23rd Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

 23 Street
 "1" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Downtown platform
Station statistics
Address West 23rd Street & Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10011
Borough Manhattan
Locale Chelsea
Coordinates 40°44′38″N 73°59′46″W / 40.744°N 73.996°W / 40.744; -73.996Coordinates: 40°44′38″N 73°59′46″W / 40.744°N 73.996°W / 40.744; -73.996
Division A (IRT)
Line       IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services       1  (all times)
​      2  (late nights)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: M7, M20, M23 SBS
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened July 1, 1918 (1918-07-01)
Station code 320[1]
Wireless service [2]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 4,557,216[3] Decrease 3.1%
Rank 108 out of 425
Station succession
Next north 28th Street: 1  ​2 
Next south 18th Street: 1  ​2 

23rd Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 23rd Street and Seventh Avenue in Chelsea, Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times, and by the 2 train during late nights.

Station layout

Track layout
to 28 St
to 18 St
G Street Level Exit/Entrance
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local ← "1" train toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (28th Street)
← "2" train toward 241st Street late nights (28th Street)
Northbound express ← "2" train "3" train do not stop here
Southbound express → "2" train "3" train do not stop here →
Southbound local → "1" train toward South Ferry (18th Street) →
→ "2" train toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College late nights (18th Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Name tablet
Number tablet on trim line

This underground station, which opened on July 1, 1918, and renovated in the 1990s, has two side platforms and four tracks. The two express tracks are used by the 2 and 3 trains during daytime hours.

Both platforms have their original mosaic trim line and name tablets of a predominately brown and red color. They also have brown-red i-beam columns at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black and white number plate except at either end where they get narrower.

Exits

Each platform has one same-level fare control area in their center and there are no crossunders or crossovers. The northbound platform has the station's full-time turnstile bank and token booth and two staircases going to either eastern corners of 23rd Street and Seventh Avenue. The southbound platform has an unstaffed set of turnstiles and two staircases going up to either western corners of the same intersection.[4]

In the 1998 film Godzilla, this station was destroyed by Zilla and used as the entrance to the nesting ground inside Madison Square Garden.

References

  1. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Chelsea" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
Northbound street stair
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