23rd Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

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New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	Uptown platform
Station statistics
Address	East 23rd Street & Park Avenue South; New York, NY 10010
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Park Avenue South, Gramercy, Flatiron District
Coordinates	40°44′25″N 73°59′11″W / 40.740169°N 73.98644°WCoordinates: 40°44′25″N 73°59′11″W / 40.740169°N 73.98644°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4 (late nights); 6 (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transit connections	New York City Bus: M1, M2, M3, M23 SBS, SIM3, SIM6, SIM6X, SIM10, SIM31; MTA Bus: BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, QM21
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	October 27, 1904 (119 years ago)
Station code	405
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Wireless service	Template:Wifi icon
Opposite-direction transfer available	Template:Infobox New York City Subway station/opposite transfer
Traffic
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Rank	Template:Infobox New York City Subway station/ridership/rank out of 424
Station succession
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Location
Street map
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23rd Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 23rd Street and Park Avenue South in Gramercy Park and Flatiron District, Manhattan. It is served by the 6 train.

After this station, the next stations will be 28th Street and 14th Street Union Square.

23rd Street Station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) Media

23rd Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) entrance kiosks
Mercantile Building entrance
The former narrow entrance on the northeastern corner of 23rd St and Park Avenue South to the northbound platform
Relocated northeastern corner entrance under construction in July 2015
Relocated northeastern corner entrance, with construction of the elevator in the background

References

↑ C.J. Hughes (2018-01-31). Living In / Park Avenue South: The Other Park Avenue Comes Into Its Own. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/realestate/living-on-park-avenue-south-manhattan.html. "Mail was occasionally delivered to the wrong addresses — to that other Park Avenue, residents said — and the street appeared to be trapped in real-estate limbo. It was neither here nor there, brushing by brand-name enclaves like Gramercy Park and Flatiron, but not belonging to them, and never really developing a personality of its own. ... With the 6 train directly under Park Avenue South, subway service is never far, although the trains can get jammed. Stops are at East 28th Street and East 23rd Street, and just outside the neighborhood at East 33rd Street and 14th Street‑Union Square, where other lines meet.".
↑ "Chapter 1: Project Description". Hudson Square Rezoning: Final Environmental Impact Statement (PDF). New York City Department of Buildings. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
↑ "Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It; Mayor McClellan Runs the First Official Train." (in en-US). The New York Times: 1. October 28, 1904. ISSN 0362-4331 . http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1904/10/28/118948832.html. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
↑ Attached PDF to "Governor Cuomo Announces Wireless Service and New "Transit Wireless WiFi" in Queens and Manhattan Subway Stations", governor.ny.gov
↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

Notes

↑ The New York Times and the New York City Department of City Planning consider Park Avenue South to be a small micro-neighborhood between Gramercy and Flatiron. Park Avenue South is also the name of the street on which the 23rd Street station is located.^[1]^[2]

[1] C.J. Hughes (2018-01-31). Living In / Park Avenue South: The Other Park Avenue Comes Into Its Own. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/realestate/living-on-park-avenue-south-manhattan.html. "Mail was occasionally delivered to the wrong addresses — to that other Park Avenue, residents said — and the street appeared to be trapped in real-estate limbo. It was neither here nor there, brushing by brand-name enclaves like Gramercy Park and Flatiron, but not belonging to them, and never really developing a personality of its own. ... With the 6 train directly under Park Avenue South, subway service is never far, although the trains can get jammed. Stops are at East 28th Street and East 23rd Street, and just outside the neighborhood at East 33rd Street and 14th Street‑Union Square, where other lines meet.".

[2] "Chapter 1: Project Description". Hudson Square Rezoning: Final Environmental Impact Statement (PDF). New York City Department of Buildings. Retrieved July 24, 2018.

[145th-4] "Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It; Mayor McClellan Runs the First Official Train." (in en-US). The New York Times: 1. October 28, 1904. ISSN 0362-4331 . http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1904/10/28/118948832.html. Retrieved April 21, 2020.

[stationinformation-5] "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

[wifi-6] "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

[wifi2-7] Attached PDF to "Governor Cuomo Announces Wireless Service and New "Transit Wireless WiFi" in Queens and Manhattan Subway Stations", governor.ny.gov

[8] "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[riderref-9] 8.0 ^8.1 "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[3] The New York Times and the New York City Department of City Planning consider Park Avenue South to be a small micro-neighborhood between Gramercy and Flatiron. Park Avenue South is also the name of the street on which the 23rd Street station is located.^[1]^[2]

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