Fifth Avenue–59th Street (BMT Broadway Line)

5th Avenue–59th Street

New York City Subway rapid transit station

Downtown platform

Station statistics

Address

East 60th Street & Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10023

Borough

Manhattan

Locale

Midtown Manhattan, Upper East Side

Coordinates

40°45′53″N 73°58′21″W / 40.764779°N 73.972621°WCoordinates: 40°45′53″N 73°58′21″W / 40.764779°N 73.972621°W

Division

B (BMT)

Line

BMT Broadway Line

Services

      N (all times)
      R (all except late nights)
      W (weekdays only)

Transit connections

New York City Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, Q32

Structure

Underground

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Other information

Opened

September 1, 1919^[1]

Station code

008^[2]

Accessible

not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned

Wireless service

^[3]

Traffic

Passengers (2016)

5,929,715^[4]

1.5%

Rank

74 out of 422

Station succession

Next north

Lexington Avenue/59th Street: N R W

Next south

57th Street–Seventh Avenue: N R W

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops all times
	Stops weekdays only

Location
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5th Avenue–59th Street is a station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. Located under Grand Army Plaza near the intersection of 5th Avenue and 60th Street in Manhattan, it is served by the N train at all times, W on weekdays, and R at all times except late nights.

Station layout

Track layout

to Lexington Av

to 57 St

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (57th Street–Seventh Avenue) ← toward Whitehall Street–South Ferry (weekdays) (57th Street–Seventh Avenue) ← toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (57th Street–Seventh Avenue)
	Northbound	→ ( weekdays) toward Ditmars Boulevard (Lexington Avenue/59th Street) → → toward 71st Avenue (Lexington Avenue/59th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Mosaics

Directional mosaics

The station has two tracks and two side platforms, with a mezzanine above both the western and eastern ends of the station. 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.

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 ADA compliance and restoration the original late 1910s tiling. The MTA repaired the staircases, re-tiling for the walls, installed new tiling on the floors, upgraded the station's lights and the public address system, and installed ADA yellow safety threads along the platform edges, new signs, and new track-beds in both directions.

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 Central Park (northwestern corner of that intersection) and the other two on either eastern corner of the intersection.^[5] The part-time side at Central Park South, just by the Plaza Hotel, formerly had a booth (closed in 2003) and three street staircases as well: two carved inside Central Park's perimeter, on the northern side of Central Park South, and one to the southern side, inside a building just west of the Plaza Hotel.^[5]

References

↑ New York Times, Subway to Open Two New Stations, August 31, 1919, page 25
↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2011–2016". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 31, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
1 2 "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

New York City Subway stations, by service
	Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard Astoria Boulevard 30th Avenue Broadway 36th Avenue 39th Avenue Queensboro Plaza Lexington Avenue/59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street* 23rd Street* 14th Street Eighth Street–New York University* Prince Street* Canal Street City Hall* Cortlandt Street* Rector Street* South Ferry–Whitehall Street* Court Street* Jay Street–MetroTech* DeKalb Avenue* Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Union Street* Ninth Street* Prospect Avenue* 25th Street* 36th Street 45th Street* 53rd Street* 59th Street–Fourth Avenue Eighth Avenue Fort Hamilton Parkway New Utrecht Avenue 18th Avenue 20th Avenue Bay Parkway Kings Highway Avenue U 86th Street Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
	71st Avenue 67th Avenue 63rd Drive–Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard Grand Avenue–Newtown Elmhurst Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street Northern Boulevard 46th Street Steinway Street 36th Street–Northern Boulevard Queens Plaza Lexington Avenue/59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street Eighth Street–New York University Prince Street Canal Street City Hall Cortlandt Street Rector Street South Ferry–Whitehall Street Court Street Jay Street–MetroTech DeKalb Avenue Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Union Street Ninth Street Prospect Avenue 25th Street 36th Street–Fourth Avenue 45th Street 53rd Street 59th Street–Fourth Avenue Bay Ridge Avenue 77th Street 86th Street Bay Ridge–95th Street
	Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard Astoria Boulevard 30th Avenue Broadway 36th Avenue 39th Avenue Queensboro Plaza Lexington Avenue/59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street Eighth Street–New York University Prince Street Canal Street City Hall Cortlandt Street Rector Street South Ferry–Whitehall Street
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Temporary reroutes on the 2, 5, and M trains are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks are served by that service during off-peak hours only. See linked articles for more information.

New York City Subway stations, by line (physical trackage)

Broadway Line

[← to Queens Plaza, Queens Blvd. Line via 60th Street Tunnel and connection / ← to Queensboro Plaza, Astoria Line via 60th Street Tunnel]
Lexington Avenue/59th Street
Fifth Avenue–59th Street
[← to Lexington Avenue–63rd Street, 63rd Street Lines]
57th Street–Seventh Avenue
49th Street
Times Square–42nd Street
34th Street–Herald Square
28th Street
23rd Street
14th Street
Eighth Street–New York University
Prince Street
Canal Street
[to DeKalb Avenue, 4th Ave./Brighton Lines via Manhattan Bridge →]
City Hall
Cortlandt Street
Rector Street
South Ferry–Whitehall Street
[to Court Street–Borough Hall, 4th Ave. Line via Montague Street Tunnel →]

See also: Lists by borough (The Bronx; Brooklyn; Manhattan; Queens); Accessible; Closed; Terminals; Transfer; Commons category

Stations and line segments in italics are closed, demolished, or planned. Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

Central Park

Features

Geographical features	Cedar Hill Cherry Hill Conservatory Garden Conservatory Water Great Lawn / Turtle Pond Harlem Meer Onassis Reservoir The Pond and Hallett Nature Sanctuary The Ramble and Lake Seneca Village Sheep Meadow
Sculptures	107th Infantry Memorial Alexander Hamilton Balto Christopher Columbus Cleopatra's Needle Daniel Webster Eagles and Prey The Falconer Fitz-Greene Halleck Frederick Douglass Memorial Giuseppe Mazzini Indian Hunter King Jagiello Monument Robert Burns Romeo and Juliet Samuel Finley Breese Morse Seventh Regiment Memorial Sir Walter Scott The Gates (former) The Tempest Untermyer Fountain USS Maine National Monument Victor Herbert William Shakespeare
Other features	Arsenal Belvedere Castle Bethesda Terrace and Fountain Blockhouse Bridges Burnett Memorial Fountain Carousel Delacorte Theater Diana Ross Playground Fort Clinton Lasker Rink Mall Marionette Theatre McGowan's Pass McGown's Pass Tavern Pug Hill Richard Morris Hunt Memorial Rumsey Playfield Strawberry Fields Tavern on the Green Victorian Gardens Wollman Rink Zoo Escape hoax Zoo York Wall Zoo York

Events

Neighboring features

Streets	Border Streets Fifth (East) North South West Transverses 66th 79th 85th 97th
Subway stations	Fifth Avenue–59th Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle 72nd Street 81st Street 86th Street 96th Street 103rd Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street Central Park North–110th Street

People and animals

Miscellaneous

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