616051941/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110915/upper-east-side/construction-start-on-second-avenue-subways-86th-street-station|archive-date=June 16, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> {{As of|2013|1|17|df=us}}, the cavern stretching from 83rd to 87th Streets was 57% excavated.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|website=MTA.info|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_pdf/SAS%20Newsletter%20%20Feb%202013%2086th_Final.pdf |title=February 2013 Newsletter|date= February 2013}}</ref> By July 2013, construction of the station was 53% complete.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/video-construction-avenue-subway-86th-st-chugging-article-1.1396638 |title=VIDEO: Construction of Second Ave. subway at 86th St. chugging along in NYC |publisher=NY Daily News |date=July 11, 2013 |access-date=May 19, 2014 |archive-date=May 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519225103/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/video-construction-avenue-subway-86th-st-chugging-article-1.1396638 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The final blast for the 86th Street station was completed for an escalator cavern on November 22, 2013. Skanska/Traylor were still installing waterproofing and steel reinforcement, as well as putting concrete around the cavern, entrances, and ancillaries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mta.info/news-second-avenue-subway/2013/11/22/second-avenue-subway-reaches-major-milestones |title=MTA &#124; news &#124; Second Avenue Subway Reaches Major Milestones |publisher=MTA.info |access-date=May 19, 2014 |archive-date=May 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519183931/http://www.mta.info/news-second-avenue-subway/2013/11/22/second-avenue-subway-reaches-major-milestones |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{As of|2014|5}}, entrances 1 and 2 were being built, and excavation was 100% complete;<ref name="mta newsletter 201404" /> {{as of|2014|12|lc=yes}}, the station shell was complete, bringing the total Second Avenue Subway project progress to three-fourths completion.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20141218/BLOGS04/141219836/second-avenue-subways-first-phase-is-76-done | title=Second Avenue subway's first phase is 76% done | work=[[Crain's]] | date=December 18, 2014 | access-date=December 19, 2014 | author=Hawkins, Andrew J.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/12/18/second-avenue-subway-hits-key-milestone-with-completion-of-86th-street-station-shell/ | title=Second Avenue Subway Hits Key Milestone With Completion Of 86th Street Station Shell | work=[[CBS New York]] | date=December 18, 2014 | access-date=December 19, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/second-avenue-subway-station-shell-86th-street-complete | title=Second Avenue Subway Station Shell at 86th Street Complete | publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] | date=December 18, 2014 | access-date=October 27, 2016 | archive-date=October 27, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027124858/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/second-avenue-subway-station-shell-86th-street-complete | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The station was scheduled to be completed by May 16, 2016,<ref name="mta newsletter 201404">{{Cite web|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|website=MTA.info|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_pdf/SAS%20Newsletter%2086th-May_2014.pdf |title=May 2014 Newsletter|date=May 2014}}</ref> but the estimated completion date was pushed back to October 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|website=MTA.info|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_pdf/SAS%20Newsletter%2086th-Apr_2015.pdf |title=April 2015 Newsletter|date=April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|website=MTA.info|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/150323_1030_Transit_BUS.pdf#page=149|title=March 2015 report from Transit & Bus Committee|page=149|date=March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404014641/http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/150323_1030_Transit_BUS.pdf#page=149|archive-date=April 4, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In October 2016, concerns arose that the station might not open on time because workers had only installed 10 of the station's 13 escalators.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/27/nyregion/2-stations-on-new-2nd-avenue-line-may-not-be-ready-by-december.html|title=2 Stations on New 2nd Avenue Line May Not be Ready by December|last=Fitzsimmons|first=Emma G.|date=October 26, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 27, 2016}}</ref> However, the 86th Street station passed all required systems testing by December 18, 2016.<ref name=":0" /> The station opened on January 1, 2017.<ref name=":0">{{cite web | last=McCowan | first=Candace | title=Decades in the making, Second Avenue Subway set to open to the public | website=ABC7 New York | date=December 31, 2016 | url=http://abc7ny.com/news/decades-in-the-making-second-avenue-subway-set-to-open-to-the-public/1680811/| access-date=January 1, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Rivoli Sandoval Greene 2016">{{cite web | last1=Fitzsimmons | first1=Emma G. | last2=Wolfe | first2=Jonathan | title=Second Avenue Subway Opening: What to Know | website=The New York Times | date=January 1, 2017 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/nyregion/second-avenue-subway-opening-upper-east-side-manhattan.html | access-date=January 1, 2017}}</ref>

