Lexington Avenue/59th Street station
59th Street , known as Lexington Avenue 59th Street is a station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 59th Street, 60th Street and Lexington Avenue on the Upper East Side of Midtown Manhattan. It is served by the 4, 5, and 6 trains.
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Address | East 59th Street & Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 | ||||||||||||
Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||||
Locale | Midtown Manhattan, Upper East Side | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°45′45″N 73°58′04″W / 40.762471°N 73.9679°W | ||||||||||||
Division | A (IRT), B (BMT) | ||||||||||||
Line | BMT Broadway Line IRT Lexington Avenue Line | ||||||||||||
Services | 4 (all times) 5 (all times except late nights) 6 (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction) N (all times) R (all except late nights) W (weekdays only) | ||||||||||||
System transfers | With MetroCard only: F and <F> N (limited weekday rush hour service only) Q (all times) R (one a.m. rush hour trip in the northbound direction only) at Lexington Avenue–63rd Street | ||||||||||||
Transit connections | NYCT Bus: M101, M102, M103, Q32 MTA Bus: QM2, QM3, QM20 | ||||||||||||
Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||
Levels | 3 | ||||||||||||
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Opened | July 1, 1948[1] | ||||||||||||
Station code | 613[2] | ||||||||||||
Accessible | not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned | ||||||||||||
Wireless service | [3] | ||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||
Passengers (2019) | 16,760,813[5] 1.1% | ||||||||||||
Rank | 15 out of 424[5] | ||||||||||||
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After this station, the next stations will be 51st Street and 68th Street Hunter College.
There is Lexington Avenue 59th Street and transfer is available to N , R and W trains.
BMT Broadway line
changeLexington Avenue−59th Street on the BMT Broadway Line has two tracks and one island platform. Despite its name, the station is located on Lexington Avenue and 60th Street, one block north of 59th Street.
After this station on the Broadway Line, the next stations will be Fifth Avenue–59th Street station and Queensboro Plaza.
References
change- ↑ New York Times, Transfer Points Under Higher Fare, June 30, 1948, page 19
- ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.