Lexington Avenue/59th Street station
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Levels | 3 | ||||||||||||
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Opened | July 1, 1948[4] | ||||||||||||
Accessible | not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned | ||||||||||||
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2022 | 9,894,012[5] 33.8% | ||||||||||||
Rank | 12 out of 423[5] | ||||||||||||
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The Lexington Avenue/59th Street station (signed as 59th Street–Lexington Avenue) is a
It is served by the
A free out-of-system
History
Construction and planning
Following the completion of the
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; after 1923, the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation or BMT[8]) 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 Queensboro Bridge; the Canal Street subway was to merge with the Broadway Line instead of continuing to the Hudson River.[9][10] The city, the BRT, and the IRT reached an agreement and sent a report to the New York City Board of Estimate on June 5, 1911, wherein the line along Broadway to 59th Street was assigned to the BRT.[11][12] The New York City Board of Estimate approved the report on June 21.[13][14]
Originally, the commission had also assigned the operation of the Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan to the BRT, as the IRT had withdrawn from negotiations over the proposed tri-borough system.[15][16] The IRT proposed in December 1911 that it be assigned the Lexington Avenue Line, in exchange for dropping its opposition to the BRT's operation of the Broadway Line. The Lexington Avenue Line was to connect with the IRT's existing subway north of Grand Central–42nd Street.[17] The IRT submitted an offer for what became its portion of the Dual Contracts on February 27, 1912.[6][18] The Dual Contracts, two operating contracts between the city and the BMT and IRT, were adopted on March 4, 1913,[6] and signed on March 19.[19] The BRT was authorized to construct a station on its Broadway Line at Lexington Avenue and 59th Street, while the IRT was authorized to construct a local station on its Lexington Avenue Line at the same location.[20][21]
Lexington Avenue Line station
The Public Service Commission awarded five construction contracts for the construction of the Lexington Avenue Line on July 20, 1911, four of which were assigned to the Bradley Construction Company.[15][16] Work on the line began on July 31.[22][23] Among the contracts awarded to the Bradley Construction Company was that for section 8 of the Lexington Avenue Line, which extended from 53rd to 67th Street.[24][25] This section of the line was built as a two-level tunnel, with local tracks above the express tracks.[25] Workers excavated an 80-foot-deep (24 m) shaft at 62nd Street and then dug out both levels of the tunnel.[26] During the construction of section 8, the contractor had to underpin one of every five buildings on Lexington Avenue between 53rd and 67th Street.[26] By late 1912, work on both levels was proceeding simultaneously.[25] At least 11 workers were killed in June 1913 when a portion of the tunnel near 56th Street collapsed.[27][28] In addition. part of the upper level's roof collapsed near 60th Street in January 1914, killing one worker and injuring two more.[29]
As part of the Dual Contracts, the Public Service Commission planned to split the original IRT into three segments: two north–south lines, carrying through trains over the Lexington Avenue and Broadway–Seventh Avenue Lines, and a west–east shuttle under 42nd Street. This would form a roughly H-shaped system.[30][31] It was predicted that the subway extension would lead to the growth of the Upper East Side and the Bronx.[32][33] After the modified plans were released, property owners near the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 59th Street advocated for the local station at that intersection to be converted into an express station. However, the Public Service Commission's chief engineer Alfred Craven rejected the proposal in August 1914, saying it would be too expensive to construct express platforms at the station.[34]
Work on the Lexington Avenue Line tunnel between 53rd and 67th Streets had been completed by early 1915,[35] but it could not be opened for at least three years because a connection to the existing IRT at Grand Central–42nd Street was still under construction.[36][37] In July 1915, the Public Service Commission received the rights to build a subway entrance for the IRT station at Lexington Avenue and 59th Street within the Bloomingdale's flagship store.[38] Although the subway remained unopened, real-estate prices around Lexington Avenue and 59th Street had begun to increase by 1916.[39] The Lexington Avenue Line station at 59th Street opened on July 17, 1918, with service initially running between Grand Central–42nd Street and 167th Street via the line's local tracks.[40][41] On August 1, the "H system" was put into place, with through service beginning on the new east and west side trunk lines, and the institution of the 42nd Street Shuttle along the old connection between the sides.[42][43] The cost of the extension from Grand Central was $58 million.[44]
Broadway Line station
In the report that had been submitted to the Board of Estimate in June 1911, the BRT was to construct a line traveling east under 59th Street before ascending onto the Queensboro Bridge.[45] The original plan there was to build a pair of single-track tunnels under 59th and 60th Streets, rising onto the bridge to Queens, with stations at Fifth and Lexington Avenues.[46][47] Just east of the Lexington Avenue station, the line would have ascended at a 5.8 percent grade to reach the bridge.[48] 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.[49] Degnon received the contract and began constructing the tunnels that September.[50]
By December 1914, the Board of Estimate had abandoned its original proposal to use the Queensboro Bridge for subway trains, which would have required $2.6 million in modifications to the bridge[51] and would have caused serious congestion.[52] Instead, the board planned to build a double-tracked 60th Street Tunnel under the East River, which would allow the city to save $500,000 by not constructing a tunnel under 59th Street. Degnon proposed building this tunnel for $4.5 million.[51][53] The Board of Estimate approved the plan in February 1915, and the New York State Legislature shortly afterward legally approved the revised route.[52] On July 28, 1915, the Public Service Commission approved the Board of Estimate's request to place both tracks under 60th Street and cross the East River in the 60th Street Tunnel.[54][55] A piece of the tunnel under 59th Street had already been built and became a walkway connecting the two side platforms of the IRT's 59th Street station.[56][57]
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.
