23rd Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

23rd Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Street staircase to the downtown platform
Station statistics
Address	West 23rd Street & Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10011
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Chelsea
Coordinates	40°44′43″N 73°59′55″W / 40.745274°N 73.998499°W / 40.745274; -73.998499Coordinates: 40°44′43″N 73°59′55″W / 40.745274°N 73.998499°W / 40.745274; -73.998499
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (late nights)       C  (all except late nights)       E  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M20, M23 SBS
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932 (84 years ago) (1932-09-10)
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	7,844,508  1%
Rank	52 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	34th Street – Penn Station: A  C  E
Next south	14th Street: A  C  E
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only
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23rd Street is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue in Chelsea, Manhattan, it is served by the C and E trains, the former of which is replaced by the A train during late nights.

This underground station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the initial segment of the Independent Subway System, at the time comprising what is now the IND Eighth Avenue Line from Chambers Street to 207th Street. There are four tracks and two side platforms. The two center tracks are used by the A express train during daytime hours. Just north of this station, a storage track begins between the two express tracks. This track runs north and stub-ends at the south end of the center platform at 34th Street – Penn Station.

Both platform walls have "23RD ST." name tablets in a yellow background and "23" in white numbering on a black border. There are also directional signs in the same format. The platform columns are yellow with every other one having the standard black and white station signs.

The station is planned to be renovated as part of the 2010–2014 MTA Capital Program. An MTA study conducted in 2014 found that 40% of station components were out of date.

All fare controls are on platform level. The full-time ones are at the south end of the station, at 23rd Street. Each entrance/exit has a turnstile bank, token booth, and two staircases to the street. The northbound side leads to either eastern corner of 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue and the southbound side leads to either western corner. A crossunder within fare control at the 23rd Street end connects both platforms.