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
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)
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	7,107,083  0.4%
Rank	61 out of 421
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
28th Street Subway Station (IRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	05000230
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.

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.

28th Street station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2005.

Exits

Exit location	Number of exits	Platform served
372 Park Avenue South (west side between 26th and 27th Streets)	1	Southbound (open 7am – 7pm)
SW corner of Park Avenue S and 28th Street	2	Southbound
NE corner of Park Avenue S and 28th Street	2	Northbound
SE corner of Park Avenue S and 28th Street	2	Northbound

Image gallery

• 28th Street 003.JPG

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

• 28th Street 005.JPG

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

• 28th Street mosaic sign, IRT Lexington Avenue Line, New York City Subway - 20061214.jpg

  Wall mosaic

• Park Av 28 st IRT jeh.JPG

  Northbound street stair

• 28th Street IRT 1904.jpg

  28th Street station in 1904

Further reading

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

External links

• 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