23rd Street station (IND Sixth Avenue Line)

For the station in Queens also served by the M train, see Court Square–23rd Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line). For other uses, see 23rd Street.

23rd Street  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
A Holiday Train at the station
Station statistics
Address	West 23rd Street & Sixth Avenue New York, NY 10011
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Chelsea, Gramercy
Coordinates	40.742933°N 73.992877°W / 40.742933; -73.992877
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Sixth Avenue Line
Services	F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, peak direction) ​   M  (weekdays during the day)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M7, M23 SBS, M55 PATH: JSQ–33, HOB–33, JSQ–33 (via HOB) (at 23rd Street)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 15, 1940 (1940-12-15)
Opposite- direction transfer	No
Traffic
2023	5,423,352  14.1%
Rank	46 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next
Location
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops weekdays during the day

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

Track layout
PATH to 33rd Street Sixth Ave Line to 34th St–Herald Sq 23rd Street (NYCS) 23rd Street (PATH) Sixth Ave Line to 14th Street PATH to 14th Street

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	←   Template:PATH lines toward Hoboken Terminal (14th Street) ←   Template:PATH lines toward Journal Square (14th Street) ←   Template:PATH lines toward Journal Square (14th Street)
	Northbound PATH	→   Template:PATH lines toward 33rd Street (Terminus) → →   Template:PATH lines toward 33rd Street (Terminus) → →   Template:PATH lines 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	Southbound express	← do not stop here
	Northbound express	→ do not stop here →

Combined New York City Subway and PATH entrance on the southeast corner of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue

Mockup of station entrance after proposed 2015–2019 Capital Program renovation

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.

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. 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.

Exits

The northbound platform has exits on the east side of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue, while the southbound platform has exits to the west side. Each side of the station has four street staircases on the corresponding side of Sixth Avenue, two to each corner. The station also features direct indoor entrances to the 23rd Street PATH station on both sides; the northbound platform has a direct entrance to the 33rd Street-bound PATH, while the southbound platform has a direct entrance to the New Jersey-bound PATH. The southern entrances on each side appear to be part of the original 1911 PATH entrances.

External links

• 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