Station: 51st Street (IRT East Side Line)
From nycsubway.org
IRT East Side Line at 51st Street. Photo by: Richard Chase, December 2009.
| IRT East Side Line |
Overview
Opened: 7/17/1918
Transfer here to: IND Queens Boulevard Line
51st Street is the sixth busiest station in the subway system. This station features beige brick over the original tile but the the standard IRT mosaics were saved. There is a crossunder at the north end and connections via a long passageway to the IND Queens Boulevard/53rd Street line station at Lexington Ave. The fare control is seven steps up from the platform level, and the platforms themselves are approximately 60 feet below street level.
Artwork
Tunnel Vision, Nina Yankowitz (1989)
Passing Through, Al Held (2004)
Photo Gallery
 Image 46 (128k, 750x484) Photo by: Wayne Whitehorne Location: 51st Street |
 Image 11348 (44k, 750x562) Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld Location: 51st Street |
 Image 11349 (61k, 750x562) Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld Location: 51st Street |
 Image 46112 (176k, 1044x788) Photo by: David Pirmann Location: 51st Street |
 Image 49513 (194k, 788x1044) Photo by: Richard Panse Location: 51st Street |
 Image 49514 (213k, 1044x788) Photo by: Richard Panse Location: 51st Street |
 Image 50293 (208k, 1044x705) Photo by: Richard Panse Location: 51st Street |
 Image 54065 (103k, 620x820) Photo by: Roy Freeman Location: 51st Street |
 Image 80311 (207k, 1044x706) Photo by: Richard Panse Location: 51st Street |
 Image 80312 (210k, 1044x706) Photo by: Richard Panse Location: 51st Street |
 Image 81044 (269k, 1044x699) Photo by: John Barnes Location: 51st Street |
 Image 93571 (138k, 820x620) Photo by: Bill E. Location: 51st Street |
 Image 102255 (220k, 703x1045) Photo by: John Barnes Location: 51st Street |
 Image 109165 (244k, 1044x707) Photo by: Richard Chase Location: 51st Street |
 Image 122315 (79k, 1024x768) Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld Location: 51st Street |
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