Located at 59th Street and Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, it is served by the N and R trains at all times, as well as some W trains during rush hours. 18 reviews of MTA - Lexington Avenue - 63rd Street Station "This is an F station on the Upper East Side--close to Bloomingdale's, not far from Grand Central either if you use your free MetroCard transfer by walking to the 59th street and Lex station. Its compelling industrial beauty has inspired its most inspired definition yet: “The building, a marriage of convenience, a modern metal shed with the face of an aging actress, the utilitarian made beautiful, is our city’s Temple of Power.”  – Mosette Broderick, professor at New York University, author of Triumvirate: McKim, Mead & White: Art, Architecture, Scandal, and Class in America’s Gilded Age. W 59th St & Central Park S Directions {{::location.tagLine.value.text}} This station is not accessible Next Trains Arriving. 59th Street is an express station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Just about every line runs through here, you really can get anywhere from here or something that will connect down the line from here. I’d love it to rise like a phoenix from its coal and cancerous ashes to shine like a clean, green bird… A new Temple of Energy. The building heralded a new era of electrical urban transportation, illustrating the power of technology to improve urban life. Description Legal. This subway station sits below Columbus circle. 59 St Columbus Circle. The entrance to this station is located on the northwestern end of Central park and at the foot of Trump Tower. 42 St Port Authority Bus Terminal In 2009, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., the current owner of the IRT Powerhouse, removed the last remaining of six original smoke stacks at the IRT Powerhouse. Pretty busy station over at Columbus Circle but I like it. Help. The nearest accessible stop is 55th-56th-57th Street. 3 Av/E 60 St is 179 yards away, 3 min walk. 8302. Restaurants near 5th Ave / 59th St Station, Long Island City on Tripadvisor: Find traveler reviews and candid photos of dining near 5th Ave / 59th St Station in Long Island City, New York. The recent addition of the former IRT Powerhouse to New York’s list of endangered treasures means the building is that much closer to claiming its place at the center of city life. Accessibility. It was built as part of the line, the original Independent (IND) subway line that opened in September 1932, but was probably not used until 1953. While the future of the former IRT Powerhouse is unsure its potential is certain. Subway, local station . 59 St . An NYPD spokesperson said an unnamed woman in her 30s or 40s was hit by an oncoming Manhattan-bound R train around 8:15 a.m. at the 4th Avenue and 59th Street N/R station in … Robert Quinlan of the Quinlan Development Group, dreams of re-adapting the building’s enormous interiors into “a vintage auto museum with rotating exhibits and complimentary uses ensuring a constant flow of local and foreign visitors…” Others have suggested the space be used for performances, public events, general recreation and the exhibition of treasures currently warehoused in existing museums. Standing on the shore of the Hudson River it seems to declare, “Industry!” “Ambition!”  It is a majestic symbol of the City-Beautiful era and modernity. According to details provided on The Hudson River Powerhouse web site, Consolidated Edison has contributed to the deterioration of the IRT Powerhouse: the company has “cut holes in the exterior walls, demolished the cornice and smokestacks, and punched out windows.” If the structure were to be designated a landmark Consolidated Edison would be required to maintain and preserve the IRT Powerhouse, without altering the facade and structure of the building, “for generations to come.” The investor-owned company would also be expected to reduce its existing footprint substantially within the building and/or move its operations to a more sustainable location. Lexington Av/ 59 St . 59th Street station may refer to: . Certainly not as Grand as Grand Central, or buzzing as Penn Station or Union Square. Other Station Features. The station was built by the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad as part of an agreement with New York City. 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