50th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

 50 Street
 "1" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Downtown platform
Station statistics
Address West 50th Street & Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Borough Manhattan
Locale Midtown Manhattan
Coordinates 40°45′40″N 73°59′02″W / 40.761°N 73.984°W / 40.761; -73.984Coordinates: 40°45′40″N 73°59′02″W / 40.761°N 73.984°W / 40.761; -73.984
Division A (IRT)
Line       IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services       1  (all times)
​      2  (late nights)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: M7, M20, M50, M104
MTA Bus: BxM2
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened October 27, 1904 (1904-10-27)[1]
Station code 316[2]
Wireless service [3]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 7,751,756[4] Decrease 5%
Rank 47 out of 425
Station succession
Next north 59th Street–Columbus Circle: 1  ​2 
Next south Times Square–42nd Street: 1  ​2 
Times Square (shuttle): no passenger service

50th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 50th Street and Broadway at the northwest corner of the Theater District, it is served by the 1 train at all times, and by the 2 train during late nights.

Station layout

Track layout
to 59 St
to 42 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 (59th Street–Columbus Circle)
← "2" train toward 241st Street late nights (59th Street–Columbus Circle)
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 (Times Square–42nd Street) →
→ "2" train toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College late nights (Times Square–42nd Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Original Faience plaque (left); Liliana Porter's mosaic (right)
Passengers leaving southbound exit

This station has four tracks with two side platforms. It was the first west-side station constructed as part of Contract I, the original New York City Subway construction contract, which opened on October 27, 1904.[5] Original tile plaques at this station were removed during remodeling, but one of them has been preserved at the New York Transit Museum.

The station contains the artwork Liliana Porter's Alice, The Way Out, a series of mosaics installed in 1994 depicting characters from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. [6]

In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.[7]

On September 7, 1987, Alex Cumba fell onto the tracks of the 50th Street station.[8] Bystanders Edwin Ortiz, Jeff Kuhn, and Melvin Shadd jumped onto the tracks and attempted to lift Cumba back onto the platform, which was difficult due to Cumba's weight. The three were able to remove Cumba seconds before the train arrived. A recreation of the story aired on Rescue 911 on September 17, 1991.[9][10]

Exits

Each platform has same-level fare control at the center and there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfer between directions. Each fare control area has a token booth, turnstile bank, and newsstand. The northbound has four staircases to the streets: two to the northeast corner of 50th Street and Broadway, one to the southeast corner, and one inside a building on the south side of 50th Street midblock between Broadway and 7th Avenue. The southbound platform has an exit to an underground shopping arcade on the south side of 50th Street west of Broadway, and another to the southern sunken courtyard of Paramount Plaza on the northwest corner of 50th Street and Broadway.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It". The New York Times. October 28, 1904.
  2. ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ "New York City subway opens–Oct 27, 1904". HISTORY.com. 1904-10-27. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  6. ↑ "Arts for Transit and Urban Design". MTA Info. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  7. ↑ Gargan, Edward A. (June 11, 1981). "AGENCY LISTS ITS 69 MOST DETERIORATED SUBWAY STATIONS". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "3 Rescue Unconscious Man From Subway Tracks". The New York Times. 1987-09-06.
  9. ↑ Rescue 911 Episode Guide - Rescue 911 Season Episodes - TV.com
  10. ↑ The New York Times (September 6, 1987). "3 Men Rescue Unconscious Man From Subway Tracks". Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  11. ↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Midtown West" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
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