==Station layout==
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|style="width:100px; border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Street level
|style="width:500px; border-top:solid 1px gray; border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Exits/entrances
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; "|'''Basement 1'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; "|Upper landing
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; "|North entrance escalator landing
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''Basement 2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Lower Mezzanine
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines<br>{{NYCS Platform Layout access}}
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| rowspan="3" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;"|'''Basement 3'''<br>Platform level
|<span style=color:#{{rcr|NYCS|turquoise}}>'''Southbound'''</span>
|← {{rint|newyork|Q}} toward {{stl|NYCS|Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue}} via [[BMT Brighton Line|Brighton]]  <small>({{stl|NYCS|72nd Street|Second}})</small><br>← {{rint|newyork|N}} toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via [[BMT Sea Beach Line|Sea Beach]] (select rush hour trips) <small>(72nd Street)</small>
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|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Island platform]], doors will open on the left {{access icon}}</small>
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|<span style=color:#{{rcr|NYCS|turquoise}}>'''Northbound'''</span>
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|Q}} toward {{stl|NYCS|96th Street|Second}} <small>(Terminus)</small> →<br>{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|N}} toward 96th Street (select rush hour trips) <small>(Terminus)</small> →<br>{{0|→}} {{rint|newyork|R}} toward 96th Street (one AM rush hour trip) <small>(Terminus)</small> →
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[[File:86 St 2 Av Jan 2017 12.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Mezzanine]]
The 86th Street station is served by [[Q (New York City Subway service)|Q]] trains at all times, some [[N (New York City Subway service)|N]] trains during rush hours, and one northbound [[R (New York City Subway service)|R]] train during the AM rush hours.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://progressiveaction.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/sub-division-b-general-distribution-fall-2016-wp-book.pdf|title=SUB-DIVISION B TRAIN OPERATOR/CONDUCTOR ROAD & NON-ROAD WORK PROGRAMS IN EFFECT: NOVEMBER 6, 2016|date=July 29, 2016|website=progressiveaction.info|publisher=New York City Transit|access-date=August 19, 2016}}</ref> The station is between [[96th Street station (Second Avenue Subway)|96th Street]] to the north and [[72nd Street station (Second Avenue Subway)|72nd Street]] to the south.<ref name=submap>{{NYCS const|map}}</ref> It has two tracks and an [[island platform]].<ref name="TunnelBegin">{{cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/news/2010/05/14/tunneling-begins-under-second-avenue|title=Tunneling Begins Under Second Avenue|date=May 14, 2010|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=June 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606084216/http://mta.info/news/stories/?story=63|archive-date=June 6, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The station is built so that it is more wide open than most other underground stations in the system;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gizmodo.com/a-subterranean-stroll-through-nycs-newest-train-tunnel-1570826409 | title=A Subterranean Stroll Through NYC's Newest Train Tunnel | work=[[Gizmodo]] | date=May 2, 2014 | access-date=May 13, 2014 | author=Hession, Michael}}</ref> its architecture, along with two other Second Avenue Subway stations, was compared to a [[Washington Metro]] station by Michael Horodniceanu, President of [[MTA Capital Construction]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amny.com/transit/second-avenue-subway-progress-dec-2016-end-date-on-track-1.7892110|title=Second Avenue Subway progress: Dec. 2016 end date on track|work=AM New York|author=Rivoli, Dan|date=May 1, 2014|access-date=May 14, 2014}}</ref> The platform is 93 feet (28&nbsp;m) below ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_docs/SAS_March_2014_Public_Workshop_Follow-Up_Report.pdf#page=23|title=Second Avenue Subway March 2014 Public Workshop Follow-Up Report, page 23|author=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=April 21, 2016}}</ref> The platform for the 86th Street station, like the other [[Second Avenue Subway]] stations, is {{convert|27.8|ft|m}} wide.