50th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)
in New York, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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50th Street is a local station on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 50th Street and Broadway at the northwest corner of the Theater District, it is served by the 1 train at all times, and by the 2 train during late nights.This station has four tracks with two side platforms. It was the first west-side station constructed as part of Contract I, the original New York City Subway construction contract, which opened in 1904. Original tile plaques at this station were removed during remodeling, but one of them has been preserved at the New York Transit Museum.
Each platform has same-level fare control at the center and there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfer between directions. Each fare control area has a token booth, turnstile bank, and newsstand. The northbound has four staircases to the streets, one of which is built inside a building. The southbound platform has an exit to an underground shopping arcade on the south side of 50th Street and another to the southern sunken courtyard of Paramount Plaza.
The station is home to Liliana Porter's Alice, The Way Out, a series of mosaics installed in 1994 depicting characters from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
On September 7, 1987, Alex Cumba fell onto the tracks of the 50th Street station. Bystanders Edwin Ortiz, Jeff Kuhn, and Melvin Shadd jumped onto the tracks and attempted to lift Mr. Cumba back onto the platform, which was difficult due to Mr. Cumba's weight. The three were able to remove Cumba seconds before the train arrived. On September 17, 1991, a recreation of the story aired on Rescue 911. This incident was featured in Episode 3.1 of Rescue 911.
