23rd Street (BMT Broadway Line)

23rd Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Uptown platform
Station statistics
Address	intersection of 23rd Street, Fifth Avenue & Broadway New York, NY 10010
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Flatiron District, Madison Square
Coordinates	40°44′29″N 73°59′21″W / 40.741339°N 73.989272°W / 40.741339; -73.989272Coordinates: 40°44′29″N 73°59′21″W / 40.741339°N 73.989272°W / 40.741339; -73.989272
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Broadway Line
Services	N  (weekends and late nights)       Q  (late nights only)       R  (all except late nights)       W  (weekdays only)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M2, M3, M23 SBS, M55, X27, X28 MTA Bus: BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, BM5
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	January 5, 1918 (99 years ago) (1918-01-05)
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	7,965,410  8.4%
Rank	50 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	28th Street: N  Q  R  W
Next south	14th Street–Union Square: N  Q  R  W
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops late nights only
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23rd Street is a local station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 23rd Street, Broadway, and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, it is served by the R train at all times except late nights, the W train on weekdays, the N train during weekends and late nights and the Q train during late nights.

This underground station, opened on January 5, 1918, has four tracks and two side platforms. The two center tracks are used by the N train weekdays and Q train all times except late nights. The platforms have their original trim line, which has "23" tablets on it at regular intervals and name tablets, which read "23RD STREET" in Times New Roman font.

This station's 1970s overhaul included fixing its structure and the overall appearance by replacing the original wall tiles, old signs, and incandescent lighting to the 70's modern look wall tile band and tablet mosaics, signs and fluorescent lights. It also included fixing staircases and platform edges. In 2001, the station received a major state of repairs, including upgrading for ADA compliance, restoring the original late 1910s tiling, repairing the staircases, re-tiling for the walls, new tiling on the floors, upgrading the station's lights and the public address system, installing ADA yellow safety threads along the platform edge, new signs, and new trackbeds in both directions.

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