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59th Street station

The 59th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in , . It was built on September 16, 1878. The local trains used two tracks and two side platforms.
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: IRT Third Avenue Line station
  • Also known as: “59th Street” and “59 St”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Modern Art and Lexington Avenue/59th Street station.

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 2,700 feet west of 59th Street station.

Metro station
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The is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the BMT Broadway Line. It is located at Lexington Avenue between 59th and 60th Streets, on the border of and the of .

Building
is a 1,345,489 sq ft mixed-use glass skyscraper on Lexington Avenue, on the East Side of , . Opened in 2004, it houses the headquarters of Bloomberg L.P. and as a result, is sometimes referred to informally as Bloomberg Tower. is situated 360 feet south of 59th Street station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lenox Hill and Diamond District.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the of in New York City. It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.

Neighborhood
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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:…

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Broadway. Times Square. Madison Square Garden. The name says it all: the is the entertainment hub of the city, and possibly the entire nation.

59th Street station

Latitude
40.76271° or 40° 45′ 46″ north
Longitude
-73.96788° or 73° 58′ 4″ west
Operator
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Network
New York City Subway
Open location code
87G8Q27J+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7142969916
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q14706152
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 58th Street Library and Manhattan Community Board 8.

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