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59th Street , known as Lexington Avenue 59th Street is a station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 59th Street, 60th Street and Lexington Avenue on the Upper East Side of Midtown Manhattan. It is served by the 4, 5, and 6 trains.
Lexington Avenue/59 Street | |||||||||||||
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Street stair by southeast corner of 59th Street and Lexington Avenue (The Q train served this station during the W's discontinuation from 2010-2016) | |||||||||||||
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Address | East 59th Street & Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 | ||||||||||||
Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||||||
Locale | Midtown Manhattan, Upper East Side | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40.762471°N 73.9679°W | ||||||||||||
Division | A (IRT), B (BMT) | ||||||||||||
Line | BMT Broadway Line IRT Lexington Avenue Line | ||||||||||||
Services | 4 ![]() 5 ![]() 6 ![]() ![]() N ![]() R ![]() W ![]() | ||||||||||||
System transfers | With MetroCard only: F and <F> N ![]() Q ![]() R ![]() | ||||||||||||
Transit connections | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||
Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||
Levels | 3 | ||||||||||||
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Opened | July 1, 1948[1] | ||||||||||||
Station code | 613[2] | ||||||||||||
Accessible | not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned | ||||||||||||
Wireless service | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||
Passengers (2019) | 16,760,813[4] ![]() | ||||||||||||
Rank | 15 out of 424[4] | ||||||||||||
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After this station, the next stations will be 51st Street and 68th Street Hunter College.
There is Lexington Avenue 59th Street and transfer is available to N , R and W trains.
Lexington Avenue−59th Street on the BMT Broadway Line has two tracks and one island platform. Despite its name, the station is located on Lexington Avenue and 60th Street, one block north of 59th Street.
After this station on the Broadway Line, the next stations will be Fifth Avenue–59th Street station and Queensboro Plaza.
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