<ref name="curbed 201509212">{{cite web|url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/09/21/a_tour_of_nycs_newest_subway_station_with_its_architect.php|title=A Tour of NYC's Newest Subway Station With Its Architect|date=September 21, 2015|website=Curbed NY|access-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|publisher=[[MTA Capital Construction]]|website=apta.com|url=http://www.apta.com/mc/multimodal/previous/2010/Presentations/Planning-for-the-Second-Avenue-Subway-From-Dream-to.pdf|title=Second Avenue Subway — Past, Present & Future|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923172747/http://www.apta.com/mc/multimodal/previous/2010/Presentations/Planning-for-the-Second-Avenue-Subway-From-Dream-to.pdf|archive-date=September 23, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The station has air-cooling systems to make it at least {{convert|10|F-change|0}} cooler than other subway stations during the summer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/cooler-subways-coming-eventually-article-1.550619|title=Cooler Subways Coming Eventually|last=Donohue|first=Pete|date=August 4, 2006|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=December 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010000252/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2006/08/04/2006-08-04_cooler_subways_coming__eventually.html|archive-date=October 10, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> This requires the station to have large ventilation and ancillary buildings, rather than traditional subway grates.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/nyregion/second-ave-subway-line-wont-have-sidewalk-ventilation-grates.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1& | title=No Heel Hazards (or Gusts) as Subway Expands | work=New York Times | date=September 30, 2013 | access-date=May 5, 2014 | author=Roberts, Sam | location=New York}}</ref> The station is also compliant with current fire codes, whereas most existing stations are not.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ave-subway-line-construction-progressing-officials-article-1.1795916 | title=Second Avenue subway line construction is progressing: officials | work=[[Daily News (New York)|NY Daily News]] | date=May 16, 2014 | access-date=May 19, 2014 | author=Nolan, Caitlin}}</ref> Additionally, the station is waterproofed with concrete liners and fully drained.<ref name="smenet">{{Cite web|publisher=Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration|url=http://me.smenet.org/docs/Publications/ME/Issue/May%201_WebOnly.pdf |title=NEW YORK CITY—Second Avenue Subway: MTA's Second Avenue Station and Tunnels Project}}</ref> In early plans, the Second Avenue Subway was supposed to have [[platform screen doors]] to assist with air-cooling, energy savings, ventilation, and track safety,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/nyregion/05doors.html|title=2nd Ave. Subway Platforms May Get Glass Walls and Sliding Doors|last=Neuman|first=William|date=April 5, 2007|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=January 12, 2017}}</ref> but this plan was scrapped in 2012 as cost-prohibitive.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2012/12/no-seoul-style-platform-doors-for-new-york-subways-even-in-new-stations-000000|title=No Seoul-style platform doors for New York subways, even in new stations|work=Politico|date=December 7, 2012|first=Dana |last=Rubinstein}}</ref> According to an internal study prepared for the MTA in 2020, the 86th Street station could theoretically accommodate half-height platform edge doors. Full-height platform screen doors would be possible but would necessitate the installation of structural bracing and relocation of several mechanical systems.<ref name=MTA-PSD>{{Cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/73241|title=New York City Transit System-wide Platform Screen Door Feasibility Study Summary of Conclusions|date=February 2020|author=Stv Inc.|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|page=3388|access-date=January 28, 2022}}</ref>

