33rd Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

Not to be confused with 33rd Street – Rawson Street (IRT Flushing Line).

33rd Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Downtown platform with Arts for Transit artwork on the columns
Station statistics
Address	East 33rd Street & Park Avenue New York, NY 10016
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Murray 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)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M34 SBS, M34A SBS MTA Bus: BxM1
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	October 27, 1904  (1904-10-27)
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	9,798,598  0.5%
Rank	33 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Grand Central – 42nd Street: 4  6  <6>
Next south	28th Street: 4  6  <6>
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
33rd Street Subway Station (IRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	04001014
Added to NRHP	September 17, 2004

33rd Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Park Avenue and 33rd Street in the Murray Hill neighborhood of 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) (Grand Central – 42nd Street) ← toward Woodlawn late nights (Grand Central – 42nd 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) (28th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

There are four tracks and two side platforms, with the express tracks in the middle, but at a lower level because of the presence of the Murray Hill Tunnel along this section of Park Avenue. The station was recently renovated, and contains eagle plaques similar to those at Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall. The plaques contain the numerals "33". Fare control is at the platform level. The station has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004.

Exits

Exit location	Number of exits	Platform served
NW corner of Park Avenue and 33rd Street	1	Southbound
SW corner of Park Avenue and 33rd Street	1	Southbound
SE corner of Park Avenue and 33rd Street	1	Northbound
SE corner of Park Avenue S and 32nd Street	2	Northbound
SW corner of Park Avenue S and 32nd Street	2	Southbound

Image gallery

• 33rd Street IRT 002.JPG

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

• 33rd Street IRT 003.JPG

  Tile name tablet by Heins & LaFarge / John H. Parry Co., 1904.

• 33rd Street IRT 001.JPG
• 33rd Street IRT 006.JPG
• 33rd Street IRT 005.JPG

  The unique fare control ironwork and Art for Transit installation on the columns

• 33d Lex Downtown stair jeh.JPG

  Southbound street stairs

• 33rd Street IRT 1905.jpg

  33rd Street station in 1905

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: 33rd Street
• Station Reporter — 4 Train
• Station Reporter — 6 Train
• Forgotten NY — Original 28 - NYC's First 28 Subway Stations
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 33rd Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
• 32nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 33rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• downtown platform from Google Maps Street View