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57th Street Station · Opened 6/19/1919

Express station with two island platforms and four tracks. This station is in fact the terminal station for many of the BMT services when both the Manhattan Bridge and tunnel connections to Brooklyn are open. To handle the dispatching duties, an active tower is at the south end of the southbound platform.

From here, the local tracks turn into to the 60th Street tunnel and the express continue to the 63rd Street tunnel to Queens. The intent of this station was to join the 60th Street line with a line continuing under Central Park. It would be a four-track line along Central Park West to some indefinite northern terminus. The tracks do curve to the west to begin the swing from 7th avenue to C.P.W. When the 63rd Street line was built, the express tracks had to make a reflex curve to now head east. Before the 63rd street line the express tracks continued as layup spurs north of the station. However they were only about 400 feet long. Because they are tied together by a double crossing north of the station, the clear length is only 330 feet or so, not long enough for a six-car train of BMT Standards (just over 400 feet). Hence in historical times they were practically useless for layups or anything else.

Artwork: Carnegie Hall Montage, Josh Scharf (1993)


(image 107225) (232k, 1044x700)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Route: Q
Car: R68A (Kawasaki, 1988-1989) 5193
Photo by: Zach Summer
Date: 10/23/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 53 / 215


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Route: Q
Car: R160B (Option 1) (Kawasaki, 2008-2009) 9044
Photo by: Curtis Roach
Date: 12/7/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 1193


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Route: W
Car: R160A-2 (Alstom, 2005-2008, 5 car sets) 8653
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 10/9/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 1119


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Route: Q
Car: R160B (Option 1) (Kawasaki, 2008-2009) 8991
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 8/1/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 8 / 1479


(image 88993) (252k, 1044x791)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Route: Q
Car: R160B (Option 1) (Kawasaki, 2008-2009) 8992
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 8/1/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 1624


(image 87951) (143k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Route: Transit Museum Nostalgia Train
Car: R9 (Independent Subway) (Pressed Steel, 1940) 1802
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 7/13/2008
Notes: R9 1802 "dressed up" as 1689 (car equipment maintainer's joke?). The "real" 1689 is at Shore Line Trolley Museum.
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 1080


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Route: Q
Car: R68A (Kawasaki, 1988-1989) 5135
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 8/31/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1823


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Route: Fan Trip
Car: R1 (Independent Subway) (American Car & Foundry, 1930-1931) 100
Photo by: Philip D'Allesandro
Date: 8/12/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 7 / 1605


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Photo by: Jorge Catayi
Date: 8/12/2007
Notes: Station entrance.
Viewed (this week/total): 7 / 1737


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Route: W
Car: R32 (Budd, 1964) 3711
Photo by: Michael Hodurski
Date: 7/22/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 9 / 1946


(image 68932) (234k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 7/7/2007
Notes: Platform view.
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1052


(image 68933) (196k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 7/7/2007
Notes: Platform view.
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 1314


(image 67901) (138k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Route: N
Car: R40M (St. Louis Car, 1969) 4477
Photo by: Michael Hodurski
Date: 6/14/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 1273


(image 67902) (130k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Route: N
Car: R40M (St. Louis Car, 1969) 4476
Photo by: Michael Hodurski
Date: 6/14/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 1238


(image 67903) (178k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Route: N
Car: R40 (St. Louis Car, 1968) 4198
Photo by: Michael Hodurski
Date: 6/14/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 2159


(image 65997) (153k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Route: N
Car: R68A (Kawasaki, 1988-1989) 5059
Photo by: Pablo Maneiro
Date: 5/17/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 1872


(image 64049) (94k, 820x622)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 4/21/2007
Notes: Platform view.
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 1663


(image 62183) (153k, 820x620)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 3/18/2007
Notes: Station entrance.
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 1605


(image 54295) (135k, 615x821)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Photo by: Steffen Petrasch
Date: 9/21/2006
Notes: Station entrance.
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 1727


(image 52526) (193k, 1044x700)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: BMT Broadway Subway
Location: 57th Street
Route: N
Car: R160B (Kawasaki, 2005-2008) 8713
Photo by: Brian Weinberg
Date: 8/17/2006
Notes: First revenue run of the R-160 fleet as part of the 30-day test.
Viewed (this week/total): 7 / 4666


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