===Artwork===

In 2009, [[MTA Arts & Design]] selected [[Chuck Close]] from a pool of 300 potential artists to create the artwork for the station.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/arts/design/second-avenue-subway-art.html|title=Art Underground: A First Look at the Second Avenue Subway|last=Kennedy|first=Randy|date=December 19, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=December 19, 2016}}</ref> His work consists of a series of twelve portraits of the city's cultural figures,<ref>{{cite web |author=Ben Yakas |url=http://gothamist.com/2014/01/22/heres_what_the_second_avenue_subway.php |title=Here's What The Second Avenue Subway Will Look Like When It's Filled With Art |publisher=Gothamist |date=January 22, 2014 |access-date=May 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330041727/http://gothamist.com/2014/01/22/heres_what_the_second_avenue_subway.php |archive-date=March 30, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> spread over {{convert|1000|sqft|m2}} of wall.<ref>{{cite web|first=Noreen |last=Malone |date=May 14, 2012|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/05/chuck-close-art-for-second-avenue-subway.html |title=Chuck Close Will Make the Second Avenue Subway Pretty|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://untappedcities.com/2014/01/22/subway-art-on-the-future-second-avenue-subway-line-revealed-nyc/ | title=Subway Art on the Future Second Avenue Subway Line Revealed | work=Untapped Cities | date=January 22, 2014 | access-date=May 19, 2014 | author=Mondkar, Bushan}}</ref> Each {{convert|10|ft|m|adj=mid|-high}} piece is made with tiles that are painted to create a mosaic-like effect.<ref name="Warerkar 2016">{{cite web | last=Warerkar | first=Tanay | title=Chuck Close will bring mosaic portraits to the Second Avenue Subway | website=Curbed NY | date=July 7, 2016 | url=http://ny.curbed.com/2016/7/7/12120358/chuck-close-second-avenue-subway-mosaic | access-date=December 19, 2016}}</ref> The pieces cost $1 million and were installed near the exits and in the mezzanines.<ref name="Warerkar 2016"/>
[[File:86 St 2 Av Jan 2017 11.jpg|thumb|''Subway Portraits'': Kara Walker]]
Close's portraits at the station, titled ''Subway Portraits'', fall into two main categories. The first category of portraits comprises artists whom Close is familiar with. The station contains portraits of composer [[Philip Glass]] in his youth; musician [[Lou Reed]]; photographer [[Cindy Sherman]]; painter [[Cecily Brown]]; artist [[Kara Walker]]; and painter [[Alex Katz]]. The second category is composed of portraits of younger, more ethnically diverse artists including [[Zhang Huan]], [[Sienna Shields]] and [[Pozsi B. Kolor]]. In these portraits, Close aimed to highlight the cultural diversity of New York City. He also has two self-portraits within the station.<ref name=":3" /><ref name="MTA Arts and Design 86">{{Cite web |title=MTA - Arts & Design {{!}} NYCT Permanent Art |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/aft/permanentart/permart.html?agency=nyct&line=Q&artist=1&station=2 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=web.mta.info}}</ref>

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===Exits and ancillary buildings===
[[File:86 St 2 Av Jan 2017 19.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Entrance 1 in building near 83rd Street]]
There are 3 entrances and exits, which comprise 10 escalators and one elevator.<ref name="mta presentation 201202">{{Cite web|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|website=MTA.info|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_pdf/SAS%2086th%20Newsletter%202012.02.pdf |title=Newsletter February 2012|date=February 2012}}</ref><ref name="MTAMaps-2017">{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/mn/M16_UpperEastSide2017Q.pdf|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Upper East Side|date=2016|website=mta.info|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Exit location<ref name="MTAMaps-2017"/>
! Exit Type
! Number of exits
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Entrance 1 <br> Within building at NE corner of Second Avenue and 83rd Street<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/2ndAve_Q/New_Q_service.html|title=Introducing the Second Avenue Subway Make Second Avenue Q subway service, your first choice|date=December 30, 2016|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref>
| Escalator
| 2 escalators
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Entrance 2<br>(2 entry points)<br>NE corner of Second Avenue and 86th Street<ref name=":4" />
| Escalator
| Each entry point has 2 escalators
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Entrance 2<br> SE corner of Second Avenue and 86th Street<ref name=":4" />
| Elevator {{access icon}}
| 1
|}

There are also two ancillary buildings that store station equipment:<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|website=MTA.info|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_pdf/CB8%20SAS%20Task%20Force%20meeting%202015July14_Final_sm.pdf#page=36|page=36|date=July 2015|title= July 2015 Task Force Presentation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|website=MTA.info|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_pdf/SAS%20Newsletter%2086th-August_2015.pdf |date=August 2015|title=August 2015 Newsletter}}</ref>
* Ancillary 1, NW corner of Second Avenue and 83rd Street
* Ancillary 2, NW corner of Second Avenue and 86th Street

