List of New York City Subway Stations - Top Stations By Ridership

Top Stations By Ridership

These tables list the top ten New York City Subway stations by annual, average weekday, and average weekend ridership in 2011.

Annual
Rank Station Annual ridership
(2011)
1 Times Square – 42nd Street /
42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal		 60,604,822
2 Grand Central – 42nd Street 42,795,505
3 34th Street – Herald Square 37,731,386
4 14th Street – Union Square 34,927,178
5 34th Street – Penn Station (Seventh Avenue) 26,758,623
6 34th Street – Penn Station (Eighth Avenue) 24,751,771
7 59th Street – Columbus Circle 21,300,892
8 Lexington Avenue / 59th Street 20,377,141
9 86th Street (Lexington Avenue) 19,425,347
10 Flushing – Main Street 18,967,751
Weekday
Rank Station Average weekday
ridership (2011)
1 Times Square – 42nd Street /
42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal		 189,426
2 Grand Central – 42nd Street 147,644
3 34th Street – Herald Square 121,081
4 14th Street – Union Square 107,352
5 34th Street – Penn Station (Seventh Avenue) 87,482
6 34th Street – Penn Station (Eighth Avenue) 81,585
7 59th Street – Columbus Circle 67,901
8 Lexington Avenue / 51st – 53rd Streets 66,045
9 Lexington Avenue / 59th Street 65,855
10 Fulton Street 63,203
Weekend
Rank Station Average weekend
ridership (2011)
1 Times Square – 42nd Street /
42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal		 224,823
2 14th Street – Union Square 140,672
3 34th Street – Herald Square 125,375
4 Grand Central – 42nd Street 95,544
5 34th Street – Penn Station (Seventh Avenue) 81,441
6 59th Street – Columbus Circle 73,391
7 34th Street – Penn Station (Eighth Avenue) 72,430
8 Canal Street (Chinatown) 72,181
9 Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue /
74th Street – Broadway		 67,445
10 Lexington Avenue / 59th Street 66,534


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