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51st Street (IRT East Side Line)

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51st Street Station · Opened 7/17/1918

51st Street is the sixth busiest station in the subway system. This station features beige brick over the original tile but the the standard IRT mosaics were saved. There is a crossunder at the north end and connections via a long passageway to the IND Queens Boulevard/53rd Street line station at Lexington Ave. The fare control is seven steps up from the platform level, and the platforms themselves are approximately 60 feet below street level.

Artwork: Tunnel Vision, Nina Yankowitz (1989)

Artwork: Passing Through, Al Held (2004)


(image 102254) (226k, 1044x703)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 6/29/2009
Notes: Station entrance.
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 435


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 6/29/2009
Notes: Station entrance.
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 185


(image 102255) (220k, 703x1045)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 6/29/2009
Notes: Station entrance.
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 205


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Route: 6
Car: R142 7486
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 3/1/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 485


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7498
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 12/28/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 825


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Photo by: Lee Winson
Date: 12/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 417


(image 101983) (241k, 1044x703)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Photo by: Lee Winson
Date: 12/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 128


(image 101984) (230k, 1044x703)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Photo by: Lee Winson
Date: 12/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 287


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7515
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 11/28/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 746


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7391
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 3/2/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 1623


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 2/16/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 771


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 2/16/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 1186


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7667
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 8/28/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 2839


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 6/1/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 1057


(image 66658) (251k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 6/1/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 1387


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 5/13/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1012


(image 58127) (144k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7496
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 1/6/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 2907


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 9/20/2006
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 1441


(image 53833) (192k, 864x574)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7257
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 9/20/2006
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 3264


(image 53834) (167k, 864x574)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 51st Street
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7566
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 9/20/2006
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 3264


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