{"nrhp_refnum":"05000671","name":"14th Street-Union Square Subway Station (IRT; Dual System BMT)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Broadway, Fourth ave., and E. 14th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.735477942000045,"lon":-73.99070046199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-07-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture","Art","Engineering","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An underground subway station complex in Manhattan at Broadway, Fourth Avenue and East 14th Street, where three subway lines meet. The IRT station opened in 1904-1905, the BMT Broadway/4th Avenue portion in 1917, and the Canarsie Line portion in 1924.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the station is significant under Criterion A for transportation, community planning and development, and social history, as a major transit hub. It also meets Criterion C for engineering, architecture and art, with surviving IRT faience and BMT mosaic work by Heins & LaFarge and Squire J. Vickers. Despite major renovations, it retains a relatively high degree of integrity.","narrative":"This underground station at Broadway, Fourth Avenue and East 14th Street in Manhattan combines three subway stations built over twenty years. The original IRT station opened in 1904, followed by the BMT Broadway/4th Avenue line in 1917 and the Canarsie Line in 1924. All were built by cut-and-cover construction. The IRT portion was engineered by William Barclay Parsons, with architecture and decoration by Heins & LaFarge, who used faience plaques showing an eagle and the number 14. The BMT portions were designed under Squire J. Vickers, using white ceramic tile and colorful mosaic friezes, including a medallion based on a scene of Broadway and the Bowery Road in 1828. The station was heavily renovated in the 1980s and 1990s, yet original elements survive and are marked by red frames. It was listed for its role as a transit hub serving the Union Square area and for its engineering, architecture and art.","period_of_significance":"1904-1924","architect_builder":"Parsons, William Barclay (engineer); Craven, Alfred (engineer); Heins & LaFarge (architects); Vickers, Squire J. (architect)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/Beaux-Arts; Other/Arts & Crafts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a subway station; renovated in the late 1980s and in 1993-1994, with some original tile and mosaic elements preserved and marked by red frames.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.39692-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000671.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000671/198c97be3c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000671/198c97be3c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BwyWalk0505_StationUnionSquare.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BwyWalk0505_StationUnionSquare.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313911","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Street%E2%80%93Union_Square_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2631031"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/14th-street-union-square-subway-station-irt-dual-system-bmt-05000671/"}