28th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

28th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Local 6 train arriving for downtown
Station statistics
Address	East 28th Street & Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Rose Hill, Kips Bay
Coordinates	40°44′36″N 73°59′03″W / 40.74329°N 73.984165°W / 40.74329; -73.984165Coordinates: 40°44′36″N 73°59′03″W / 40.74329°N 73.984165°W / 40.74329; -73.984165
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4  (late nights)       6  (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	October 27, 1904 (112 years ago) (1904-10-27)
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	7,214,293  1.5%
Rank	59 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	33rd Street: 4  6  <6>
Next south	23rd Street: 4  6  <6>
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
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28th Street Subway Station (IRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	05000230
Added to NRHP	March 30, 2005

28th Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Park Avenue South and 28th Street in Manhattan, it is served by the 6 train at all times, the <6> during weekdays in peak direction, and the 4 during late night hours.

Construction started on the first IRT line in 1900. The part of the line from City Hall to just south of 42nd Street was part of the original IRT line, opened on October 27, 1904 including a local station at 28th Street.

On April 13, 1948, the platform extensions to accommodate ten-car trains at this station along with those at 23rd Street, and 33rd Street were opened for use.

This station contains four tracks and two side platforms. The two middle express tracks run at a lower level than the two outer local ones. The fare control is at platform level and there are no open crossunders or crossovers. However, there is a closed crossunder with railings and a blacked out sign indicating its location. The token booth is unusual in that it is built into the tile wall instead of a standalone structure like most other stations. The station's ornamentation includes glass block wall artwork at the main fare control entitled Seven Ways 4 Twenty-Eighth, which was installed during station renovations in 1996. There is also an unusual back-lit station sign name, similar to that at 23rd Street, at fare control.