28th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

28th Street   New York City Subway rapid transit station
Local 6 train arriving for downtown
Station statistics
Address	East 28th Street & Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Gramercy
Coordinates	40.74329°N 73.984165°W / 40.74329; -73.984165
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4  (late nights)       6  (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	October 27, 1904 (October 27, 1904)
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	6,621,732  1.1%
Rank	59 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	33rd Street: 4  6  <6>
Next south	23rd Street: 4  6  <6>
28th Street Subway Station (IRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS:	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference#:	05000230
Added to NRHP:	March 30, 2005
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

28th Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Park Avenue South and 28th Street in Manhattan, it is served by the 6 train at all times, the <6> during weekdays in peak direction, and the 4 during late night hours.

Layout

This station contains four tracks and two side platforms. The two middle express tracks run at a lower level than the two outer local ones. The fare control is at platform level and does not contain any open crossunders or crossovers. However, there is a closed crossunder with railings and a blacked out sign indicating its location. The token booth is unusual in that it is built into the tile wall instead of a standalone structure like most other stations. The station's ornamentation includes glass block wall artwork at the main fare control entitled Seven Ways 4 Twenty-Eighth, which was installed during station renovations in 1996. There is also an unusual back-lit station sign name, similar to that at 23rd Street, at fare control.

28th Street Subway Station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2005.

Image gallery

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  Plaque by Heins & LaFarge / Grueby Faience Company, 1904.

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  Faience name tablet by Heins & LaFarge / Grueby Faience Company, 1904.

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  Wall mosaic

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  Northbound street stair

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  28th Street station in 1904

Further reading

• Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics : A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0

External links

• nycsubway.org — IRT East Side Line: 28th Street
• nycsubway.org - 7 waves 4 twenty eight Artwork by Gerald Marks (1996)
• Forgotten NY - Original 28 - NYC's First 28 Subway Stations
• 28th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 26th-27th Streets entrance from Google Maps Street View