{"nrhp_refnum":"04001012","name":"Bleecker Street Subway Station (IRT)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Jct. of Bleecker and Lafayette Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.72659486600003,"lon":-73.99474225899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-09-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture","Art","Engineering","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An underground subway station on the Lexington Avenue Line, at the intersection of Bleecker and Lafayette Streets in the NoHo section of Manhattan. It was completed in 1904 as part of the original IRT system (Contract 1).","why_significant":"The station is significant under Criterion A for transportation, community planning and development, and social history, and under Criterion C for engineering, architecture and art. It is one of the original IRT stations, designed by engineer William Barclay Parsons with architects Heins & LaFarge, and it retains high-quality decorative materials and craftsmanship. It also helped shape the growth of the surrounding neighborhood after 1904.","narrative":"Bleecker Street Station is an underground subway stop beneath Lafayette Street in Manhattan's NoHo section, opened in 1904 as part of the first Interborough Rapid Transit line. Built by the cut-and-cover method, it is a side-platform station about 200 feet long, with a steel and concrete frame. Engineer William Barclay Parsons handled the structure, while Heins & LaFarge designed the architecture and decoration in a Beaux-Arts manner influenced by the City Beautiful movement. Cobalt blue faience name tablets, tulip-decorated plaques, Roman brick wainscoting, terra cotta, mosaic bands and a faience cornice survive on the platforms. Some walls have been replaced with modern tile, and water damage and missing glass tile are noted. The station is recognized for its role in transportation, for its engineering and artistry, and for serving a neighborhood of factories and immigrant families who relied on affordable transit. It retains a relatively high degree of historic integrity.","period_of_significance":"1904","architect_builder":"Parsons, William Barclay (engineer); Heins, George L. and LaFarge, Christopher G. (architects)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/Beaux-Arts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in transit use, but in need of repair, with water infiltration, spalled and missing tiles, and areas of replaced modern ceramic tile.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.002027-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04001012.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001012/417f79a7e7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001012/417f79a7e7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gryffindor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bleecker_Street_IRT_003.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Gryffindor</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bleecker_Street_IRT_003.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313929","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2612992"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/bleecker-street-subway-station-irt-04001012/"}