33rd Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

33 Street  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Downtown platform with an Arts for Transit artwork, Lariat Seat Loops, on the columns
Station statistics
Address	East 33rd Street & Park Avenue New York, New York
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Murray Hill, Kips Bay
Coordinates	40°44′47″N 73°58′55″W / 40.74639°N 73.98194°W / 40.74639; -73.98194
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4  (late nights) ​   6  (all times) <6>  (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M15, M15 SBS, M34 SBS, M34A SBS, M101, M102, M103 MTA Bus: BM5, BxM1, QM12, QM15, QM16, QM17, QM18, QM24 NYC Ferry: Astoria and Soundview Routes (on FDR Drive and East 34th Street)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	October 27, 1904 (120 years ago) (1904-10-27)[2]
Opposite- direction transfer	No
Traffic
2023	5,666,586[3]  16.8%
Rank	40 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Grand Central–42nd Street 4  ​6  <6> toward Pelham Bay Park Local 28th Street 4  ​6  <6> toward Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall does not stop here
Non-revenue services and lines Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Grand Central shuttle no service
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Grand Central–42nd St to 28th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
33rd Street Subway Station (IRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark No. 1096
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference No.	04001014[4]
NYCL No.	1096
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 17, 2004
Designated NYCL	October 23, 1979[5]

The 33rd Street station is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Park Avenue and 33rd Street in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, it is served by 6 trains at all times, <6> trains during weekdays in the peak direction, and 4 trains during late night hours.

The 33rd Street station was constructed for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) as part of the city's first subway line, which was approved in 1900. Construction of the line segment that includes the 33rd Street station started on September 12 of the same year. The station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway. After the city's first subway line was split into multiple lines in 1918, there was a failed proposal in the 1920s to convert 33rd Street into an express station. The station's platforms were lengthened in the late 1940s.

The 33rd Street station contains two side platforms and four tracks; express trains use the inner two tracks to bypass the station. The station was built with tile and mosaic decorations, which are continued along the platform extensions. The platforms contain exits to 32nd Street to the south and 33rd Street to the north. The platforms are not connected to each other within fare control. The original station interior is a New York City designated landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.