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Lexington Avenue/51st Street station

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 .
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: New York City subway station
  • Also known as: “51 St” and “Lexington Avenue–53rd Street/51st Street station”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Modern Art and Waldorf Astoria New York.

Museum
The is an art museum located in , New York City, on 53rd Street between and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, as well as electronic media. is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Lexington Avenue/51st Street station.

Hotel
Photo: Joseph Pennell, Public domain.
The is a luxury hotel and condominium residence in the neighborhood of , New York. The structure, at 301 Park Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets, is a 47-story, 625 ft Art Deco landmark designed by architects Schultze and Weaver and completed in 1931. is situated 450 feet southwest of Lexington Avenue/51st Street station.

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is a 102-story, Art Deco-style supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of , New York City, United States. is situated 1 mile southwest of Lexington Avenue/51st Street station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diamond District and Tudor City.

Neighborhood
Photo: ChrisRuvolo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
A is an area where the cutting, polishing, and trade of diamonds and other gems takes place. There are a number of these districts around the world, including:…

Neighborhood
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is an apartment complex on the East Side of in , bordering the Turtle Bay and neighborhoods. It lies on a low cliff east of Second Avenue, between 40th and 43rd Streets, and overlooks First Avenue to the east.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the core retail and commercial neighborhood of , containing the highest concentration of business and money this side of, well, the planet.

Lexington Avenue/51st Street station

Latitude
40.75711° or 40° 45′ 26″ north
Longitude
-73.97196° or 73° 58′ 19″ west
Operator
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Network
New York City Subway
Open location code
87G8Q24H+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 597928319
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2981958
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Lexington Avenue/51st Street station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “萊辛頓大道／51街車站”
  • Dutch: “51st Street”
  • Dutch: “Lexington Avenue / 51st-53rd Streets”
  • Dutch: “Lexington Avenue-53rd Street”
  • Dutch: “Lexington Avenue/51st-53rd Streets”
  • French: “51st Street”
  • French: “Lexington Avenue / 51ème Rue”
  • French: “Lexington Avenue/51st – 53rd Streets”
  • Italian: “Lexington Avenue/51st-53rd Streets”
  • Japanese: “レキシントン・アベニュー-53丁目/51丁目駅”
  • Japanese: “レキシントン・アベニュー/51丁目駅”
  • Polish: “51st Street”
  • Russian: “Lexington Avenue / 51st – 53rd Streets”
  • Russian: “Лексингтон-авеню – 53-я улица / 51-я улица”
  • Russian: “Лексингтон-авеню — 53-я улица/51-я улица”
  • Russian: “Лексингтон-авеню / 51-я – 53-я улицы”
  • Spanish: “Calle 51”
  • Swedish: “Lexington Avenue / 51st – 53rd Streets”
  • Swedish: “Lexington Avenue/51st – 53rd Streets”
  • Ukrainian: “Лексінгтон-Авеню–51-ша-53-тя вулиці”
  • Ukrainian: “Проспект Лексінгтон–51-ша-53-тя вулиці”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lexington Market - Bars & Eateries and General Electric Building.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Citi Bike - East 51st Street & Lexington Avenue and Duane Reade.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lexington Avenue/51st Street station”. Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY 2.5.