1920s to 1960s
The IRT station originally served local trains only.[64][65] In Fiscal Year 1930, a crossunder under the local tracks was opened, connecting the southbound and northbound platforms.[66] This passageway was funded by Bloomingdale's and was dedicated on November 11, 1930.[67][68] A new entrance from the Lexington Avenue/59th Street station to Bloomingdale's flagship store was also built in late 1930 as part of an expansion of the store.[69]
The city government took over the BMT's operations on June 1, 1940,
To reduce crime, in 1965, the NYCTA began closing two of the station's entrances at night.
Construction of IRT express platforms
On November 4, 1954, the NYCTA approved plans to convert 59th Street into an express station.
The NYCTA approved a revision to the express platform project on April 8, 1959,[64][65] and construction for the express station began on August 27, 1959.[91] The Slattery Construction Corporation was hired as the main contractor for the project,[92] which cost $6.5 million.[93] Along with the new express platforms, a new mezzanine was built above the platforms to connect them to the local station and the Broadway Line station. Two high speed escalators were added to connect the local and express platforms. Two additional high-speed escalators were built to connect the local platforms with the new mezzanine. As part of the plan, the local platforms were extended to accommodate 10-car trains.[92][94] In addition, new entrances and booths were added to the 59th Street ends of the northbound and southbound sides.[93]
Work on the express station at 59th Street required express trains to run on the local tracks during late nights.
1970s to present
By 1970, the 59th Street station on the Lexington Avenue Line was among the subway system's 12 worst
During the mid-1970s, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) chairman David Yunich talked with local merchants about the possibility of raising money for a renovation of the station, which would be funded equally by the MTA and the merchants.[106] The agency closed one of the station's token booths in 1977 to save money, although the booth was reopened shortly afterward.[107] The MTA announced in late 1978 that it would modernize the Lexington Avenue/59th Street station. The improvements included new finishes on the walls and floors; acoustical, signage, and lighting improvements; replacement of old mechanical equipment; and new handrails.[108] The MTA included funding for a renovation of the Lexington Avenue/59th Street station to its 1980–1984 capital plan.[109] In April 1993, the New York State Legislature agreed to give the MTA $9.6 billion for capital improvements. Some of the funds would be used to renovate nearly one hundred New York City Subway stations,[110][111] including both stations at Lexington Avenue/59th Street.[112]
In 2002, the Broadway Line station received a major overhaul. The MTA repaired the staircases, re-tiled the walls, added new tiling on the floors, upgraded the station's lights and the public address system, and installed ADA yellow safety threads along the platform edge, new signs, and new trackbeds in both directions. The original tiling at the Lexington Avenue Line local platforms and the Broadway Line platform were restored, and
In 2019, the MTA announced that the station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[113] In early 2024, to discourage fare evasion, the MTA reconfigured emergency exits at the 59th Street IRT station so the exits opened only after a 15-second delay.[114][115]
Station layout
Ground | Street level | Exits/entrances, Lexington Avenue–63rd Street
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Basement 1 | Third Avenue mezzanine | Fare control, MetroCard machines, to Broadway Line platforms |
Fare control, MetroCard machines, to northbound platforms and Bloomingdale's | ||
Side platform | ||
Northbound local | ← toward Pelham Bay Park or Parkchester (68th Street–Hunter College) ← toward Woodlawn late nights (68th Street–Hunter College) | |
Southbound local | toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (51st Street) → toward New Lots Avenue late nights (51st Street) → | |
Side platform | ||
Fare control, MetroCard machines, to southbound platforms | ||
Basement 2 | Crossunder | Crossunder between local platforms |
Southbound | ← toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Fifth Avenue–59th Street) ← toward Whitehall Street–South Ferry (Fifth Avenue–59th Street) ← toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (Fifth Avenue–59th Street) | |
Island platform | ||
Northbound | toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (Queensboro Plaza) → toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Queens Plaza) → | |
Basement 3 | Mezzanine | Transfer between platforms |
Basement 4 | Side platform | |
Northbound express | ← toward Woodlawn (86th Street) ← toward Eastchester–Dyre Avenue or Nereid Avenue (86th Street) | |
Southbound express | toward Crown Heights–Utica Avenue (Grand Central–42nd Street) → toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College weekdays, Bowling Green evenings/weekends (Grand Central–42nd Street) → | |
Side platform |
The complex consists of four levels. The IRT local platforms comprise the first basement level, running in a roughly north–south direction about 23 feet (7.0 m) below the street. The BMT platform is on the second basement level, 47 feet (14 m) below the street. The mezzanine below the BMT platform is 62 feet (19 m) deep[64][65] and was installed during the 1962 renovations.[92][94] The fourth and deepest level consists of the IRT express platforms, which are 73 feet (22 m) deep; each express platform contained an escalator that ascended to the local platform above it. A pair of escalators originally rose from the mezzanine to the IRT local platforms.[92][94] There are also three staircases up to the BMT platform, two down to each of the lower level IRT express platforms, and one staircase and escalator up to the IRT local platforms on the upper level.
