 52nd St | |||||||||||||
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 Station exterior as seen from 52nd Street | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 5200Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°57′35″N75°13′30″W / 39.9597°N 75.2250°W /39.9597; -75.2250 | ||||||||||||
| Owned by |  SEPTA | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  SEPTA City Bus:31,52 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | March 4, 1907 (1907-03-04)[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2008[3] | ||||||||||||
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52nd Street station is an elevatedSEPTA Metro stop on theL, above the intersection of 52nd Street and Market Street inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. The station lies at the junction of four neighborhoods.Haddington is to the northwest,Dunlap to the northeast,Walnut Hill to the southeast, andCobbs Creek to the southwest.
TheSEPTA bus routes serving 52nd Street are routes 31 and 52. 52nd Street is a major shopping corridor inWest Philadelphia.
52nd Street station is one of the original Market Street Elevated stations built by thePhiladelphia Rapid Transit Company; the line opened for service on March 4, 1907, between69th Street and15th Street stations.[1][2]
From October 2006 to February 2008, the station underwent a rehabilitation project as part of a multi-phase reconstruction of the entire western Market Street Elevated.[4] The renovated station included new elevators, escalators, lighting, and other infrastructure, as well as a new brick station house.[3] Unlike other stations in the project, 52nd Street was never closed for an extended period of time.[3] The project resulted in the station becoming compliant with theAmericans with Disabilities Act.
In April 2007, thePhiladelphia Police Department labeled this intersection the "Worst Corner In The City" due to the high crime and rate of shootings on the block. There were 16 shootings within a 4-month span beginning in June 2006.[5]
There are twoside platforms connecting to a station house on the southeast corner of 52nd and Market streets. Two exit-only stairs descend to the west side of 52nd Street.
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