23rd Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
23rd Street | |||||||||
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Address | West 23rd Street & Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10011 | ||||||||
Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||
Locale | Chelsea | ||||||||
Division | A (IRT)[1] | ||||||||
Line | IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line | ||||||||
Services | 1 ![]() 2 ![]() | ||||||||
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Structure | Underground | ||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
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Opened | July 1, 1918 | ||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | No | ||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||
2023 | 3,154,290[2] ![]() | ||||||||
Rank | 103 out of 423[2] | ||||||||
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Next north | Template:NYCS next | ||||||||
Next south | Template:NYCS next | ||||||||
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23rd Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 23rd Street and Seventh Avenue in Chelsea, Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times, and by the 2 train during late night hours.
Station layout
Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
Platform level | Side platform | |
Northbound local | ← ![]() ← ![]() | |
Northbound express | ← ![]() ![]() | |
Southbound express | ![]() ![]() | |
Southbound local | ![]() ![]() | |
Side platform |
This underground station, which opened on July 1, 1918 and renovated in the 1990s, has two side platforms and four tracks. The two express tracks are used by the 2 and 3 trains during daytime hours.
Both platforms have their original mosaic trim line and name tablets of a predominately brown and red color. They also have brown-red i-beam columns at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black and white number plate except at either end where they get narrower.
Each platform has one same-level fare control area in their center and there are no crossunders or crossovers. The northbound platform has the station's full-time turnstile bank and token booth and two staircases going to either eastern corners of 23rd Street and Seventh Avenue. The southbound platform has an unstaffed set of turnstiles and two staircases going up to either western corners of the same intersection.
In popular culture
In the 1998 film Godzilla, this station was destroyed by Zilla and used as the entrance to the nesting ground inside Madison Square Garden.
References
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
External links
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- nycsubway.org – IRT West Side Line: 23rd Street
- Station Reporter — 1 Train
- 23rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View