Track map (closed platforms in pink)

Bowling Green is the southernmost Manhattan station on the Lexington Avenue services, located at Broadway and Battery Place (at the Bowling Green). It is also the south terminal for the 5 at all times other than late nights; the 5 turns around at the South Ferry inner loop. The station has two tracks, with center and east side platforms, as well as an abandoned west side platform, with a stub track to the west. The original configuration has only the island platform, which served the main line to Brooklyn in both directions, as well as trains heading to a loop at South Ferry (which was built as part of this line — the original Brooklyn IRT extension — and not for the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line of which it is now primarily a part). In 1909, after only four years of operation, it was determined that passenger loads to Brooklyn were too high, so the South Ferry loop service was truncated during rush hours to the Bowling Green-South Ferry Shuttle using a new western side platform (which is only about four cars long). The shuttle operation was discontinued in 1977 due to budget cuts, yet the platform and wall were renovated regardless in 1978. The 1978 renovation covered over original Heins & LaFarge mosaic "tapestries" that were along the side walls. Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ... A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City, and is the oldest north-south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. ... Bowling Green, shown in a composite photograph taken from the steps of the U.S. Custom House looking north along Broadway. ... The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original New York Subway line that opened in 1904 and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York. ... The Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, also known as the IRT West Side Line, is one of the lines of the IRT division of the New York City Subway. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

Modernly styled entrance to the station, just in front of the former Customs House (Right). May 2005.

The 1970s renovation also led to the construction of the eastern side platform, again due to high passenger volume on the island platform. Additional exits were requested and the side platform allowed for an underpass to be built, funneling some of the traffic away from the headhouse exit at the south end. This led to the station's current configuration, with uptown trains loading from the east side platform, and downtown trains using the island platform. A fence along the eastern edge of the island platform converted the island platform into what is essentially now a side platform. The fare control now consists of the restored headhouse entrance at the south end, which serves only the island platform, and various outher entrances that lead to the eastern side platform and down to a large fare control gate area in the underpass. The central rotunda of the Alexander Hamilton Custom House The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House (originally U.S. Custom House) is a building in New York City, built 1902 - 1907 by the federal government to house the duty collection operations for the port of New York. ...

Original entrance, at the corner of Battery Park. May 2005.

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External links

• NYCsubway.org - IRT East Side: Bowling Green (text used with permission)
• Abandoned Stations - Bowling Green & South Ferry platforms