51st Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

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51st Street, a local stop with two side platforms, located at Lexington Avenue and 51st Street, with the express tracks passing through in a lower level, was the sixth busiest station in the entire subway system in 1994.[link]

The station features beige brick over the original tile, but the standard IRT-style mosaics were saved. There is a crossunder at the north end, with a passageway to the IND Queens Boulevard Line, completed in 1989. The fare control is seven steps up from the platform level, and the platforms themselves are approximately 25 feet below street level.

The station opened July 17, 1918.

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