72nd Street–Broadway subway station

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New York City Subway station

The 72nd Street–Broadway subway station is a major New York City Subway stop on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, serving as a key transit hub near Verdi Square on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
72nd Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)	2
72nd Street subway station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)	1
72nd Street subway station (original IRT)	1
72nd Street–Broadway subway station canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10771751 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 72nd Street–Broadway subway station
Context triple: [Verdi Square, adjacentTo, 72nd Street–Broadway subway station]

A. Lexington Avenue–59th Street station
Lexington Avenue–59th Street station is a major New York City Subway complex in Manhattan that serves multiple lines and facilitates transfers between the Lexington Avenue Line and other routes near 59th Street.
B. Lexington Avenue–53rd Street station
Lexington Avenue–53rd Street station is a major New York City Subway complex in Midtown Manhattan serving the E, M, and 6 trains with high passenger traffic and important transfer connections.
C. Third Avenue–149th Street station
Third Avenue–149th Street station is a major New York City Subway station in the Bronx serving the 2 and 5 trains on the IRT White Plains Road Line.
D. 34th Street–Herald Square station
34th Street–Herald Square station is a major New York City subway hub in Midtown Manhattan that serves multiple lines and provides access to nearby shopping, business, and cultural districts.
E. Fifth Avenue–59th Street subway station
The Fifth Avenue–59th Street subway station is a New York City Subway station in Manhattan serving the N, R, and W trains near the southeast corner of Central Park and the Plaza Hotel.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 72nd Street–Broadway subway station
Target entity description: The 72nd Street–Broadway subway station is a major New York City Subway stop on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, serving as a key transit hub near Verdi Square on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.

A. Lexington Avenue–59th Street station
Lexington Avenue–59th Street station is a major New York City Subway complex in Manhattan that serves multiple lines and facilitates transfers between the Lexington Avenue Line and other routes near 59th Street.
B. Lexington Avenue–53rd Street station
Lexington Avenue–53rd Street station is a major New York City Subway complex in Midtown Manhattan serving the E, M, and 6 trains with high passenger traffic and important transfer connections.
C. Third Avenue–149th Street station
Third Avenue–149th Street station is a major New York City Subway station in the Bronx serving the 2 and 5 trains on the IRT White Plains Road Line.
D. 34th Street–Herald Square station
34th Street–Herald Square station is a major New York City subway hub in Midtown Manhattan that serves multiple lines and provides access to nearby shopping, business, and cultural districts.
E. Fifth Avenue–59th Street subway station
The Fifth Avenue–59th Street subway station is a New York City Subway station in Manhattan serving the N, R, and W trains near the southeast corner of Central Park and the Plaza Hotel.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New York City Subway station ⓘ
accessible	partially ⓘ
adjacentTo	Verdi Square NERFINISHED ⓘ
borough	Manhattan ⓘ
coordinates	40.7789°N 73.9817°W ⓘ
division	IRT ⓘ
fareControl	MetroCard ⓘ OMNY ⓘ
fareZone	NYC Subway base fare zone ⓘ
hasAdjacentStation	66th Street–Lincoln Center station NERFINISHED ⓘ 79th Street station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArtwork	public art installations ⓘ
hasCellService	yes ⓘ
hasConnection	MTA Regional Bus Operations routes nearby ⓘ
hasEntrance	Verdi Square entrance plaza NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMezzanine	full-length mezzanine above platforms ⓘ
hasStationCode	132 ⓘ
hasWifi	yes ⓘ
historicSignificance	one of the earliest New York City Subway stations ⓘ
line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Upper West Side NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	72nd Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Amsterdam Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Riverside Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighborhood	Lincoln Square area NERFINISHED ⓘ
opened	1904-10-27 ⓘ
openingEvent	part of the original IRT subway ⓘ
operator	New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner	Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
platformCount	2 ⓘ
platformType	island platform ⓘ
servedArea	Upper West Side residential district ⓘ commercial area around Broadway and 72nd Street ⓘ
servedAs	express stop on IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line ⓘ
serves	1 train ⓘ 2 train ⓘ 3 train ⓘ
servicePattern	local and express ⓘ
streetAddress	Broadway & West 72nd Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
structureType	underground ⓘ
system	New York City Subway ⓘ
trackCount	4 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Verdi Square → adjacentTo → 72nd Street–Broadway subway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: 72nd Street subway station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

West 72nd Street → hasPublicTransit → 72nd Street–Broadway subway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: 72nd Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

Heins & LaFarge → notableWork → 72nd Street–Broadway subway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: 72nd Street subway station (original IRT)

66th Street–Lincoln Center station → adjacentStationNorth → 72nd Street–Broadway subway station ⓘ