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    MTA - 57 St Subway Station

    3.6 (10 reviews)

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    Steve A.

    57th Street has an okay MTA station. It seems old but it's functional. Lots find this convenient and I do too. A few important attractions are here. There's the Museum of Modern Art, and it's also blocks from Central Park. Even though it looks pretty old, it's still fine. It serves the F Train. This gets packed at rush hour as the trains get crowded with workers. It's also a popular tourist area. There's many museums and and theaters. Carnegie Hall is a block over, and Radio City Music Hall isn't that far either. There's all kinds of art to see. Check out the many museums around here. MOMA is just a few blocks away from this. It looks better. Recently it has been renovated. There's some new technology such as the arrival times.

    Riding Home Today 06/29/18
    Marianne W.

    Can you believe I got on at this location today June 29, 2018 and got off at 96 Street? Yes you can, BUT when I exited someone nudged me. It was my daughter! Today their job started Summer Friday's. They leave work early. She was on the same train. So you never know who you will run into on the train. I find this to be an ok Station. It's convenient to a lot of my favorite places on Broadway and near Central Park. Easy for me to visit Hell's Kitchen and catch the train home also. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary. I just thought it was very strange the two of us ended up on the same train. She's going back though. After all her recent fun and excitement in June, her co-worker got two tickets to U2 tonight and the coworkers husband couldn't go. Yup! My daughter will be heading back down on the train. All subway lines appear to connect somewhere along the way. One station is about the same as the next. The Time of day you're traveling can make a difference also. I'm not sure this station is so nice at night. I can't tell you for sure. For now I'm gonna use it to get home if it's going up to 90 Degrees. I want to get home fast!! PS The WiFi works great too!

    New platform Dec 2018
    Susan C.

    Makeover revealed! A couple weeks ago the shiny new insides of this station was opened to the public after about 4 months of renovation (ok maybe not that shiny...but trust me better than before...). No major changes to the layout, but the terra-cotta rust colored pillars have now been painted a dark grey-black and the old cement platforms covered with a fresh layer of cement. New digital touch screens with subway arrival times and notices have replaced the old posting boards for paper flyers. The stairs are updated to be metal staircases instead of the old concrete versions with crumbling steps. Even the subway lights/light bulbs look more updated or at least slightly brighter than what I last recall, or maybe because the grime hasn't built up on the surface of the bulbs yet. And of course no guarantee on how long this platform will stay cleanish looking, so if you want to admire its fleeting, current state--long enough to give you some desperate hope that things might not be doomed to the depths of despair that is the MTA--I'd take a good look out your F train car window sometime in the next couple weeks.

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    An okay subway station. Enough trains run here. Not my favorite. Your experience may differ...

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    MTA - 50th Street Subway Station - C/E

    MTA - 50th Street Subway Station - C/E

    2.8(17 reviews)
    0.4 miTheater District, Midtown West, Hell's Kitchen

    This 50th St. Subway Station, serviced by Eighth Ave. Local Lines (C,E trains), are incredibly…read moreawkward to use at this station. First, while C Train platforms in both directions are "basically," (i.e., they do require a step down,) E trains to both WTC and East Side/Queens require descent one more flight. Second, only the Downtown side is ADA compliant. That said, after going some distance from either street entrance to the fare control turnstiles, you must also go and an additional distance to reach the C platform. Unfortunately, MTA has no immediate plans for making the C Uptown / E East Side & Queens Platforms ADA compliant in the near future. Additionally, platform walls only have the blacked out ad space, making it just feel dismal to me. Outside the Downtown entry, behind the Customer Service booth, MTA installed in 1989 untitled artwork by American artist Matt Mullican, who often uses representative imagery within his pieces. This 68' long sandblasted, 68' long black granite wall creates a form of timeline for this location. After the period when only wildlife roamed, it leads to when a cabin and also reminds viewers that the third Madison Square Garden was located here for over 40 years until 1968. Unsure myself how to interpret all the icons employed in the final left block on the timeline. While there's a bullseye, don't believe it has anything to do with Target, which didn't appear in Manhattan until this century! Please message me on Yelp if you can figure what that panel is trying to say!

    I was at this station in midtown several times during a recent trip to NYC. It's conveniently…read morelocated in Hell's Kitchen at 50th & 8th. I'll be back!

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    MTA - 50 Street Subway Station - 1

    MTA - 50 Street Subway Station - 1

    2.7(3 reviews)
    0.4 miTheater District, Midtown West

    Located in Manhattan's Theater District, this station serves Subway trains C, E and 1…read more There are two sets of Exits with stairs leading up to 50th Street. I've taken 1 from Port Authority saving 10 minutes of foot traffic in busy Times Square that makes one stop to get here. Be careful of panhandler's and always watch your back, purses and cellphone. You're not guaranteed to see NYPD on patrol, and can't always rely on CCTV. Download the OMNY app, use Apple Pay or you can always use and reload your Metro card using the self-serve kiosks. Pro-Tip: NYC has been dealing with a lot of Immigrants on the loose. Be smart while commuting safely.

