Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station

5 Avenue/53 Street  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
People waiting for a train on the upper level platform
Station statistics
Address	Fifth Avenue & 53rd Street New York, New York
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Midtown Manhattan
Coordinates	40°45′37″N 73°58′32″W / 40.76028°N 73.97556°W / 40.76028; -73.97556
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	E  (all times) ​   M  (weekdays during the day)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, Q32, SIM3, SIM6, SIM6X, SIM8, SIM8X, SIM10, SIM22, SIM23, SIM24, SIM25, SIM26, SIM30, SIM31
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	2 stacked side platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks	2 (1 on each level)
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1933; 91 years ago (1933-08-19)
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Accessibility	Same-platform wheelchair transfer available
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	4,733,296[2]  27.3%
Rank	58 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Seventh Avenue E  toward World Trade Center Lexington Avenue–53rd Street E  ​M  via Queens Plaza 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center M  toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Lexington Avenue–53rd Street Superimposed tracks (Left track above right) to 47th–50th Sts–Rockefeller Ctr to Seventh Avenue Upper level Lower level
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops weekdays during the day

The Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station is a station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street in Manhattan, it is served by the E train at all times and the M train weekdays except late nights.

Fifth Avenue/53rd Street was opened in 1933 as part of the Independent Subway System's (IND) Queens Boulevard Line. It contains two side platforms on separate levels: southbound trains to Lower Manhattan use the upper level, while northbound trains to Queens use the lower level. The station was renovated in the 1980s as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Culture Stations program and was rebuilt with displays showing information about the cultural institutions in the area. Further improvements to the station were proposed in the 2010s.