23rd Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)
23rd Street  | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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A Holiday Train at the station | |||||||||
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| Address |
West 23rd Street & Sixth Avenue New York, NY 10011 | ||||||||
| Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||
| Locale | Chelsea, Gramercy | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′35″N 73°59′34″W / 40.742933°N 73.992877°WCoordinates: 40°44′35″N 73°59′34″W / 40.742933°N 73.992877°W | ||||||||
| Division | B (IND) | ||||||||
| Line | IND Sixth Avenue Line | ||||||||
| Services |
F  (all times) M  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: M5, M7, M23 SBS PATH: JSQ–33, HOB–33, JSQ–33 (via HOB) (at 23rd Street) | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||
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| Opened | December 15, 1940 | ||||||||
| Wireless service |
 [1][2] | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
8,942,154[3]  3% | ||||||||
| Rank | 38 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
34th Street – Herald Square: F M | ||||||||
| Next south |
14th Street: F M | ||||||||
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23rd Street is a local station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, it is served by the F train at all times, and by the M train on weekdays. This station and 14th Street are the only two local stations on the Sixth Avenue Line.
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
| B1 Sixth Avenue Line/PATH platforms |
West Mezzanine | Fare control, MetroCard vending machines |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Southbound local | ← toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (14th Street) ← toward Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue (14th Street) | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Southbound PATH | ← HOB–33 toward Hoboken Terminal (14th Street) ← JSQ–33 toward Journal Square (14th Street) ← JSQ–33 (via HOB) toward Journal Square (14th Street) | |
| Northbound PATH | → HOB–33 toward 33rd Street (Terminus) → → JSQ–33 toward 33rd Street (Terminus) → → JSQ–33 (via HOB) toward 33rd Street (Terminus) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Northbound local | → toward Jamaica – 179th Street (34th Street – Herald Square) → → toward Forest Hills – 71st Avenue (34th Street – Herald Square) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| East Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines | |
| B2 | - | Crossunder to PATH station platforms |
| B3 Lower level[4] |
Southbound express | ←   do not stop here |
| Northbound express | → do not stop here → | |
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This station opened on December 15, 1940 as part of the opening of the IND Sixth Avenue Line from 47th–50th Streets – Rockefeller Center to West Fourth Street.[5]
There are two tracks and two side platforms; no crossover, crossunder or mezzanine exist to allow a free transfer between directions. The PATH tracks, which were built forty years before the Sixth Avenue Line, are behind the trackway walls where there would typically be the express tracks. The Sixth Avenue PATH tracks are on top of the express tracks, which were constructed in the mid-1960s using the "deep-bore" tunneling method and both are not visible from the station.[4]
Each side of the station has four street staircases and a direct indoor entrance to the 23rd Street PATH station. Two of the four entrances on each side appear to be part of the original 1911 PATH entrances. The tile band is lime green. The tile band on the track walls appears to be obscured by support beams directly underneath 23rd Street.
On the express tracks on the lower level, the deep-bore tunnel's round shape becomes square below this station and at 14th Street stations, where provisions for lower level platforms were built.
Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, will undergo a complete overhaul and would be entirely closed for up to 6 months. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
- ↑ Attached PDF to "Governor Cuomo Announces Wireless Service and New "Transit Wireless WiFi" in Queens and Manhattan Subway Stations", governor.ny.gov
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- 1 2 nycsubway.org – IND 6th Avenue: 23rd Street
- ↑ "New Subway Line on 6th Ave. Opens at Midnight Fete". The New York Times. December 15, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ↑ "MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long "Revamp"". Gothamist. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
- ↑ "MTAStations" (PDF). governor.ny.gov. Government of the State of New York. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 23rd Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line). |
- nycsubway.org – IND 6th Avenue: 23rd Street
- Station Reporter — F Train
- Station Reporter — M Train
- 23rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platform from Google Maps Street View