86th Street
E187163
86th Street is a major local subway station on Manhattan’s Upper East Side serving the Lexington Avenue Line.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 86th Street canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T646210 — 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: 86th Street Context triple: [4 train, notableManhattanStations, 86th Street]
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A.
168th Street
168th Street is a New York City Subway station in Manhattan that serves as the northern terminal for the IND Eighth Avenue Line’s C train.
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B.
Illinois Avenue
Illinois Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the Dallas, Texas area that provides key local and regional connectivity for surrounding communities.
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C.
59th Street
59th Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in Manhattan, New York City, best known as the southern edge of Central Park and a key commercial and transit corridor.
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D.
Porter Avenue
Porter Avenue is a historic, Olmsted-designed boulevard in Buffalo, New York, that forms part of the city’s landmark park and parkway system.
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E.
Bronson Avenue
Bronson Avenue is a major north–south street in Los Angeles, California, known for running through Hollywood and connecting several key east–west thoroughfares.
- 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: 86th Street Target entity description: 86th Street is a major local subway station on Manhattan’s Upper East Side serving the Lexington Avenue Line.
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A.
168th Street
168th Street is a New York City Subway station in Manhattan that serves as the northern terminal for the IND Eighth Avenue Line’s C train.
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B.
Illinois Avenue
Illinois Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the Dallas, Texas area that provides key local and regional connectivity for surrounding communities.
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C.
59th Street
59th Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in Manhattan, New York City, best known as the southern edge of Central Park and a key commercial and transit corridor.
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D.
Porter Avenue
Porter Avenue is a historic, Olmsted-designed boulevard in Buffalo, New York, that forms part of the city’s landmark park and parkway system.
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E.
Bronson Avenue
Bronson Avenue is a major north–south street in Los Angeles, California, known for running through Hollywood and connecting several key east–west thoroughfares.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Subway station
ⓘ
underground railway station ⓘ |
| accessible | partially ⓘ |
| address | Lexington Avenue and East 86th Street, Manhattan ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| connectsTo | local bus services on East 86th Street ⓘ |
| division | IRT ⓘ |
| fareControl |
MetroCard and OMNY
ⓘ
linked to:
MTA New York City Subway fare system
|
| fareSystem |
MTA New York City Transit
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City Transit Authority
|
| fareZone | NYC Transit Subway flat fare zone ⓘ |
| hasArtwork | yes ⓘ |
| hasCanopy | no (fully underground) ⓘ |
| hasColumns | yes ⓘ |
| hasCrossPlatformTransfer | no ⓘ |
| hasDirection |
northbound platform
ⓘ
southbound platform ⓘ |
| hasFareControlArea | yes ⓘ |
| hasMezzanine | yes ⓘ |
| hasServicePattern | local and express tracks ⓘ |
| hasStationSignage | MTA standard black-and-white signs ⓘ |
| hasStreetStairs | yes ⓘ |
| hasTileMosaics | yes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ
linked to:
New York
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Upper East Side ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Yorkville ⓘ |
| numberOfPlatforms | 2 ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 4 ⓘ |
| opened | 1918-07-17 ⓘ |
| operator | New York City Transit Authority ⓘ |
| owner |
City of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| partOfNetwork | New York City Subway ⓘ |
| platformType | island platforms ⓘ |
| positionOnLine | between 77th Street and 96th Street on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line ⓘ |
| safetyFeatures |
CCTV surveillance
ⓘ
emergency intercoms ⓘ public address system ⓘ |
| servedAs | local station on the Lexington Avenue Line ⓘ |
| servedByTrain |
4
ⓘ
5 ⓘ 6 ⓘ <6> express service (peak-direction) ⓘ |
| servesLine |
IRT Lexington Avenue Line
ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington Avenue Line
|
| stationCode | <internal NYCT station code, IRT Lexington Av Line 86 St> ⓘ |
| structureType | underground ⓘ |
| ticketing | unattended turnstiles with MetroCard and OMNY readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 86th Street Description of subject: 86th Street is a major local subway station on Manhattan’s Upper East Side serving the Lexington Avenue Line.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.