[[File:86 St-2 Av entrance 2.jpg|thumb|left|250x250px|Entrance 2]]

Originally, Entrance 2's escalator entrance was to be located inside the Yorkshire Towers apartment building at 305 East 86th Street, on the northeast corner of Second Avenue and 86th Street. In 2009, a [[Finding Of No Significant Impact]] by the [[Federal Transit Administration]] (FTA) found this to be unfeasible, so the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (MTA) revised the plan to two separate sidewalk entrances in front of the building.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_docs/ea/FONSI%2010-29-09.pdf|title=Finding Of No Significant Impact (FONSI): Second Avenue Subway: 72nd Street and 86th Street Station Entrances|date=October 29, 2009|website=mta.info|publisher=[[United States Department of Transportation]]|access-date=December 19, 2016}}</ref>{{Rp|2}} During the planning process, it was determined that building a new entrance within the Yorkshire Towers would be too expensive and logistically unfeasible. The apartments directly above the entrance's location would have had to be structurally [[Underpinning|underpinned]] during construction, and the [[The Food Emporium|Food Emporium]] supermarket location would have had to close to make way for the new entrance.<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|4}} Of the three alternatives presented for moving the entrance, the MTA chose an alternative in which there would be two new escalator entrances on the north side of 86th Street, both flanking the semicircular driveway of Yorkshire Towers and facing away from the driveway. There was also a proposal to move the sidewalk escalator entrances to the south side of the street, as well as another proposal to build a new structure containing five elevators<!--not a typo--> at the southeast corner of Second Avenue and 86th Street, in a manner similar to Entrance 3 of the adjacent [[72nd Street (Second Avenue Subway)|72nd Street]] station.<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|5}}

Controversy emerged over Entrance 2's location in February 2011, when a lawsuit was filed by the Yorkshire Towers over the location of Entrance 2.<ref name="dnainfo 20110216">{{cite web |url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110216/upper-east-side/upper-east-side-building-sues-mta-over-planned-subway-entrances |title=Upper East Side Building Sues MTA Over Planned Subway Entrances |publisher=DNA Info |date=February 17, 2011 |access-date=May 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519192839/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20110216/upper-east-side/upper-east-side-building-sues-mta-over-planned-subway-entrances |archive-date=May 19, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andersonkill.com/news_article.asp?newsid=1187 |title=Owners and Tenants of Yorkshire Towers Sue to Relocate Planned 86th Street Entrances to Second Avenue Subway |work=Anderson Kill |date=February 17, 2011 |access-date=May 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519193321/http://www.andersonkill.com/news_article.asp?newsid=1187 |archive-date=May 19, 2014 |df=mdy }}</ref> The entrances, planned to service 3,600 people an hour, were alleged in the lawsuit to be destroying the [[quality of life]] for building tenants, if the entrances were to be built in the location.<ref name="dnainfo 20110216" /> The lawsuit was later dismissed because the suit had been filed two years after the FTA's FONSI was published, which was past the [[statute of limitations]].<ref name="Brown 2013" /> A new lawsuit was filed on March 15, 2013, after the MTA started construction on the entrances.<ref name="Brown 2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ues-residents-sue-mta-ave-subway-entrance-article-1.1298619|title=UES residents sue MTA over Second Ave Subway entrance|last=Brown|first=Stephen Rex|date=March 25, 2013|website=NY Daily News|access-date=December 19, 2016}}</ref> In June 2013, that lawsuit was also dismissed.<ref>{{cite court|litigants=Yorkshire Towers Company, L.P. ''et al.'', v. United States Department of Transportation, ''et al.''|pinpoint=11 Civ. 1058 (TPG) |court=[[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|S.D.N.Y.]]|date=December 1, 2011|url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2011cv01058/375295/66/0.pdf?1322836800|access-date=March 27, 2018}}</ref>

