Fifth Avenue–59th Street station
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Structure | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | September 1, 1919[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traffic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 3,485,505[3] 15.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 94 out of 423[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Fifth Avenue–59th Street station (signed as Fifth Avenue) is a
History
Construction and opening
The
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company submitted a proposal to the Commission, dated March 2, 1911, to operate the Tri-borough system (but under Church Street instead of Greenwich Street), as well as a branch along Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 59th Street from Ninth Street north and east to the
The original plan there was to build a pair of single-track tunnels under 59th and 60th Streets, rising onto the Queensboro Bridge and crossing the East River to Queens, with stations at Fifth and Lexington Avenues.[8][9] In July 1914, the Public Service Commission opened bids for the construction of the two tunnels. The Degnon Contracting Company submitted the lowest of five bids for the project at just over $2.8 million.[10] Degnon received the contract and began constructing the tunnels that September.[11] In 1915, the Public Service Commission approved a request from the New York City Board of Estimate to place both tracks under 60th Street and cross the East River in the 60th Street Tunnel.[12][13]
A. W. King received a $126,000 contract in December 1918 to install finishes at the Lexington Avenue and Fifth Avenue stations on the Broadway Line.
Later years
The station was operated by the BMT until the city government took over the BMT's operations on June 1, 1940.[18][19] This station was overhauled in the late 1970s. The MTA fixed the station's structure and overall appearance, replacing the original wall tiles, old signs, and incandescent lighting with 1970s modern-look wall tile band and tablet mosaics, signs and fluorescent lights. It also fixed staircases and platform edges.
In 2002, the station received a major overhaul. It received state-of-art repairs as well as an upgrade of the station for
Station layout
G | Street level | Exit/entrance |
M | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines |
P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Southbound | ← toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via Sea Beach (57th Street–Seventh Avenue) ← toward Whitehall Street–South Ferry weekdays (57th Street–Seventh Avenue) ← toward Bay Ridge–95th Street except nights (57th Street–Seventh Avenue) | |
Northbound | ( weekdays) toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (Lexington Avenue–59th Street) → toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Lexington Avenue–59th Street) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right |
This underground station has two tracks and two side platforms, with a mezzanine above both the western and eastern ends of the station. The station is served by N trains at all times;[20] R trains at all times except late nights;[21] and W trains on weekdays during the day.[22] The station is between Lexington Avenue/59th Street to the north and 57th Street–Seventh Avenue to the south.[23]
Replicas of BMT directional mosaics "QUEENS TRAINS" and "BROOKLYN TRAINS" are found on the western exit. Each mezzanine has one stair to each platform. Mosaics "5", "Fifth Ave", and the directional signs on each platform, are fully preserved with new tiles encircling around them.
Artwork here was made in 1997 by Ann Schaumburger and is called Urban Oasis. It uses glass mosaic murals to depict families of different types of animals, particularly for the nearby Central Park Zoo.
Exits
The full-time side of the station at the north end, at 60th Street and Fifth Avenue, has three street staircases, one carved into the outer perimeter of
Despite its name, the station has no exit at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street.
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.
- ^ from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ James Blaine Walker, Fifty Years of Rapid Transit, 1864–1917 Archived June 10, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, published 1918, pp. 207-223
- ^ Engineering News, A New Subway Line for New York City Archived July 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Volume 63, No. 10, March 10, 1910
- ^ James Blaine Walker, Fifty Years of Rapid Transit, 1864–1917 Archived June 10, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, published 1918, pp. 224-241
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "Public Hearing on Subway Contracts". The Standard Union. June 27, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "Subway Progress". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 28, 1914. p. 22. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ "P. S. Board Approves Tunnel to Queens". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 28, 1915. p. 3. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ ProQuest 576078090.
- (PDF) from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ^ "Broadway-Fifty-Ninth Street Extension of B.R.T. Subway". The New York Times. August 1, 1920. p. 92. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
- ProQuest 1243059209.
- ^ "N Subway Timetable, Effective August 28, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "R Subway Timetable, Effective August 28, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "W Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Midtown" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transit Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
External links
- Media related to Fifth Avenue (BMT Broadway Line) at Wikimedia Commons
- nycsubway.org – BMT Broadway Subway: Fifth Avenue
- Station Reporter — N Train
- Station Reporter — R Train
- MTA's Arts For Transit — 5th Avenue–59th Street (BMT Broadway Line)
- Fifth Avenue and 60th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Central Park South entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Central Park South lobby from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View