49th Street (BMT Broadway Line)

Infobox NYCS
name = 49th Street
accessible = northbound
acc_note = northbound only


font_color = black
font_color_2 = black
bg_color = #FFC800
line = BMT Broadway Line
service = Broadway north local
platforms = 2 side platforms
tracks = 4
passengers = 7.415 million
pass_year = 2006
pass_percent = 3
borough = Manhattan
open_date = July 10, 1919Fact|date=March 2007
north_station = 57th Street
north_line = BMT Broadway Line
north_service = Broadway north local
south_station = Times Square–42nd Street
south_station_acc = yes
south_line = BMT Broadway Line
south_service = Broadway north local

49th Street is a station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. Located at West 49th Street and Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, it is served by the NYCS service|N at all times, by the NYCS service|R at all times except late nights, and by the NYCS service|W during weekdays. The NYCS service|Q is the only BMT Broadway service that does not stop here, since it bypasses using the center express tracks on its way to/from its northern terminus at 57th Street.

This local station has four tracks and two side platforms. There are four sets of platform-level fare controls, with no crossover or crossunder; each platform has a full-time booth at the north end (49th Street) and a part-time booth at the south end (47th Street). Only the northbound platform is ADA-compliant; an elevator was constructed in conjunction with a new office tower at the northeast corner of West 49th Street and Seventh Avenue. The elevator conceals an out-of-system underground passageway leading to Rockefeller Center and 47th–50th Streets station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line.

49th Street was originally built in the same style as the other BMT Broadway stations but underwent an experimental renovation in October 1973. New tiling of red glazed brick was installed over the original BMT-style tiled walls, reducing the platforms' widths by several inches; in addition, special ceiling soundproofing and terrazzo flooring were installed. Since the renovation, three of the four street entrances have been reconstructed, leaving only the 47th Street exit on the southbound platform with the red brick appearance; also, the soundproofing experiment was not repeated at any other station. Additional false brick tiles were added some time after the 1973 renovation, indicating the presence of a station facility. A passageway leading to an exit at West 47th Street and Broadway was also added after the renovation. Also, one of the staircases on the southbound side is walled off, making only one staircase available to the southbound side.

External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?202:280|BMT Broadway Subway|49th Street
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/ntrain.htm N Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/rtrain.htm R Train]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/wtrain.htm W Train]