51st Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

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51st Street
New York City Subway station

Station information
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4 (late nights) 6 (all times) <6>(weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transfer	E V at Lexington Avenue–53rd Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
Platforms	2 side platforms (upper level only)
Tracks	4 (2 on each of 2 levels)
Passengers (2006)	19.635 million ▲ 5%
Other
Opened	July 17, 1918
Accessible
Next north	59th Street: 4 6 <6>
Next south	42nd Street–Grand Central: 4 6 <6>

51st Street is a rapid transit station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway in Manhattan, New York City, United States. It is a local stop with two tracks and two side platforms. The express tracks pass through a lower level, and are not visible from the station.

51st Street tiles

The station features beige brick over the original tile, but the standard IRT-style mosaics were saved. There is a crossunder at the north end, with a passageway to the Queens Boulevard Line, completed in 1989. The fare control is seven steps up from the platform level, and the platforms themselves are approximately 25 feet below street level.

A passageway connecting to Lexington Avenue–53rd Street on the IND Queens Boulevard Line was added in 1989.