28th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

28th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Local 6 train arriving for downtown
Station statistics
Address	East 28th Street & Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Rose Hill, Kips Bay
Coordinates	40°44′36″N 73°59′03″W / 40.74329°N 73.984165°W / 40.74329; -73.984165Coordinates: 40°44′36″N 73°59′03″W / 40.74329°N 73.984165°W / 40.74329; -73.984165
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4  (late nights)       6  (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	October 27, 1904 (1904-10-27)[1]
Wireless service	[2][3]
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	7,214,293[4]  1.5%
Rank	59 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	33rd Street: 4  6  <6>
Next south	23rd Street: 4  6  <6>
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
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28th Street Subway Station (IRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	05000230[5]
Added to NRHP	March 30, 2005

28th Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Park Avenue South and 28th Street in Manhattan, it is served by the 6 train at all times, the <6> during weekdays in peak direction, and the 4 during late night hours.

History

Track layout
Legend
to 33 St to 23 St

Construction started on the first IRT line in 1900.^[6] 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 28th Street.^[1]

On April 13, 1948, the platform extensions to accommodate ten-car trains at this station along with those at 23rd Street, and 33rd Street were opened for use.^[7]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Pelham Bay Park ( toward Parkchester rush hours and middays) (33rd Street) ← toward Woodlawn late nights (33rd Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall ( toward New Lots Avenue late nights) (23rd Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

This station contains four tracks and two side platforms. The two middle express tracks run at a lower level than the two outer local ones. The fare control is at platform level and there are no open crossunders or crossovers. However, there is a closed crossunder with railings and a blacked out sign indicating its location. The token booth is unusual in that it is built into the tile wall instead of a standalone structure like most other stations. The station's ornamentation includes glass block wall artwork at the main fare control entitled Seven Ways 4 Twenty-Eighth, which was installed during station renovations in 1996. There is also an unusual back-lit station sign name, similar to that at 23rd Street, at fare control.

The 28th Street station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2005.^[8]

Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, will undergo a complete overhaul and would be entirely closed for up to 6 months. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting.^[9][10]

Exits

Image gallery

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  Plaque by Heins & LaFarge / Grueby Faience Company, 1904.

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  Faience name tablet by Heins & LaFarge / Grueby Faience Company, 1904.

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  Wall mosaic

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  Northbound street stair

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  28th Street station in 1904

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  Downtown entrance within the New York Life Building

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  "Interborough Subway" sign outside the New York Life building

References

Further reading

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 28th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line).

• nycsubway.org – IRT East Side Line: 28th Street
• nycsubway.org – 7 waves 4 twenty eight Artwork by Gerald Marks (1996)
• Forgotten NY – Original 28 - NYC's First 28 Subway Stations
• 28th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 26th-27th Streets entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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