Seventh Avenue (IND lines)

7 Avenue
7 Avenue
	New York City Subway rapid transit station
	Upper Level platform
Station statistics
Address	Seventh Avenue & West 53rd Street; New York, NY 10019
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Midtown Manhattan
Coordinates	40°45′47″N 73°58′55″W / 40.762959°N 73.981891°WCoordinates: 40°45′47″N 73°58′55″W / 40.762959°N 73.981891°W
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Sixth Avenue Line; IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	B (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.); D (all times); E (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M7, M20, M104
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 on each level); cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1933
Station code	277[1]
Accessibility	Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Wireless service	[2]
Former/other names	Seventh Avenue–53rd Street
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	5,105,535[3] 1.1%
Rank	90 out of 425
Station succession
Next east	↑ Fifth Avenue/53rd Street (Queens Blvd): E ; ↓ 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center (6th Ave): B D
Next west	↑ 59th Street–Columbus Circle (6th Ave): B D ; ↓ 50th Street (Queens Blvd): E
Location
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times
	Stops weekdays only

Seventh Avenue is a station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line and the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 53rd Street in Manhattan, it is served by the D and E trains at all times, and the B train weekdays. The station is announced as Seventh Avenue–53rd Street, in the style of other stations that orient east-west along 53rd Street (such as Fifth Avenue/53rd Street and Lexington Avenue–53rd Street), as well as to prevent confusion with Seventh Avenue along Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, which is also served by the B.

History

The Seventh Avenue station was designed as an interchange point between service of the IND Queens Boulevard Line and the IND Sixth Avenue Line. The northern half of the station opened on August 19, 1933 with the opening of the IND Queens Boulevard Line to Roosevelt Avenue in Queens.^[4]

Station layout

Track layout

Upper level

from 5 Av/53 St

to 47–50 Sts

to 50 St

from 59 St–Columbus Cir

Lower level

to 5 Av/53 St

from 47–50 Sts

from 50 St

to 59 St–Columbus Cir

G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, metrocard vending machines
B2	Southbound QBL	← toward World Trade Center (50th Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound 6 Av. Line	→ toward Brighton Beach weekdays (47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center) → → toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center) →
B3	Northbound QBL	→ toward Jamaica Center (Fifth Avenue/53rd Street) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound 6 Av. Line	← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours, 145th Street middays and evenings (59th Street–Columbus Circle) ← toward Norwood–205th Street (59th Street–Columbus Circle)

Northeast corner entrance

This is a two-level station, with two tracks on each level and two island platforms, one over the other. The lower level serves trains headed railroad north (to Central Park West for trains from the IND Sixth Avenue Line, to Queens for trains from the IND Eighth Avenue Line). The upper level is the reverse. Each level allows cross-platform interchange between the two lines.^[5] The BMT Broadway Line passes overhead near the west end of the station; this crossing is visible in the ceiling and supporting columns.

The station serves two distinct subway lines that do not interconnect. On the IND Sixth Avenue Line, uptown trains (heading west through the station) join the IND Eighth Avenue Line headed uptown along Central Park West, while downtown trains (heading east through the station) head downtown along the IND Sixth Avenue Line. On the IND Queens Boulevard Line, uptown trains (heading east through the station) go to Queens via the 53rd Street Tunnel, while downtown trains (headed west through the station) head downtown along Eighth Avenue. Although connections would appear to exist on the subway map (because the map shows all levels of tracks in the same plane), there are no connecting tracks. This means that a downtown Sixth Avenue train coming from Central Park West cannot continue to Queens, and an uptown Sixth Avenue train cannot turn downtown along Eighth Avenue, or vice versa.^[5]

Exits

This station has two main exits–one at the westbound end of the station at Broadway, and one in the middle of the station at Broadway. The westbound exit has staircases leading to the northeast and southeast corners of 53rd Street and Broadway. The middle exit has staircases leading to the northeast and southeast corners of 53rd Street and Seventh Avenue^[6]

References

↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
↑
- "TWO SUBWAY UNITS OPEN AT MIDNIGHT; Links in City-Owned System in Queens and Brooklyn to Have 15 Stations" (PDF). The New York Times. August 18, 1933. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- "New Queens Subway Service Will Be Launched Tonight; Tunnel From Manhattan Open to Jackson Heights; Service Will Eventually Be Extended Through To Jamaica" (PDF). Long Island Daily Press. Fultonhistory.com. August 18, 1933. p. 20. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- "New Queens Tube To Open Saturday: Brooklyn-Long Island City Link of City Line Also to Be Put in Operation" (PDF). New York Evening Post. Fultonhistory.com. August 17, 1933. p. 18. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
1 2 Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
↑ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Midtown West" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.

