Humboldt-Hospital (Metro Rail)

Infobox Station
name = Humboldt-Hospital
type = Buffalo Metro Rail Station
style = NFTA


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address = Main and Kensington Avenue
(both sides of Main Street) Buffalo, New York
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platform = Low
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owned = Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
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Humboldt-Hospital Station is located at the western end of Kensington Avenue and Main Street in the City of Buffalo, New York. To not confuse, Kensington rejoins Main Street in Williamsville (Town of Amherst, NY) on its eastern end.

This is the only station with entrances on each side of the Main Street for passengers to enter and exit from.

The area near the station is a mix of housing, medical offices, anchored by the Sisters of Charity Hospital.

The Parkside residential community is an exclusive residential areas, and sits directly to the east of the station, and is situated directly between Main Street and Delaware Park.

Bus Connections

Humboldt Hospital station does not offer an off-road bus loop, requiring passengers to board/debark using curbside stops.

Two routes serve the station:

* 8 Main
* 13B Kensington

Points of Interest

Humboldt-Hospital Station is near:

* Canisius College
* Darwin Martin House
* Delaware Park
* Medaille College
* Sisters of Charity Hospital (Catholic Health System)
* St. Mary's School for the Deaf
* Tapestry Charter High School (at St. Mary's School for the Deaf)

Artwork

In 1979, an art selection committee was created, comprised of NFTA commissioners and Buffalo area art experts, that would judge the artwork that would be displayed in and on the properties of eight stations on the Metro Rail line.

Out of the seventy proposals submitted, twenty-two were chosen and are currently positioned inside and outside of the eight underground stations. Buffalo Art in Transit, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, c. 1986.]

Humboldt-Hospital Station is home of two pieces of work, from Sharon Gold (New York City), and Joyce Kozloff (New York City).

References

External links

* [http://www.fortunecity.com/oasis/acapulco/897/success.html Metro Rail Success]