33rd Street station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

Track layout
to 42 St to 28 St

Construction started on the first IRT line in 1900.[8]^:162–191 The part of the line from City Hall to just south of 42nd Street was part of the original IRT line, opened on October 27, 1904 including a local station at 33rd Street.[1]

On April 13, 1948, the platform extensions to accommodate ten-car trains at this station along with those at 23rd Street, and 28th Street were opened for use.[9]

On December 27, 1948, a new entrance to the station at 32nd Street opened for use.[9]

G	Street level	Entrances/exits
P Platform level	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Pelham Bay Park or Parkchester (Grand Central–42nd Street) ← toward Woodlawn late nights (Grand Central–42nd Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward Brooklyn Bridge (28th Street) → → toward New Lots Avenue late nights (28th Street) →
	Side platform

There are four tracks and two side platforms, with the express tracks in the middle. The express tracks stay level, while the local tracks slowly incline from south to north to allow for the easier deceleration of local trains.[12] This results in a layout similar to Houston Street on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, the express tracks are at a lower elevation than the local tracks in the northern half of the station. North of the station, the two pairs of tracks in each direction separate into different tunnels because of the presence of the Murray Hill Tunnel, which runs under the center of this section of Park Avenue. The station was renovated in the late 1990s or early 2000s, and contains eagle plaques similar to those at Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall. The plaques contain the numerals "33". Fare control is at the platform level. The station has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004.[6]

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  Faience plaque by Heins & LaFarge / Grueby Faience Company, 1904.
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  Tile name tablet by Heins & LaFarge / John H. Parry Co., 1904.
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  The unique fare control ironwork and Art for Transit installation on the columns
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  Southbound street stairs
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  33rd Street station in 1905

• Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics: A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 33rd Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line).

• nycsubway.org – IRT East Side Line: 33rd Street
• Station Reporter — 4 Train
• Station Reporter — 6 Train
• Forgotten NY — Original 28 - NYC's First 28 Subway Stations
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 33rd Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
• 32nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 33rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• downtown platform from Google Maps Street View