In May 2017, all three escalators in Entrance 1 were damaged by sprinklers activated by faulty sensors, causing the entire entrance to be temporarily closed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170516/yorkville/second-avenue-subway-83rd-street-entrance-exit-closed-escalator-repairs|title=2nd Ave. Subway's 83rd St. Entrance Closed Due to Broken Escalators|last=Weaver|first=Shaye|date=May 16, 2017|website=DNAinfo New York|access-date=May 17, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912052511/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170516/yorkville/second-avenue-subway-83rd-street-entrance-exit-closed-escalator-repairs|archive-date=September 12, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Effects==
Since 2013, construction of the station has caused the value of real estate in the area to rise.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/big-bucks-shops-ave-subway-line-article-1.1568653 |title=Shops along Second Ave. subway line construction sites want big bucks in 2014 |publisher=NY Daily News |date=January 7, 2014 |access-date=May 5, 2014 |archive-date=March 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316082737/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/big-bucks-shops-ave-subway-line-article-1.1568653 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/prices-rising-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/ | title=Upper East Side sees boost from Second Avenue subway progress | work=The Real Deal | date=March 1, 2014 | access-date=May 13, 2014 | author=Acitelli, Tom}}</ref> Although the surrounding area's real estate prices had been declining since the 1990s, there had been increases in the purchases and leases of residential units around the area, causing real estate prices to rise again.<ref>{{cite news | last=Hughes | first=C.J. | title=Yorkville Bets on the Second Avenue Subway | website=The New York Times | date=April 8, 2016 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/realestate/real-estate-developers-bet-on-the-second-avenue-subway.html | access-date=April 13, 2016}}</ref> Some businesses near the station's construction site had also lost profits.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/03/nyregion/promise-of-new-subways-has-west-siders-excited-and-east-siders-skeptical.html?_r=0 | title=Promise of New Subways Has West Siders Excited and East Siders Skeptical | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=October 2, 2014 | access-date=October 26, 2014 | author=Schlossberg, Tatiana}}</ref> With the opening of the new station, business owners hoped to see an increase in patronage.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://abc7ny.com/news/businesses-hope-for-boost-with-2nd-avenue-subway-launch/1665511/|title=Businesses hope for boost with 2nd Avenue subway launch|date=December 20, 2016|newspaper=ABC7 New York|language=en-US|access-date=December 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.amny.com/transit/second-avenue-subway-opening-excites-upper-east-side-restaurateurs-officials-1.12784408|title=UES community, officials excited for 2nd Ave. subway|last=Barone|first=Vincent|date=December 20, 2016|newspaper=am New York|access-date=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

