23rd Street station (PATH)

23rd Street
Port Authority Trans-Hudson PATH rapid transit station
The New Jersey-bound platform at 23rd Street in August 2014.
Location 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue
Manhattan, New York
Coordinates 40°44′34″N 73°59′34″W / 40.742893°N 73.992865°W / 40.742893; -73.992865Coordinates: 40°44′34″N 73°59′34″W / 40.742893°N 73.992865°W / 40.742893; -73.992865
Owned by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Line(s) Uptown Hudson Tubes
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections New York City Subway:
"F" train ​"M" train at 23rd Street
NYCT Bus: M7 NB, M23 SBS, M55 NB
History
Opened 1908
Electrified 600V (DC) Third Rail
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 2,822,221[1] Increase 7.9%
Services
Preceding station   PATH   Following station
Temporary Service Times[2][3]
toward Hoboken
HOB–33
M-F 6am-11pm
Terminus
JSQ–33
M-F 6am-11pm
JSQ–33 (via HOB)
Monday 5-6am
M-Th 6am-10pm
F 11pm-11:59
         
Route map
PATH to 33 St
6 Av Line
to 34 St–Herald Sq
6 Av Line to 14 St
PATH to 14 St

23rd Street is a station on the PATH system. Located at the intersection of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, it is served by the Hoboken–33rd Street and Journal Square–33rd Street lines on weekdays, and by the Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken) line on weekends.

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
B1
Sixth Avenue Line/PATH platforms		 West Mezzanine Fare control, MetroCard vending machines
Side platform, temporarily closed for construction
Northbound local ← "F" train "M" train do not stop here (34th Street–Herald Square)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound PATH ←      HOB–33,      JSQ–33, and      JSQ–33 (via HOB) toward 33rd Street (Terminus)
Southbound PATH →      HOB–33 toward Hoboken Terminal (14th Street) →
→      JSQ–33 (JSQ–33 (via HOB) nights and weekneds) toward Journal Square (14th Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound local → "F" train "M" train do not stop here (14th Street) →
Side platform, temporarily closed for construction
East Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
B2 - Crossunder to PATH station platforms
B3
Lower level[4]		 Northbound express ← "B" train "D" train do not stop here
Southbound express → "B" train "D" train do not stop here →

The station opened on June 15, 1908. Before the line was extended to 23rd Street, the northern terminus of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad was a station located at 19th Street (now closed).[5]

This PATH station has side platforms, but passengers must descend one level, walk through an underpass, and go up another stairwell, leading to the New York City Subway mezzanine. The PATH fare control is located in the underpass, which is underneath the tracks of the New York City Subway's IND Sixth Avenue Line.[6]

There is a connection to the New York City Subway at their platforms, served by the F and ​M trains, which are located on either side of the PATH station. The express tracks, used by the B and ​D trains, are located below the PATH tracks on a lower level.[6] The express tracks were constructed in the mid-1960s using the "deep-bore" tunneling method and both are not visible from the station.[4] On the express tracks on the lower level, the deep-bore tunnel's round shape becomes square below this station and at 14th Street stations, where provisions for lower level platforms were built.

Exits

The northbound platform can be accessed from the exits on the east side of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue, while the southbound platform can be accessed from the exits on the west side. There are two exits to each corner of that intersection, which serve both the subway and PATH platforms in each direction.[7] The PATH station has direct entrances only from the New York City Subway station on either side, which are accessed only by going below the subway platform in the respective direction and then ascending onto the PATH platform. The 33rd Street-bound PATH is accessed from the northbound subway platform, while the New Jersey-bound PATH is accessed from the southbound subway platform. The southern entrances on each side appear to be part of the original 1911 PATH entrances.[7]

Combined New York City Subway and PATH entrances at 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue
From left to right:
  • Southeast corner entrance, seen in 2012
  • Northeast corner entrance, seen in 2017
  • Projection of northeast corner entrance after the 2015-2019 Capital Program renovation of the adjoining New York City Subway station[8][9]

Nearby attractions

References

  1. ↑ "PATH Ridership Report" (PDF). pathnynj.gov. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Schedules". Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Stay on Track - PATH Weekend Closures - 2018" (PDF). Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 nycsubway.org – IND 6th Avenue: 23rd Street
  5. ↑ "To Extend Hudson Tunnel; Trains to Begin Running to Twenty-third Street on Monday". The New York Times. June 12, 1908. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  6. 1 2 Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
  7. 1 2 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Chelsea" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  8. ↑ "MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long "Revamp"". Gothamist. Archived from the original on 2016-08-01. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  9. ↑ "MTAStations" (PDF). governor.ny.gov. Government of the State of New York. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
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