Lexington Avenue/51st Street station

 Lexington Avenue/51 Street
 "6" train"6" express train​​"E" train​"M" train
New York City Subway station complex
Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street plaza entrance
Station statistics
AddressEast 53rd Street & Lexington Avenue
New York, New York
BoroughManhattan
LocaleMidtown Manhattan
Coordinates40°45′25″N 73°58′19″W / 40.757075°N 73.971977°W / 40.757075; -73.971977
DivisionA (IRT), B (IND)[1]
Line   IRT Lexington Avenue Line
IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services   4 late nights (late nights)
​   6 all times (all times) <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)​
   E all times (all times)
​   M weekdays during the day (weekdays during the day)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: M50, M101, M102, M103
Bus transport MTA Bus: BxM1[2]
StructureUnderground
Levels2
Other information
OpenedJune 26, 1989; 35 years ago (1989-06-26)[3][4]
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Traffic
202311,339,465[5] Increase 16.3%
Rank14 out of 423[5]
Location
Lexington Avenue/51st Street station is located in New York City Subway
Lexington Avenue/51st Street station
Lexington Avenue/51st Street station is located in New York City
Lexington Avenue/51st Street station
Lexington Avenue/51st Street station is located in New York
Lexington Avenue/51st Street station
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Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day

The Lexington Avenue/51st Street station is a New York City Subway station complex on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and IND Queens Boulevard Line. The station is located on Lexington Avenue and stretches from 51st Street to 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan. It is served by the 6 and E trains at all times; the M train on weekdays during the day; the <6> train during weekdays in the peak direction; and the 4 train during late nights.

The complex comprises two stations: 51st Street on the Lexington Avenue Line and Lexington Avenue–53rd Street (originally Lexington–Third Avenues) on the Queens Boulevard Line. Originally two separate stations, these were connected in 1988 via a transfer passage, which was opened with the construction of 599 Lexington Avenue. Approximately 50,000 riders transfer between the Lexington Avenue and Queens Boulevard Lines each weekday.[6]

In 2019, the station complex had an annual ridership of 18,957,465, making it the tenth-busiest in the system.[7]

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Manhattan Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference n125626701 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  5. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "Potential East Midtown Transit Improvements" (PDF). www.cb5.org. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2012. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  7. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.