Substation 7

United States historic place


Substation 7
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


40°47′13″N 73°56′55″W / 40.78694°N 73.94861°W / 40.78694; -73.94861
Area	less than one acre
Built	1902 (1902)
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.	06000027^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 9, 2006

Substation 7 is a traction substation located at 1782 Third Avenue at 99th Street in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. The Manhattan Railway Company built it next to the Third Avenue El's 99th Street station to electrify the Second, Third and Ninth Avenue elevated lines. It served as a power source for the IRT Lexington Avenue Line from 1918 until the 1970s.^[2] It originally converted 25 Hz AC power from the 74th Street power station, to DC for the electric motors.^[3] The substation is owned by the MTA and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[4]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Pollak, Michael (20 September 2013). "Answers to Questions About New York". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
^ Moffett, Mia (12 June 2012). "Construction of the 74th Street Power Station". Museum of the City of New York. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
^ "National Register of Historic Places". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

New York City Subway

Current
services

Shuttles	42nd Street Franklin Avenue Rockaway Park
Planned

Defunct
services

1985–present
Pre-1985	8 9 (Dyre Avenue) AA BB CC EE (Eighth Avenue) EE (Broadway) GG HH (Court Street) JJ K (Jamaica) KK LL MJ NX QB QJ QT RJ RR T TT
Shuttles	Bowling Green Broadway/63rd Street Culver Grand Street Nassau Street Polo Grounds Sixth Avenue/63rd Street
BMT numbers	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Brooklyn Loops East New York Loop
Unused labels	Unused New York City Subway service labels

Stations (List)

By borough	The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens
By type	Closed Terminals Transfer Accessible

Divisions

A Division
- IRT
B Division
- BMT
- IND

Other lists

History

Early history	IRT BMT BRT Dual Contracts
Expansions	MTA Capital Construction and Development Company Chrystie Street Connection Interborough Express Program for Action 7 Subway Extension Second Avenue Subway Historic proposals Construction Other proposals LaGuardia Airport extension
Notable crashes	Ninth Avenue, 1905 Malbone Street, 1918 Times Square, 1928 Union Square, 1991 Williamsburg Bridge, 1995 96th Street, 2024
Strikes	1966 1980 2005
Service disruptions	2017–2021 New York City transit crisis 2019–2020 L train shutdown
Other major incidents	1984 shooting 2000 lawsuit 2017 bombing 2020 fire 2022 attack 2023 killing