23rd Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)

23rd Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	West 23rd Street & Sixth Avenue New York, NY 10011
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Chelsea, Gramercy
Coordinates	40°44′35″N 73°59′34″W / 40.742933°N 73.992877°W / 40.742933; -73.992877Coordinates: 40°44′35″N 73°59′34″W / 40.742933°N 73.992877°W / 40.742933; -73.992877
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Sixth Avenue Line
Services	F  (all times)       M  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)
Connection	New York City Bus: M5, M7, M23 PATH: JSQ–33, HOB–33 and JSQ–33 (via HOB) trains at 23rd Street
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 15, 1940 (1940-12-15)
Wireless service	[1][2]
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	8,678,810[3]  2.8%
Rank	40 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	34th Street – Herald Square: F  M
Next south	14th Street: F  M
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekdays only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekends and weekend late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

23rd Street is a local station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, it is served by the F train at all times, and by the M train on weekdays. This station and 14th Street are the only two local stations on the Sixth Avenue Line.

There are two tracks and two side platforms; no crossover, cross-under or mezzanine. The PATH tracks, which were built forty years before the Sixth Avenue Line, are behind the trackway walls where there would typically be the express tracks. The Sixth Avenue PATH tracks stack on the express tracks, which were constructed in the mid-1960s using the "deep-bore" tunneling method and both are not visible from the station.^[4]

Each side of the station has four street staircases and a direct indoor entrance to the 23rd Street PATH station. Two of the four entrances on each side appear to be part of the original 1911 PATH entrances. The tile band is lime green. The tile band on the track walls appears to be obscured by support beams directly underneath 23rd Street.

On the express tracks on the lower level, the deep-bore tunnel's round shape becomes square below this station and at 14th Street stations, where provisions for lower level platforms were built.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1 Sixth Avenue Line/PATH platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (14th Street) ← toward Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue (14th Street)
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound PATH	←      HOB–33 toward Hoboken Terminal (14th Street) ←      JSQ–33 toward Journal Square (14th Street) ←      JSQ–33 (via HOB) toward Journal Square (14th Street)
	Northbound PATH	→      HOB–33 toward 33rd Street (Terminus) → →      JSQ–33 toward 33rd Street (Terminus) → →      JSQ–33 (via HOB) toward 33rd Street (Terminus) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	→ toward Jamaica – 179th Street (34th Street – Herald Square) → → toward Forest Hills – 71st Avenue (34th Street – Herald Square) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
B2	-	Crossunder to PATH station platforms
B3 Lower level[4]	Southbound express	← do not stop here
	Northbound express	→ do not stop here →

References

External links

Media related to 23rd Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org—IND 6th Avenue: 23rd Street
• Station Reporter — F Train
• Station Reporter — M Train
• 23rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View