    There are a couple of 50th Street stations and this is the one that serves the "1" train and is…read morelocated at West 50th Street and Broadway. It is deep in the theater district but with most of the theaters closed, there was very little traffic this evening when we departed. Each platform has same-level fare control at the center and there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfer between directions. Each fare control area has a token booth, turnstile bank, and newsstand. The station is reasonably clean with minimal litter and decent lighting. There did not appear to be much security so we snapped our photos and departed swiftly. It is definitely showing some age with grubby walls and yellowing light fixtures. It is one of the oldest stations on the New York MTA, having opened in 1904 and it also one of the busiest, as it's located closest to Times Square. It was one of the original 28 stations of the subway between City Hall and 145th Street. Today, the station is on the 1 line (and the 2 line during late nights). It is not handicapped accessible and has only one platform level immediately below the street. There are two side platforms with four tracks. The two center lines are for express trains on the 2 and 3 lines and do not stop here. The northbound local platform has the 1 train with the next stop being 59th Street - Columbus Circle (towards 242nd Street) and the southbound local platform next stop is Times Square - 42nd Street (towards South Ferry). The station contains the artwork Liliana Porter's Alice, The Way Out, a series of mosaics installed in 1994 depicting characters from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. [Review 15703 overall - 295 in New York - 1207 of 2021.]

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    MTA - 49th St Subway Station - US Open Fanfest

    MTA - 49th St Subway Station

    4.0(3 reviews)
    0.3 miTheater District, Midtown West

    The subway is here to save you from walking or taking a taxi. And that's what we did today -…read morepicking up an N train for three stops instead of walking a mile and a half. Worth it for $2.75. The station opened on July 10, 1919. It was remodeled in 1973 and that's why you'll see those glazed red brick walls. Located at West 49th Street and Seventh Avenue in midtown, there is an elevator from the street for northbound trains only. It is inside 745 7th Avenue building, NE corner of 7th Avenue and 49th Street. Other entrances are stairs only. The station has four tracks with two side platforms. The inner two tracks are for express trains that don't stop here. The four separate platform level fare controls include the usual ticket kiosks and turnstiles. There is no crossover or crossunder here. The next stop on the northbound local train is 57th Street. The next stop on the southbound local train is Times Square / 42nd Street. [Review 15667 overall - 260 in New York - 1171 of 2021.]

    This subway station can get pretty busy. It lets you off about a block away from Radio City and…read moreRockefeller Center. During the holidays it's definitely hectic. There a bunch of stores and restaurants as soon as you get out as well. It's one of the better stations considering all of the traffic thru here, as far being clean and safe. There are count down clocks here as well which I think is or is very close to being standard in all of the stations. I think there are two exits here I have only used the one that lets you out right at 49th St. There is a small store here too in the station which is convenient. Drinks, snacks, newspapers, lotto, etc. It's not open 24 hours though and I don't believe on the weekend either.

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    MTA - 57th Street Subway Station

    MTA - 57th Street Subway Station

    2.9(15 reviews)
    0.2 miMidtown West

    A perfectly adequate MTA station, 57th Street is located at the intersection with Seventh Avenue…read more It served by the N and Q trains at all times, the R train at all times except late nights, and the W train on weekdays. It might sometimes be called Midtown - 57th Street in some references and is directly adjacent to Carnegie Hall. The station is completely handicapped accessible, which I found helpful today as I was dragging my rollaboard and not interested in going down a flight or two of stairs. Surprisingly, the elevator did NOT smell of pee! The mezzanine level has the usual fare controls including ticketing kiosks and turnstiles. There is another elevator down to the platform level. For a station that is over 100 years old (it opened in 1919), I found it reasonable clean and well lit. Better than many of the MTA stations on Manhattan. [Review 15720 overall - 310 in New York - 1224 of 2021.]

    An MTA station is at 57th Street and 7th Avenue. It gets crowded of course. Very busy for rush…read morehour. Other times it's useful for seeing attractions. There's also lots of high end shopping. Good location is the best thing about it. It serves the F, N, Q, R, and W Trains. These all are easy for making a transfer. Many go the same way anyway. This also means it's never a long wait. Close to here are lots of attractions. There's Carnegie Hall right off here, and Central Park is a few blocks up. Also lots of places to spend money. There's both fast food and upscale high end stuff. It can get pretty busy. Lots to see around here. The station is average but the location is one of the best in the entire system.

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    MTA - 53rd & Lexington Subway Station - 04/03/23

    MTA - 53rd & Lexington Subway Station

    2.7(23 reviews)
    0.5 miMidtown East

    In the early 2000s worked in the Citigroup Center above this Lexington & 53rd St station, serviced…read moreby the 8th Avenue Local E train and 6 Avenue trains which headed to Queens via Queens Plaza (after the route swap F train during weekdays 6 AM to 9:30 PM, M all other times), which has an in-station transfer to the 51st St Station for the Lexington Ave. Local Line 6 train. For those in-station transfers, you're required to do a lot of going up or down then another up or down depending. I always feel the configuration somehow could be structured more efficient for passenger. With all that, the station is normally provides ADA compliant accessibility, but not sure what the temporary situation is given there's elevator work underway until early 2026. In Lexington Avenue fare zone Mezzanine to the E,F,M Platform, MTA installed Brooklyn-born Abstract painter Al Held's 2004 "Passing Through," long bright mosaics based on his watercolor works. One wall has flows like yellow ribbons, the opposite wall provides interactive colorful geometric shapes and swirls, intertwined with a 3-D appearance. Each piece seems to accompany your movement through the space. Apparently, this station has Nina Yankowitz's 1989 "Tunnel Vision" with hand-painted ceramic tiles, but I think it's covered up while MTA's doing work.

    This review is not just for this station its for all of the nyc line. I've been living in NY all…read moremy life. They say improvements are being made but it just keeps getting worse. There are constant delays and to top it off its forever dirty. Ive been to several countries now where the price is half of the mta and the subways are actually cleaned. Do better mta.

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