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59th Street Station · Opened 7/17/1918

59th Street is an express station but started existance as a local-only station with side platforms (now the upper level). The express tracks, which run underneath the BMT 60th St. tunnel, had platforms added and opened November 15, 1962. The express platforms were added to reduce congestion at Grand Central and to provide another connection to Queens trains via the BMT. This complex is on three levels, with the IRT local on top, the BMT Queens trains in the middle, and the IRT express on the bottom. This station used to have all green tile which has been covered up except for one "59th Street" sign near the south end of the northbound platform. There are whimsical stylized coffee cups and slippers mosaics in varied colors at random spacing near the stairways to mid and upper levels.

Artwork: Blooming, Elizabeth Murray (1996)


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 3/25/2009
Notes: Station entrance.
Viewed (this week/total): 10 / 534


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Route: 6
Car: R142A
Photo by: Robert Marrero
Date: 3/5/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 663


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 11/7/2008
Notes: Express (lower) platform.
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 607


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Photo by: Roberto C. Tobar
Date: 11/7/2008
Notes: Express (lower) platform.
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 338


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Route: 5
Car: R142 6421
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 1/3/2008
Notes: 59th Street southbound.
Viewed (this week/total): 6 / 1996


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 1/3/2008
Notes: Station name tilework on express platform.
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 710


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7518
Photo by: Danny Molina
Date: 10/16/2007
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 1954


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Photo by: Steffen Petrasch
Date: 9/23/2006
Notes: Station entrance.
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 1978


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Photo by: Steffen Petrasch
Date: 9/23/2006
Notes: Station entrance.
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 2902


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7452
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 6/13/2006
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 4966


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 3/11/2006
Notes: Mosaic on lower level.
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 1735


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 2/9/2006
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 3199


(image 47418) (240k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Photo by: Richard Panse
Date: 2/9/2006
Viewed (this week/total): 4 / 3881


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Route: 6
Car: R142A 7615
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 1/2003
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 5803


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 9/19/1998
Notes: Restored tilework
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 3153


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 1/31/1998
Notes: Original name tablet
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 2958


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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT East Side Line
Location: 59th Street
Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne
Date: 10/31/1997
Notes: New IND-style name tablet
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 2987

     
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