Lexington Avenue/51st Street station

Lexington Avenue/51 Street  ​​​
New York City Subway station complex
Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street plaza entrance
Station statistics
Address	East 53rd Street & Lexington Avenue New York, NY
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Midtown Manhattan
Coordinates	40°45′25″N 73°58′19″W / 40.757075°N 73.971977°W / 40.757075; -73.971977
Division	A (IRT), B (IND)[1]
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	4  (late nights) ​   6  (all times) <6>  (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)​    E  (all times) ​   M  (weekdays during the day)
Transit	NYCT Bus: M50, M101, M102, M103 MTA Bus: BxM1[2]
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Other information
Opened	June 26, 1989; 34 years ago (1989-06-26)[3][4]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Traffic
2023	11,339,465[5]  16.3%
Rank	14 out of 423[5]
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Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops weekdays during the day

The Lexington Avenue/51st Street station is a New York City Subway station complex on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and IND Queens Boulevard Line. The station is located on Lexington Avenue and stretches from 51st Street to 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan. It is served by the 6 and E trains at all times; the M train on weekdays during the day; the <6> train during weekdays in the peak direction; and the 4 train during late nights.

The complex comprises two stations: 51st Street on the Lexington Avenue Line and Lexington Avenue–53rd Street (originally Lexington–Third Avenues) on the Queens Boulevard Line. Originally two separate stations, these were connected in 1988 via a transfer passage, which was opened with the construction of 599 Lexington Avenue. Approximately 50,000 riders transfer between the Lexington Avenue and Queens Boulevard Lines each weekday.^[6]

In 2019, the station complex had an annual ridership of 18,957,465, making it the tenth-busiest in the system.^[7]