77th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

77th Street   New York City Subway rapid transit station
Uptown platform
Station statistics
Address	East 77th Street & Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10075
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Upper East Side
Coordinates	40.773587°N 73.959875°W / 40.773587; -73.959875
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4  (late nights)       6  (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Connection	New York City Bus: M101, M102, M103
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 17, 1918 (July 17, 1918)
Former/other names	77th Street – Lenox Hill Hospital
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	10,819,466  0.5%
Rank	26 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	86th Street: 4  6  <6>
Next south	68th Street – Hunter College: 4  6  <6>
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)

77th Street (also known as 77th Street – Lenox Hill Hospital) is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 77th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It is served by the 6 at all times, the <6> during weekdays in peak direction, and the 4 during late nights.

Layout

This station has two local tracks and two side platforms. The two express tracks pass underneath on a lower level and are not visible from the platforms.

Each platform has a single fare control area with a turnstile bank, and four staircases to the street. The northbound side leads to the east side of Lexington Avenue while the southbound side leads to the west side. There are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfers between directions.

The downtown platform is the only platform in the station to house a token booth. The uptown platform token booth was closed by the MTA after making a series of layoffs and has been removed.

Some old wall lights exist after the station's renovation in 2003, but most are gone or falling off the walls. Both platforms have emergency exits from the lower level express tracks.

The 2004 artwork here is called 4 Seasons Seasoned by Robert Kushner. It is installed on the ceiling above the fare control staircases and features mosaics related to the four seasons of the climate.

Lenox Hill Hospital and the Hunter College School of Social Work are nearby.

Image gallery

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  Mosaics

External links

Media related to 77th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org — IRT East Side Line: 77th Street
• nycsubway.org — 4 Seasons Seasoned Artwork by Robert Kushner (2004)
• Station Reporter — 6 Train
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 77th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
• 77th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View