Lexington Avenue/59th Street station

The Lexington Avenue/59th Street station (also signed as 59th Street–Lexington Avenue) is a New York City Subwaystation 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 Midtown and the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The station complex is the fourteenth-busiest in the system, with over 21 million passengers in 2016.

It is served by the 4, 6, and N trains at all times, the 5 and R trains except at night, and the W train only on weekdays during the day. In addition, the <6> train stops here in the peak direction only on weekdays during the day.

A free out-of-system OMNY transfer is available to the 63rd Street Lines (M and Q trains, as well as night/weekend F trains and rush-hour N and R trains) by exiting the station and walking to the Lexington Avenue–63rd Street station.