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==Second Avenue Subway Community Information Center==
The Second Avenue Subway Community Information Center, which gave information about Phase I construction to community members, was located nearby, at 1628 Second Avenue between 84th and [[85th Street]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/cic_sas_alt.html |title=mta.info &#124; Capital Programs Second Avenue Subway |publisher=MTA.info |access-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref> It opened on July 25, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mta.info/news/2013/07/25/mta-opens-second-avenue-subway-community-information-center |title=MTA &#124; news &#124; MTA Opens Second Avenue Subway Community Information Center |publisher=MTA.info |date=July 25, 2013 |access-date=May 19, 2014 |archive-date=May 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519204533/http://www.mta.info/news/2013/07/25/mta-opens-second-avenue-subway-community-information-center |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130726/upper-east-side/mta-opens-second-avenue-subway-community-information-center |title=MTA Opens Second Avenue Subway Community Information Center |publisher=DNA Info |date=July 26, 2013 |access-date=May 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519205107/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130726/upper-east-side/mta-opens-second-avenue-subway-community-information-center |archive-date=May 19, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/07/25/mta-unveils-second-avenue-subway-information-center-on-upper-east-side/ |title=MTA Unveils Second Avenue Subway Information Center On Upper East Side|work= CBS New York |date=July 25, 2013 |access-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref> On May 23, 2014, a new exhibit about the construction techniques used to build the Second Avenue Subway, titled ''En Route: The Techniques and Technologies Used to Build the Second Avenue Subway'', was launched at the center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-second-avenue-subway-launches-new-exhibit-en-route-techniques-and|title=MTA Second Avenue Subway Launches New Exhibit: En Route: The Techniques and Technologies Used to Build the Second Avenue Subway|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|date=May 23, 2014|access-date=October 26, 2016|archive-date=October 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018092020/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-second-avenue-subway-launches-new-exhibit-en-route-techniques-and|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://architizer.com/blog/670-feet-under-the-second-avenue-subway-and-5-more-mega-projects/|title=670 Feet Under: The Second Avenue Subway and 5 More Mega-Projects – Architizer|work=Architizer|access-date=September 16, 2014}}</ref> Throughout the process of construction, the MTA also gave intermittent tours of the construction site to Upper East Side residents with reservations.<ref name="Kanno-Youngs 2016">{{cite web | last=Kanno-Youngs | first=Zolan | title=Sneaking a Peek at the Second Avenue Subway Line | website=WSJ | date=June 19, 2016 | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sneaking-a-peek-at-the-second-avenue-subway-line-1466385416 | access-date=June 20, 2016}}</ref> The center received over 20,000 visitors in three years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pix11.com/2017/04/24/information-center-opening-in-may-for-next-phase-of-second-avenue-subway/|title=Information center opening in May for next phase of Second Avenue Subway|date=April 25, 2017|website=New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV|access-date=April 25, 2017}}</ref> In 2017, the MTA opened a similar center outside the [[125th Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|125th Street station]] in East Harlem for Phase II.<ref>{{cite news|last=Martinez|first=Jose|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/transit/2017/09/22/new-center-gives-glimpse-of-second-avenue-subway-s-future|title=New center gives glimpse of Second Avenue Subway's future|date=September 22, 2017|work=Spectrum News - NY1|access-date=September 28, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923072307/http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/transit/2017/09/22/new-center-gives-glimpse-of-second-avenue-subway-s-future.html|archive-date=September 23, 2017}}</ref>

<gallery title="Community Information Center Exhibits" mode="packed" heights="140px">
Second Avenue Subway Community Information Center vc.jpg|Facade of Second Avenue Subway Community Information Center
Second Avenue Subway Community Center Exhibit (14097315349).jpg|Video exhibit
Second Avenue Subway Community Center Exhibit (14097317319).jpg|Sign exhibit
Second Avenue Subway Community Center Exhibit (14097317559).jpg|Subway car exhibit
Second Avenue Subway Community Center Exhibit (14097339128).jpg|Video exhibit
</gallery>

== Nearby places ==
* [[Carl Schurz Park]] and [[Gracie Mansion]]<ref name="neigh-map">{{Cite NYC neighborhood map|Yorkville}}</ref>
* [[Municipal Asphalt Plant]]<ref name=neigh-map/>

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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7760938,-73.9531324,3a,41.6y,101.87h,85.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTGcL9nZGCg0_eUmmShovvg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en 83rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7778693,-73.9516987,3a,75y,122.65h,87.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPxAjvoDcWeG0QgMNiBrXlg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en 86th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7780437,-73.9514919,3a,75y,52.22h,92.79t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-tXPnYPVP8HY%2FWGl93dlKFEI%2FAAAAAAAACqU%2Fz9EGRCW4vbgFs4vrluZFbUTYFgCnv8UTQCLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh6.googleusercontent.com%2F-tXPnYPVP8HY%2FWGl93dlKFEI%2FAAAAAAAACqU%2Fz9EGRCW4vbgFs4vrluZFbUTYFgCnv8UTQCLIB%2Fw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya146.35287-ro0-fo100%2F!7i8704!8i4352 Platform from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7793067,-73.9551639,3a,75y,198.67h,89.3t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-Ees3Q8uBsGU%2FWGl9WD_JlPI%2FAAAAAAAACqk%2FjU567PNUIOM5GRkoHJk9LlHTb8NDoK-HACLIB!2e4!6s%2F%2Flh6.googleusercontent.com%2F-Ees3Q8uBsGU%2FWGl9WD_JlPI%2FAAAAAAAACqk%2FjU567PNUIOM5GRkoHJk9LlHTb8NDoK-HACLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i8704!8i4352!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1 Mezzanine from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/collections/72157627663707214/ Second Avenue Subway 86th Street Construction Photos] – MTA's [[Flickr]] website

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