23rd Street

23rd Street New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	intersection of 23rd Street, 5th 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  (late nights and weekends)      R  (all except late nights)      W  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)
Connection	New York City Bus: BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, BM5, M2, M3, M5, M6, M23, X27, X28, X29
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	January 5, 1918[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	5.889 million[2][3] ▲ 4.48%
Rank	66 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	28th Street: N  R  W
Next south	14th Street – Union Square: N  R  W
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

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 5th Avenue in Manhattan it is served by the R train (all times except late nights), the N train (weekends and late nights), and the W train (weekdays). The Flatiron Building and Madison Square Park are nearby.

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.

The station was renovated before in the 1970s and again in 2004. There is a closed crossunder at the south end of the station only for emergency exit and station facility.

References

External links

• nycsubway.org — BMT Broadway Subway: 23rd Street
• Station Reporter — N Train
• Station Reporter — R Train
• Station Reporter — W Train
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 23rd Street

Hat theme, in the former hatter district

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