23rd Street station (PATH)

For other uses, see 23rd Street.

23rd Street
PATH rapid transit station
The New Jersey-bound platform at 23rd Street in August 2014.
General information
Location	23rd Street and Sixth Avenue Manhattan, New York
Coordinates	40.742893°N 73.992865°W / 40.742893; -73.992865
Owned by	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Line(s)	Uptown Hudson Tubes
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	New York City Subway: ​ at 23rd Street NYCT Bus: M7, M23 SBS, M55
Construction
Accessible	No
History
Opened	June 15, 1908 (June 15, 1908)[1]
Passengers
2018	2,553,706[2]  9.5%
Rank	11 of 13
Services
Preceding station PATH Following station Weekdays 14th Street toward Hoboken HOB–33 33rd Street Terminus 14th Street toward Journal Square JSQ–33 Weeknights, Weekends, Holidays 14th Street toward Journal Square JSQ–33 (via HOB) 33rd Street Terminus
Former services Preceding station Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Following station 19th Street toward Summit Avenue Summit Avenue–33rd Street 28th Street toward Hudson Terminal
Track layout PATH to 33rd Street Sixth Ave Line to 34th St–Herald Sq 23rd Street (NYCS) 23rd Street (PATH) Sixth Ave Line to 14th Street PATH to 14th Street
Location

The 23rd Street station is a station on the PATH system. Located at the intersection of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, it is served by the Hoboken–33rd Street and Journal Square–33rd Street lines on weekdays, and by the Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken) line on weekends.

History

The station opened on June 15, 1908. Before the line was extended to 23rd Street, the northern terminus of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad was a station located at 19th Street (now closed).^[1]

The station's platforms were lengthened in 1987.^[3]

Station layout

This PATH station has two side platforms, but passengers must descend one level, walk through an underpass, and go up another stairwell, leading to the New York City Subway mezzanine. The PATH fare control is located in the underpass, which is located between the local and express tracks of the IND Sixth Avenue Line.^[4]

There is a connection to the Sixth Avenue Line at their platforms, served by the F, <F>, and ​M trains, which surround both sides of the PATH station. The express tracks, used by the B and ​D trains, are located below the PATH tracks on a lower level.^[4] The express tracks were constructed in the mid-1960s using the "deep-bore" tunneling method and both are not visible from the station.^[5] On the express tracks on the lower level, the deep-bore tunnel's round shape becomes square below this station and at 14th Street stations, where provisions for lower level platforms were built.

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
B1 Sixth Avenue and PATH platforms	West mezzanine	Fare control, MetroCard and OMNY machines
	Side platform
	Northbound local	← toward Jamaica–179th Street (34th Street–Herald Square) ← weekdays toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (34th Street–Herald Square)
	Side platform
	Northbound	←      HOB–33 weekdays toward 33rd Street (Terminus) ←           JSQ–33 (via HOB weekends) toward 33rd Street (Terminus)
	Southbound	→      HOB–33 weekdays toward Hoboken (14th Street) → →           JSQ–33 (via HOB weekends) toward Journal Square (14th Street) →
	Side platform
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (14th Street) → → weekdays toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (14th Street) →
	Side platform
	East mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
B2	Underpass	Connection between PATH platforms
B3 Lower level[5]	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →

23rd St subway cross-section

8th Av		7th Av		6th Av				5th Av & Broadway			Park Av
A / C / E		1 / 2 / 3		FM↓	PATH	FM↑		N / Q / R / W			6 / <6>
underpass				underpass

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Exits

The northbound platform can be accessed from the exits on the east side of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue, while the southbound platform can be accessed from the exits on the west side. There are two exits to each corner of that intersection, which serve both the subway and PATH platforms in each direction.^[6] The PATH station has direct entrances only from the IND station on either side, which are accessed only by going below the subway platform in the respective direction and then ascending onto the PATH platform. The 33rd Street-bound PATH is accessed from the northbound subway platform, while the New Jersey-bound PATH is accessed from the southbound subway platform. The southern entrances on each side appear to be part of the original 1911 PATH entrances.^[6]

Combined New York City Subway and PATH entrances at 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue

From left to right:

• Southeast corner entrance, seen in 2017
• Northeast corner entrance, seen in 2017
• Northeast corner entrance, seen in 2018 after New York City Subway station's renovation

The station is near the Flatiron Building, Madison Square Park, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, and New York Life Insurance Building.^[7]

References

1. "To Extend Hudson Tunnel; Trains to Begin Running to Twenty-third Street on Monday". The New York Times. June 12, 1908. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
2. "PATH Ridership Report". Port Authority NY NJ. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
3. "'Longer' Waiting for PATH Riders". The Jersey Journal. 1987-06-25. p. 53. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
4. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
5. nycsubway.org – IND 6th Avenue: 23rd Street
6. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: neighborhood". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
7. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Union Square / Gramercy Park" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

External links

• PATH – 23rd Street Station Archived 2019-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
• 23rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View