57th Street station (IND Sixth Avenue Line)
57 Street M57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 1, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | July 9, 2018 | (reconstruction)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | December 19, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | 2,582,091[2] 13.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 131 out of 423[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 57th Street station is a
First announced in 1962, the 57th Street station was opened on July 1, 1968, at the cost of $13.2 million. The station was a terminal station until 1989, after which all service was extended to
History
Construction and 20th century
The station was built as part of the Chrystie Street Connection, which expanded train capacity on the Sixth Avenue Line. The Sixth Avenue extension to the new terminal at 57th Street was announced in 1962.[4] The next year, the contract to construct the IND Sixth Avenue Line between 52nd and 58th Streets, including the 57th Street station, was awarded to Slattery Construction Company for $7.5 million (equivalent to $75,500,000 in 2023).[5] Construction of the spur ultimately cost $13.2 million.[6]
The 57th Street station opened on July 1, 1968,
When the north side of the Manhattan Bridge was closed for construction from 1986 to 1998 and again from July to December 2001, this station was only served by a
Renovation and service changes
Under the 2015–2019
In June 2021, Turkish developer
From August 28, 2023, through April 1, 2024, F trains were rerouted via the
Station layout
Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
Mezzanine | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines |
Platform level | Northbound | ← toward Jamaica–179th Street (Lexington Avenue–63rd Street) |
Island platform | ||
Southbound | toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center) → |
The 57th Street station contains two tracks and a single
The platform is 615 feet (187 m) long and 24 feet (7.3 m) wide. The station stretches from 55th Street to 58th Street. From the full-length mezzanine, which is 48 feet (15 m) wide,
The station contains a bronze plaque of Colonel John T. O'Neill, a former chief engineer of the New York City Transit Authority.[46]
Exits
There are eight street staircases spread on both sides of Sixth Avenue from 56th to 57th Streets.[47] Before the station's renovation, these entrances had an unusual design compared to older stations, with lit posts reading "SUBWAY" on their side rather than the lighted red-or-green globes typical to other station entrances.[48] The station's exits are distributed as follows:
- One stair, NW corner of 6th Avenue and 57th Street[47]
- One stair, NE corner of 6th Avenue and 57th Street[47]
- One stair, SW corner of 6th Avenue and 57th Street[47]
- Two stairs, east side of 6th Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets[47]
- One stair, NW corner of 6th Avenue and 56th Street[47]
- One stair, SW corner of 6th Avenue and 56th Street[47]
- One stair, SE corner of 6th Avenue and 56th Street[47]
During the 57th Street station's renovation, glass barrier fences, next-train arrival "countdown clocks", and digital neighborhood wayfinding maps were installed around all of the exit stairs at street level, similar to at other stations renovated as part of the
Notable places nearby
The 57th Street station is within one block of numerous notable locations. Attractions to the west include:[50][51]
- 111 West 57th Street[52]
- 130 and 140 West 57th Street studio buildings[51]: 305
- 165 West 57th Street[51]: 306
- 1345 Avenue of the Americas[52]
- Carnegie Hall[50][51]: 305
- Carnegie Hall Tower[51]: 305
- CitySpire Center[51]: 305
- Metropolitan Tower[51]: 305
- New York City Center[50][51]: 305
- One57[52]
- : 305
- Russian Tea Room[51]: 305
Attractions to the east include:
- 712 Fifth Avenue[51]: 334
- Bergdorf Goodman Building[50]
- Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church[50][51]: 334
- Houses at 10, 12, 17, 26, and 30 West 56th Street; 46 West 55th Street[51]: 336
- Peninsula Hotel[51]: 334
- Rockefeller Apartments[51]: 333–334
- Solow Building[51]: 337
In addition, the New York Hilton Midtown is one block south,[51]: 305 and the Trump Parc and Hotel St. Moritz are one block north.[52]
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- ^ a b "Turkish Developer Sedesco Seeks Zoning Authorization". The Real Deal New York. June 17, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
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- ^ Cox, Jeremiah (May 20, 2010). A now unused Next Train indicator the first 21 years of the station it served as a terminal as well as when the 63 Street line had to be rebuilt due to the track bed having a faulty new design (image) – via The Subway Nut.
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External links
- nycsubway.org – IND 6th Avenue: 57th Street
- The Subway Nut – 57 Street Archived November 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
- Station Reporter — F Train
- 57th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- 56th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platform from Google Maps Street View