23 Street  ​
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	West 23rd Street & Sixth Avenue New York, New York
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Chelsea,Flatiron District
Coordinates	40°44′35″N73°59′34″W / 40.742933°N 73.992877°W /40.742933; -73.992877
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Sixth Avenue Line
Services	F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, peak direction) ​  M  (weekdays during the day)
Transit	NYCT Bus:M7,M23 SBS,M55,X27,X28,SIM1C,SIM3,SIM3C,SIM10 PATH:JSQ–33,HOB–33,JSQ–33 (via HOB) (at23rd Street)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 15, 1940 (84 years ago) (1940-12-15)[2]
Closed	July 23, 2018; 7 years ago (2018-07-23) (reconstruction)
Rebuilt	November 29, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-11-29)
Traffic
2024	5,958,666[3]  9.9%
Rank	42 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 34th Street–Herald Square F  <F> ​M  via47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center Local 14th Street F  <F> ​M  viaBroadway–Lafayette Street and do not stop here
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend PATH to33rd Street Sixth Ave Line to34th St–Herald Sq 23rd Street (NYCS) 23rd Street (PATH) Sixth Ave Line to14th Street PATH to14th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops all times except late nights Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service) Stops weekdays during the day

The23rd Street station is a localstation on theIND Sixth Avenue Line of theNew York City Subway, located at the intersection of23rd Street andSixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) inManhattan. It is served by theF train at all times, theM train during weekdays, and by the<F> train during rush hours in the peak direction.

The 23rd Street station of the IND Sixth Avenue Line shares entrances with the23rd Street station of thePATH, which is located in between this station's two platforms.

In 1924, theIndependent Subway System (IND) submitted its list of proposed subway routes to theNew York City Board of Transportation, which included the construction of theIND Sixth Avenue Line. The Board approved the program.^[4] As part of the construction of the line, theHudson and Manhattan Railroad's (now PATH) 23rd Street station had to be rebuilt to provide space for the Sixth Avenue Line's 23rd Street stop, which was to be built at the same level as the Hudson and Manhattan's stop.^[2][5] In 1937, the James McCreery Realty Company, the owner of a building at the southeastern corner of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue, granted the IND the right to build two staircases outside that building.^[6]

This station opened on December 15, 1940, as local subway service began on Sixth Avenue from theWest Fourth Street subway station to the47th–50th Streets station, with track connections to theIND 53rd Street Line. The Sixth Avenue Line's construction cost $59.5 million.^[2] Service was originally provided by theD, which ran betweenNorwood–205th Street andHudson Terminal, and the F, which ran betweenParsons Boulevard andChurch Avenue.^[7][8][9] This station replaced the23rd Street station on the elevatedIRT Sixth Avenue Line, which remained open while construction on the Sixth Avenue subway proceeded,^[10][11] but closed in December 1938.^[12]

Ground was broken for two new express tracks between the West Fourth Street and34th Street–Herald Square stations on April 19, 1961.^[13] The express tracks were built 80 feet (24 m) beneath the surface. The construction was done in two portions. The first section was between West 9th and 19th Streets, and the second section was between West 19th and 31st Streets.^[14] Although the express tracks, which went into service in 1967,^[15] do not serve this station, provisions were incorporated into the design of the tunnel to permit the addition of a future lower level station here without disturbances to train operation.^[16]

Under the 2015–2019MTA Capital Plan, this station, along with 32 others, underwent a complete overhaul as part of theEnhanced Station Initiative. Updates included cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories and maps, improved signage, and improved station lighting.^[17][18] In January 2018, the NYCT and Bus Committee recommended that Judlau Contracting receive the $125 million contract for the renovations of57th and 23rd Streets on the IND Sixth Avenue Line;28th Street on theIRT Lexington Avenue Line, and 34th Street–Penn Station on theIRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line andIND Eighth Avenue Line.^[19] However, the MTA Board temporarily deferred the vote for these packages after city representatives refused to vote to award the contracts.^[20][21] The contract was put back for a vote in February, where it was ultimately approved.^[22] The subway station was closed for renovations on July 23, 2018,^[23] and reopened slightly ahead of schedule on November 29, 2018.^[24][25][26] Access to the PATH station was retained during the renovation via the street stairs on the southern side of the station, which are owned by the Port Authority; hence, those entrances were not renovated.^[23]