External links

nycsubway.org – IND Queens Boulevard Line: 7th Avenue/53rd Street
Station Reporter — B Train
Station Reporter — D Train
Station Reporter — E Train
Seventh Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Broadway entrance from Google Maps Street View
Upper platform from Google Maps Street View

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[stationinformation-1] "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

[wifi-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.

[NYTimes-INDQBLCrstwnOpen-1933-4] 
"TWO SUBWAY UNITS OPEN AT MIDNIGHT; Links in City-Owned System in Queens and Brooklyn to Have 15 Stations" (PDF). The New York Times. August 18, 1933. Retrieved November 7, 2015.

"New Queens Subway Service Will Be Launched Tonight; Tunnel From Manhattan Open to Jackson Heights; Service Will Eventually Be Extended Through To Jamaica" (PDF). Long Island Daily Press. Fultonhistory.com. August 18, 1933. p. 20. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

"New Queens Tube To Open Saturday: Brooklyn-Long Island City Link of City Line Also to Be Put in Operation" (PDF). New York Evening Post. Fultonhistory.com. August 17, 1933. p. 18. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[mwmQ] "TWO SUBWAY UNITS OPEN AT MIDNIGHT; Links in City-Owned System in Queens and Brooklyn to Have 15 Stations" (PDF). The New York Times. August 18, 1933. Retrieved November 7, 2015.

[mwow] "New Queens Subway Service Will Be Launched Tonight; Tunnel From Manhattan Open to Jackson Heights; Service Will Eventually Be Extended Through To Jamaica" (PDF). Long Island Daily Press. Fultonhistory.com. August 18, 1933. p. 20. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[mwrw] "New Queens Tube To Open Saturday: Brooklyn-Long Island City Link of City Line Also to Be Put in Operation" (PDF). New York Evening Post. Fultonhistory.com. August 17, 1933. p. 18. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[tracks2-5] 1 2 Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.

[MTAMaps-2015-6] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Midtown West" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.

Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Sixth Avenue Express	Bedford Park Boulevard Kingsbridge Road Fordham Road 182nd–183rd Streets Tremont Avenue 174th–175th Streets 170th Street 167th Street 161st Street–Yankee Stadium 155th Street 145th Street 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 81st Street–Museum of Natural History 72nd Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle Seventh Avenue–53rd Street 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Grand Street DeKalb Avenue Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Seventh Avenue–Flatbush Avenue Prospect Park Church Avenue Newkirk Plaza Kings Highway Sheepshead Bay Brighton Beach
Sixth Avenue Express	Norwood–205th Street Bedford Park Boulevard Kingsbridge Road Fordham Road 182nd–183rd Streets Tremont Avenue 174th–175th Streets 170th Street 167th Street 161st Street–Yankee Stadium 155th Street 145th Street 125th Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle Seventh Avenue 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Grand Street DeKalb Avenue* Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Union Street* Ninth Street* Prospect Avenue* 25th Street* 36th Street Ninth Avenue Fort Hamilton Parkway 50th Street 55th Street 62nd Street 71st Street 79th Street 18th Avenue 20th Avenue Bay Parkway 25th Avenue Bay 50th Street Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Eighth Avenue Local	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport Jamaica–Van Wyck Briarwood* Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike 75th Avenue* 71st Avenue 67th Avenue* 63rd Drive–Rego Park* Woodhaven Boulevard* Grand Avenue–Newtown* Elmhurst Avenue* Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street* Northern Boulevard* 46th Street* Steinway Street* 36th Street* Queens Plaza Court Square Lexington Avenue–53rd Street Fifth Avenue/53rd Street Seventh Avenue 50th Street 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street–Eighth Avenue 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street Canal Street World Trade Center
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