Bowling Green station

Bowling Green  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View from the southbound platform, with a southbound R142A 4 train departing
Station statistics
Address	Battery Place & Broadway New York, New York
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Financial District
Coordinates	40°42′15″N 74°00′52″W / 40.70417°N 74.01444°W / 40.70417; -74.01444
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4  (all times) ​   5  (all except late nights)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M15, M15 SBS, M20, M55, SIM1, SIM2, SIM4, SIM4X, SIM5, SIM5X, SIM15, SIM32, SIM34, SIM35, X27, X28 MTA Bus: BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, BxM18, QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25 Bee-Line Bus: BxM4C NJT Bus: 120 Staten Island Ferry (at Whitehall Terminal)[2]
Structure	Underground
Platforms	1 side platform 2 island platforms (1 in use, 1 abandoned)
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 10, 1905; 119 years ago (1905-07-10)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	4,575,586[3]  14.1%
Rank	60 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Wall Street 4  ​5  via 138th Street–Grand Concourse Borough Hall 4  ​5  via Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College
Non-revenue services and lines Preceding station New York City Subway Following station   no service South Ferry shuttle; closed
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend ​ to Wall Street to Rector Street ​ Bowling Green loop South Ferry South Ferry ​ to Borough Hall Legend service service non-revenue tracks Dashed lines cross below solid lines South Ferry platform is directly above tracks
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekday evenings only
Battery Park Control House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark No. 0829
Station headhouse on Battery Park dates to 1905
Coordinates	40°42′15″N 74°00′52″W / 40.704106°N 74.014521°W / 40.704106; -74.014521
Built	1905
Architect	Heins & LaFarge
MPS	Interborough Rapid Transit Subway Control Houses TR
NRHP reference No.	80002669
NYCL No.	0829
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1980[5]
Designated NYCL	November 20, 1973[4]

The Bowling Green station is a station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at Broadway and Battery Place (at Bowling Green), in the Financial District of Manhattan. It is served by the 4 train at all times and the 5 train at all times except late nights.

The station opened in 1905 as an extension of the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT)'s original subway line to South Ferry. At the time, there was a single island platform with one exit at Battery Park and another in Bowling Green. When the Lexington Avenue Line was expanded to Brooklyn in 1908, some trains continued going to South Ferry, resulting in the creation of a short island platform at the Bowling Green station for the Bowling Green–South Ferry shuttle. The shuttle operated until 1977. During the 1970s, the station was completely renovated, a new exit was built, and a third, side platform was created for northbound trains.

The Bowling Green station contains two island platforms and one side platform. The westernmost island platform, formerly used by the shuttle, has been closed since 1977. The station retains its original head house in Battery Park, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a New York City designated landmark. There are two other exits to Bowling Green, one of which contains an elevator that makes the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.