Seventh Avenue station (IND lines)

7th Avenue  ​​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
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Station statistics
Address	7th Avenue & West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Midtown Manhattan
Coordinates	40.762959°N 73.981891°W / 40.762959; -73.981891
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line IND Sixth Avenue Line
Services	B  (Weekday rush hours, middays and early evenings) ​   D  (all times)​    E  (all times)
Transit	New York City Bus: M6, M7, M10, M20
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 on each of 2 levels)
Tracks	4 (2 on each of 2 levels)
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1933
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	3,892,682  25.5%
Rank	75 out of 423
Station succession
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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)

7th Avenue is a station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line and the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 7th Avenue and 53rd Street in Manhattan, it is served by the D and E trains at all times, and the B train weekdays. The station is occasionally called 7th Avenue – 53rd Street, in the style of other stations along 53rd Street (such as 5th Avenue/53rd Street and Lexington Avenue – 53rd Street).

It is a two-level station, with two tracks on each level and two island platforms, one over the other. The lower level serves trains headed railroad north (to Central Park West for trains from the 6th Avenue Line, to Queens for trains from the 8th Avenue Line). The upper level is the reverse. The BMT Broadway Line passes overhead near the west end of the station; this crossing is visible in the ceiling and supporting columns.

The station, which is oriented east–west along 53rd Street, serves two distinct subway lines that do not interconnect. On the IND Sixth Avenue Line, "northbound" trains (heading west through the station) join the IND Eighth Avenue Line headed uptown along Central Park West, while "southbound" trains (headed east through the station) head downtown along 6th Avenue. On the IND Queens Boulevard Line, "northbound" trains (heading east through the station) go to Queens via the 53rd Street Tunnel, while "southbound trains" (headed west through the station) head downtown along 8th Avenue. Although connections would appear to exist on the subway map, a downtown 6th Avenue train coming from Central Park West cannot continue to Queens, and an uptown 6th Avenue train cannot turn downtown along 8th Avenue.

This is one of two stations on the B service named "7th Avenue," the other is 7th Avenue on the BMT Brighton Line.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IND Queens Boulevard Line: 7th Avenue/53rd Street
• Station Reporter — B Train
• Station Reporter — D Train
• Station Reporter — E Train