There is a free out-of-system transfer to the
Artwork
The
Entrances and exits
The complex has a total of 11 staircase entrances. There are staircases to the Broadway Line platform and that are signed for the northbound Lexington Avenue Line platform at the eastern corners of 60th Street and Lexington Avenue, and staircases to the Broadway Line platform and that are signed for the southbound Lexington Avenue Line platform at the western corners of 60th Street and Lexington Avenue. Staircases from the southbound Lexington Avenue Line platform lead to the southwestern and northwestern corners of Lexington Avenue and 59th Street, while there are two exits to the southeastern corner of that intersection from the northbound platform, with one leading directly to the street, and one located in a passageway to Bloomingdale's. The station also has staircases to all four corners of Third Avenue and 60th Street, leading to a mezzanine with escalators for the Broadway Line platform.[122]
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Opened | July 17, 1918[40] (upper level) November 15, 1962 (lower level)[93] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned (Elevator within Bloomingdale's store leads to the northbound platform during the store's operating hours) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 59th Street station on the
The station used to have all green tile which has been covered up except for one "59th Street" sign near the south end of the northbound platform.[citation needed] There are whimsical stylized mosaics of coffee cups and slippers in varied colors at random spacing near the stairways to the Broadway and IRT local trains.[119]
There is a direct exit to
On the upper level, north of the station, there is a storage/lay up track between the two tracks. It ends at a
Image gallery
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The Lexington Avenue lower-level express station, opened in 1962
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A new, still unused entrance/exit; it has since opened
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Elizabeth Murray's artwork
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ABowling Green
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Brochure for the opening of the 59th Street express platforms
BMT Broadway Line platform
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Opened | September 1, 1919[127] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Lexington Avenue−59th Street station on the BMT Broadway Line has two tracks and one
The Lexington Avenue mezzanine has two staircases to each of the IRT local platforms, an escalator to the downtown platform, and three staircases down to the center level. The distinctive "Lex" mosaics were preserved during the renovation, by installing pre-arranged blocks along the station wall that cup the Lexington Avenue Line above it. The wall tiles have the red "Lex" evenly spaced out, similar to the IND style, with blue background, green borders, and white lettering. An entrance to Third Avenue, with red tiles, opened in October 1973. It has up and down escalators and an adjoining staircase, and is open part-time only, with four street staircases on Third Avenue.[citation needed]
Despite its name, the station is located on Lexington Avenue and 60th Street, one block north of 59th Street. Originally, the Broadway subway was to run to Queens over the Queensboro Bridge. Because the subway was to use the outer lanes of the Queensboro Bridge, the Queens-bound track was to run under 59th Street and the downtown-bound track under 60th Street.[46][47] The Broadway subway plan was changed in 1915 to route both tracks into 60th Street and to cross the East River by a tunnel just north of the Queensboro Bridge.[54][55] The 59th Street crossing was now useless, and at 60th Street, the subway would have to be at a lower grade on its way to the 60th Street Tunnel.[131] The 59th Street crossing was converted into a pedestrian underpass for the IRT station, and is still in use for that purpose; its floor level is that of the never-completed BMT station. The 60th Street crossing was mostly destroyed when the existing station was built at a lower grade. A door in the southern wall across from the platform opens into a remaining unused space.[132]
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External links
- nycsubway.org – IRT East Side Line: 59th Street
- nycsubway.org – BMT Broadway Subway: Lexington Avenue/59th Street
- nycsubway.org — Blooming Artwork by Elizabeth Murray (1996)
- Station Reporter — 59th Street and Lexington Avenue Complex
- MTA's Arts For Transit — 59 Street/Lexington Avenue — 59th Street
Google Maps Street View:
- Lexington Avenue and 59th Street entrance Archived May 4, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
- Lexington Avenue and 60th Street entrance Archived November 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- Third Avenue and 60th Street entrance Archived May 4, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
- 60th Street entrance Archived May 4, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
- Upper IRT level Archived May 4, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
- Lower IRT level Archived September 26, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
- BMT platform Archived May 4, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
- Third Avenue Lobby Archived May 4, 2022, at the Wayback Machine