50th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

50th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
300px Downtown platform on upper level
Station statistics
Address	West 50th Street & Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10019
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Hell's Kitchen, Midtown Manhattan
Coordinates
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	A  (late nights)       C  (all except late nights)       E  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M20, M50, M104
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	4 side platforms (2 on each level)
Tracks	6 (4 on upper level, 2 on lower level)
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932 (1932-09-10) (upper level) August 19, 1933 (1933-08-19) (lower level)
Accessible	(southbound only)
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	6,826,275  0.6%
Rank	64
Station succession
Next north	59th Street – Columbus Circle (via 8th Avenue): A  C  Seventh Avenue (Queens Boulevard): E
Next south	42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal: A  C  E
Next north	none; station is not accessible on the northbound platform. (59th Street – Columbus Circle: A  C ) (Lexington Avenue – 53rd Street: E )
Next south	42nd Street – Port Authority Bus Terminal: A  C  E
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only
Location

50th Street is a bi-level station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line and IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway, located at 50th Street and Eighth Avenue in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. The lower level is served by the E train at all times, and the upper level is served by the C at all times except late nights and the A during late nights.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance (Elevator on north side of 49th Street west of Eighth Avenue for southbound trains only)
B1	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (59th Street)
	Northbound express	← does not stop here
	Southbound express	→ does not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (42nd Street – PABT) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
B2	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound QBL	← toward Jamaica Center (Seventh Avenue)
	Wall
	Southbound QBL	→ toward World Trade Center (42nd Street – PABT) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Escalator from the lower level southbound platform

File:50th Street NYC Subway.jpg

Street stair

This bi-level station has six tracks and four side platforms in total. The upper level is fed by Eighth Avenue local trains from Central Park West and has four tracks and two side platforms. The center express tracks carry Eighth Avenue express trains during the day, and do not have any platforms. Fare control is at platform level.

The lower level has two tracks and two side platforms, separated by a curtain wall. The northbound track of the lower level is fed by the northbound local and express tracks at 42nd Street. In the southbound direction, lower level trains may access either the Eighth Avenue local or express tracks; until recently, they also had the option of running to the abandoned lower level of 42nd Street. The two levels are offset, with the upper level running from 50th to 52nd Streets and the lower from 49th to 51st. Neither level has crossover or crossunder between directions, although level-to-level transfer in the same direction is possible.

The southbound side of 50th Street has an expanded mezzanine area, with exits to West 49th and West 50th Streets; it also has two ADA-accessible elevators (one from the street to the mezzanine, the other from the mezzanine to the upper- and lower-level platforms). This mezzanine was reconstructed during the construction of the Worldwide Plaza Complex. An untitled etched-granite piece of artwork by Matt Mulligan was installed on the downtown upper level platform in 1989 and features neighborhood life. Renovation, including addition of an elevator on the uptown side of the station, was planned for the 2005–2009 MTA Capital Program and was to reopen many closed stairways to the lower level; however, the elevator was not funded. The downtown side has an escalator to the lower level and exits into a building façade. In contrast to the downtown platforms, the uptown platforms lack elevators and are not ADA-accessible. There are several closed exits from the station to the street, primarily at the north end of the station. These include stairs from all four corners of 8th Avenue and 52nd Streets, and a closed exit from the downtown platforms to the southwest corner of 51st Street and 8th Avenue. An additional closed exit from the uptown side is located at the southeast corner of 49th Street and 8th Avenue.

In popular culture

• In the Nickelodeon series Taina (2001-2002), the main character of the same name in the theme song opening is seen exiting the station as well as some shots of a local train entering the station. Also during the show's five second break showed some shots of the station as passengers getting off, and an express train bypassing the station on the express track.
• In the Netflix series Daredevil, there is a scene in the first episode "Into the Ring" where Foggy Nelson meets his friend, Sgt. Brett Mahoney, outside 50th Street station to bribe him with cigars.

External links

File:50th Street IND 8th Avenue Line 0631.JPG

Mosaics

• nycsubway.org—IND 8th Avenue: 50th Street
• nycsubway.org — Untitled Artwork by Matt Mullican (1989)
• Station Reporter — C Train
• Station Reporter — E Train
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 50th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
• 50th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 51st Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 49th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View