Seventh Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

This article is about the subway station in Manhattan. For the subway station in Brooklyn also served by the B train, see Seventh Avenue (BMT Brighton Line).

Seventh Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
300px Upper Level platform
Station statistics
Address	Seventh Avenue & West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Midtown Manhattan
Coordinates
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Sixth Avenue Line IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	B  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)       D  (all times)       E  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M7, M20, M104
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 on each level) cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1933 (1933-08-19)
Accessibility	Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Wireless service
Former/other names	Seventh Avenue – 53rd Street
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	5,092,341  7.3%
Rank	93 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	59th Street – Columbus Circle (6th Ave): B  D  Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street (Queens Blvd): E
Next south	47th–50th Streets – Rockefeller Center (6th Ave): B  D  50th Street (Queens Blvd): E
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops weekdays only

Seventh Avenue is a station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line and the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 53rd Street in Manhattan, it is served by the D and E trains at all times, and the B train weekdays. The station is occasionally called Seventh Avenue – 53rd Street, in the style of other stations that orient east-west along 53rd Street (such as Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue – 53rd Street).

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit / Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
B2	Southbound Queens Boulevard Line	← toward World Trade Center (50th Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound Sixth Avenue Line	→ toward Brighton Beach weekdays (47th–50th Streets – Rockefeller Center) → → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (47th–50th Streets – Rockefeller Center) →
B3	Northbound Queens Boulevard Line	→ toward Jamaica Center (Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound Sixth Avenue Line	← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours, 145th Street middays and evenings (59th Street – Columbus Circle) ← toward Norwood – 205th Street (59th Street – Columbus Circle)

This is a two-level station, with two tracks on each level and two island platforms, one over the other. The lower level serves trains headed railroad north (to Central Park West for trains from the IND Sixth Avenue Line, to Queens for trains from the IND Eighth Avenue Line). The upper level is the reverse. Each level allows cross-platform interchange between the two lines. The BMT Broadway Line passes overhead near the west end of the station; this crossing is visible in the ceiling and supporting columns.

The station serves two distinct subway lines that do not interconnect. On the IND Sixth Avenue Line, uptown trains (heading west through the station) join the IND Eighth Avenue Line headed uptown along Central Park West, while downtown trains (heading east through the station) head downtown along the IND Sixth Avenue Line. On the IND Queens Boulevard Line, uptown trains (heading east through the station) go to Queens via the 53rd Street Tunnel, while downtown trains (headed west through the station) head downtown along Eighth Avenue. Although connections would appear to exist on the subway map (because the map shows all levels of tracks in the same plane), there are no connecting tracks. This means that a downtown Sixth Avenue train coming from Central Park West cannot continue to Queens, and an uptown Sixth Avenue train cannot turn downtown along Eighth Avenue, or vice versa.

This is one of two stations on the B service named "Seventh Avenue", the other is Seventh Avenue on the BMT Brighton Line.

External links

• nycsubway.org—IND Queens Boulevard Line: 7th Avenue/53rd Street
• Station Reporter — B Train
• Station Reporter — D Train
• Station Reporter — E Train
• Seventh Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Broadway entrance from Google Maps Street View