Lexington Avenue/51st Street station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids  Lexington Avenue/51 Street   ​​​
New York City Subway station complex
Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street plaza entrance
Station statistics
Address	East 53rd Street & Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Midtown Manhattan
Coordinates	40°45′25″N 73°58′19″W / 40.757075°N 73.971977°W / 40.757075; -73.971977
Division	A (IRT), B (IND)
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	4 nightsonly (late nights) ​      6 alltimes (all times) <6>rushpeak (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)​       E alltimes (all times) ​      M weekdaysonly (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: , M50, M101, M102, M103 MTA Bus: BxM1
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Other information
Opened	December 11, 1988; 36 years ago (1988-12-11)
Station code	612
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	18,957,465   2%
Rank	10 out of 425
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Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops weekdays only

51st Street , known as Lexington Avenue 51st Street is a station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 51st Street and Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.

It is served by the 6 , E , and M trains .

After this station, the next stations will be 59th Street and Grand Central 42nd Street.

After this station , the next stations will be 5th Avenue 53rd Street and Court Square 23rd Street .

There is Lexington Avenue 53rd Street and transfer is to the E and M trains .

Images for kids

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  Mosaic name tablet

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  51st Street entrance to the southbound platform

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  50th Street entrance to the southbound platform

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  Stair at the foot of 599 Lexington Avenue

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  Older signage, since removed from the station

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  As seen from the front of an arriving train

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  An M train of R160As on the downtown track

See also

In Spanish: Calle 51 (línea de la Avenida Lexington) para niños