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
B1 Sixth Avenue andPATH platforms	West mezzanine	Fare control,MetroCard andOMNY machines
	Side platform
	Northbound local	← towardJamaica–179th Street(34th Street–Herald Square) ← weekdays towardForest Hills–71st Avenue(34th Street–Herald Square)
	Side platform
	Northbound	←     HOB–33 weekdays toward33rd Street(Terminus) ←        JSQ–33 (via HOB weekends) toward33rd Street(Terminus)
	Southbound	→     HOB–33 weekdays towardHoboken(14th Street) → →        JSQ–33 (via HOB weekends) towardJournal Square(14th Street) →
	Side platform
	Southbound local	→ towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue(14th Street) → → weekdays towardMiddle Village–Metropolitan Avenue(14th Street) →
	Side platform
	East mezzanine	Fare control, station agent,MetroCard andOMNY machines
B2	Underpass	Connection between PATH platforms
B3 Lower level[27]	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →

This underground station has two tracks and twoside platforms.^[28] Nocrossover, crossunder, ormezzanine exists to allow a free transfer between directions. ThePATH tracks, which were built 40 years before the Sixth Avenue Line, are behind the trackway walls where there would typically be the express tracks. The Sixth Avenue PATH tracks are on top of the express tracks used by theB andD, which were constructed in the mid-1960s using a "deep-bore" tunneling method and both sets of tracks are not visible from the platforms.^[27] A green trim line with a darker green border runs along both track walls, and appears to be obscured by support beams directly underneath 23rd Street. A similar trim line is present on the platforms walls, though is higher and thus is regularly obscured by the angled ceiling supports. The platform walls also have mosaic name tablets reading "23RD STREET" in whitesans serif lettering on a dark green background and lighter green border. Small tile captions reading "23" in white lettering on black run below both trim lines.

On the express tracks on the lower level, the deep-bore tunnel's round shape becomes square below this station and at 14th Street, where provisions for lower level platforms were built.

The 2018 artwork at this station isStationary Figures byWilliam Wegman. It is composed of 11 glass tile mosaics of Wegman'sWeimaraners (a breed of dogs), each of which is wearing different attire.^[29][26]

The northbound platform has exits on the east side of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue, while the southbound platform has exits to the west side. Each side of the station has four street staircases on the corresponding side of Sixth Avenue, two to each corner.^[30] The station also features direct indoor entrances to the23rd Street PATH station on both sides; the northbound platform has a direct entrance to the 33rd Street-bound PATH, while the southbound platform has a direct entrance to the New Jersey-bound PATH.

The southern entrances on each side contain simple gray steel fences and are maintained by thePort Authority of New York and New Jersey, PATH's operator, rather than theMetropolitan Transportation Authority, the New York City Subway's operator. The southern entrances appear to be part of the original PATH station, which was built in 1911.^[30] The northern entrances on each side contain green-metal fences that are standard to the New York City Subway, with countdown clocks showing the time until the next train arrives. One of the two entrances on each side contain black slabs with digital maps of the surrounding neighborhood, as well as a lighted green bar at the top of the slabs.

Combined New York City Subway and PATH entrances at 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue

From left to right:

• Southeast corner entrance, seen in 2017
• Northeast corner entrance, seen in 2017
• Northeast corner entrance, seen in 2018 after 2015–2019 Capital Program renovation

The station is near theFlatiron Building,Madison Square Park,Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, andNew York Life Insurance Building.^[31]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to23rd Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line).

• nycsubway.org –IND 6th Avenue: 23rd Street
• Station Reporter —F Train
• Station Reporter —M Train
• 23rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View

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