49th Street station (BMT Broadway Line)

49th Street  ​​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Downtown platform, note the red brick walls
Station statistics
Address	West 49th Street & Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Midtown Manhattan
Coordinates	40.760423°N 73.983779°W / 40.760423; -73.983779
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Broadway Line
Services	N  (all times) ​   R  (all times except late nights) ​   W  (weekdays only)
Transit	New York City Bus: M7, M20, M50, M104
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	July 10, 1919 (July 10, 1919)
Accessible	ADA-accessible (northbound only)
Opposite- direction transfer	No
Traffic
2023	5,566,042  18.6%
Rank	41 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next
Location
Street map
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 during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

49th Street is a local station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at West 49th Street and Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, it is served by the N train at all times, the R train at all times except late nights and the Q train on weekdays.

Layout

Entrance to downtown trains at 49th Street

Uptown fare control

Passageway to Rockefeller Center

This underground station, opened on July 10, 1919, has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center express tracks are used by the Q train when it short turns at 57th Street – Seventh Avenue, the next station north.

There are four sets of platform-level fare controls, with no crossover or crossunder; each platform has a full-time booth at the north end (49th Street) and a part-time booth at the south end (47th Street). Only the northbound platform is ADA-accessible; an elevator was constructed in conjunction with a new office tower at the northeast corner of West 49th Street and Seventh Avenue. The elevator conceals an out-of-system underground passageway leading to Rockefeller Center and 47th–50th Streets station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line.

49th Street was originally built in the same style as the other BMT Broadway stations but underwent an experimental renovation in October 1973. New tiling of red glazed brick was installed over the original BMT-style tiled walls, reducing the platforms' widths by several inches; in addition, special ceiling soundproofing and terrazzo flooring were installed. Since the renovation, three of the four street entrances have been reconstructed, leaving only the 47th Street exit on the southbound platform with the red brick appearance; also, the soundproofing experiment was not repeated at any other station. Additional false brick tiles were added some time after the 1973 renovation, indicating the presence of a station facility. A passageway leading to an exit at West 47th Street and Broadway was also added after the renovation. Also, one of the staircases on the southbound side is walled off, making only one staircase available to the southbound side.

South of this station, the downtown local track goes slightly downgrade, and rises back up. The reason for this is because Broadway and Seventh Avenue meet at its narrow point of Times Square (45th Street), and the downtown local track crosses beneath the uptown local track of the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line.

Station layout

L1

Street Level

Exit/ Entrance

Southbound platform	Side platform, Doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← towards Bay Ridge - 95th Street or Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (Times Square – 42nd Street)
	Southbound express	← does not stop here (late nights and weekends)

Northbound platform	Northbound express	→ does not stop here (late nights and weekends)
	Northbound local	→ towards Astoria - Ditmars Boulevard or Forest Hills – 71st Avenue (57th Street – Seventh Avenue)
	Side platform, Doors will open on the right

Further reading

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

External links

Media related to 49th Street (BMT Broadway Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org – BMT Broadway Subway: 49th Street
• Station Reporter — N Train
• Station Reporter — R Train
• 49th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 47th Street and Seventh Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 47th Street and Broadway entrance from Google Maps Street View