57th Street
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New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
Station statistics | |||||||
Address | West 57th Street & Sixth Avenue New York, NY 10019 |
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Borough | Manhattan | ||||||
Locale | Midtown Manhattan | ||||||
Coordinates | 40°45′51″N 73°58′38″W / 40.764259°N 73.977213°WCoordinates: 40°45′51″N 73°58′38″W / 40.764259°N 73.977213°W | ||||||
Division | B (IND) | ||||||
Line | IND Sixth Avenue Line | ||||||
Services | F (all times) | ||||||
Transit connections | NYCT Bus: M5, M7, M31, M57 | ||||||
Structure | Underground | ||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||
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Opened | July 1, 1968 | ||||||
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Traffic | |||||||
Passengers (2015) | 4,720,245 2.5% | ||||||
Rank | 101 out of 425 | ||||||
Station succession | |||||||
Next north | Lexington Avenue–63rd Street: F | ||||||
Next south | 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center: F | ||||||
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57th Street is a station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 57th Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, it is served by the F train at all times. North of the station, the line turns east and becomes the IND 63rd Street Line.
The station was built as part of the Chrystie Street Connection, which started construction in 1957. In 1962, the Sixth Avenue extension to the new terminal at 57th Street was announced. The 57th Street station opened on July 1, 1968, as one of two stations added during construction of the Chrystie Street Connection, the other being Grand Street. Upon its opening, the station acted as the terminus of two services, the B during rush hours and KK during off-peak hours. The KK was renamed the K in 1974 and eliminated in 1976. From 1978 to 1990, this station was also served by the JFK Express service to the eponymous airport.
When the north side of the Manhattan Bridge was closed for construction from 1986-1998 and again from July to December 2001, this station was only served by a shuttle train along Sixth Avenue. Starting in 1988, this station was served by Q trains on weekdays, B trains on weekday evenings and weekends, and F trains during late nights. This was the terminal for all services until the IND 63rd Street Line to 21st Street–Queensbridge opened on October 29, 1989 Late night F-train service was replaced by a shuttle in 1997. Since December 2001, when the 63rd Street Tunnel Connector opened in Queens, the F route has served this station at all times, simultaneous with the withdrawal of all other services from the 63rd Street Line.