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59 St Station

59th Street

NRW

Accessible (ADA)

Next trains

NR 4th Av platforms

Manhattan ADA

  • RForest Hills-71 AvSchedulednow5:56 PM
  • NAstoria-Ditmars BlvdScheduled5 min6:01 PM
  • RForest Hills-71 AvScheduled7 min6:03 PM
  • NAstoria-Ditmars BlvdScheduled11 min6:08 PM

Southbound ADA

  • RBay Ridge-95 StLive · 2 min earlynow5:56 PM
  • NConey Island-Stillwell AvLive · 1 min early6 min6:02 PM
  • RBay Ridge-95 StLive · 1 min early7 min6:04 PM
  • RBay Ridge-95 StLive · 3 min early13 min6:09 PM

Data may not be real time. “Live” times come from MTA real-time feeds as processed by our trip planner; “Scheduled” times come from published timetables. This site is independent and not affiliated with the MTA. Updated 5:56 PM ET; refreshes every 30 seconds.

Service alerts

Planned work coming up

UpcomingPlanned - Express to LocalNIn Brooklyn, N runs local in both directions between DeKalb Av and 59 St

Oct 19 - 22 and Oct 26 - 29, Mon to Thu, beginning at 10 PM

Schedule reminder: Overnight N runs local in both directions between these stations.

What's happening?

Fastrack maintenance

Posted Oct 15, 2026, 9:30 AM

UpcomingPlanned - Stops SkippedRIn Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound R skips 53 St, 45 St, 25 St, Prospect Av, 4 Av-9 St and Union St

Nov 13 - 16, Fri 11:45 PM to Mon 5:00 AM

For service to 53 St and 45 St, take the R to 36 St and transfer to a Bay Ridge-bound R or local Coney Island-bound N.

For service from these stations, take the N or R to 59 St and transfer to a Manhattan-bound R.

For service to 25 St, Prospect Av, 4 Av-9 St and Union St, take the R to Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr and transfer to a Bay Ridge-bound R or local Coney Island-bound DN.

For service from these stations, take the DN or R to 36 St and transfer to a Manhattan-bound R.

What's happening?

We're replacing tracks

Posted Oct 13, 2026, 12:32 PM

UpcomingPlanned - Stops SkippedNIn Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound N local skips 53 St, 45 St, 25 St, Prospect Av, 4 Av-9 St and Union St

Nov 13 - 16, Fri to Mon, Overnight

For service to 53 St and 45 St, take the N to 36 St and transfer to a Coney Island-bound N or Bay Ridge-bound R.

For service from these stations, take the N or R to 59 St and transfer to a Manhattan-bound N.

For service to 25 St, Prospect Av, 4 Av-9 St and Union St, take the N to Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr and transfer to a local Coney Island-bound D N or Bay Ridge-bound R.

For service from these stations, take the DN or R to 36 St and transfer to a Manhattan-bound N.

Schedule reminder: N skips these stations days and evenings.

What's happening?

We're replacing tracks

Posted Oct 13, 2026, 12:29 PM

Alerts from MTA service alert feeds, shown as published (English). Data may not be real time.

Elevators & escalators

  • No outage Elevator EL387 · N/R
    4th Ave and 59 St (NW corner) to mezzanine for service in both directions
  • No outage Elevator EL388 · N/R
    mezzanine to Manhattan-bound platform
  • No outage Elevator EL389 · N/R
    mezzanine to platform for Coney Island-bound N and Bay Ridge-bound R service

Last 30 days: 2 outages recorded (≈ 9 hours out of service in total). Tracking since Oct 11, 2026.

Status from the MTA elevator & escalator feed, checked every 5 minutes. “No outage” means the unit is not listed as out of service; it does not guarantee it is working. All outages.

First & last trains (scheduled)

Line & directionWeekdaySatSun
N Astoria-Ditmars Blvd 24 hours24 hours24 hours
N Coney Island-Stillwell Av 24 hours24 hours24 hours
R Forest Hills-71 Av 24 hours24 hours24 hours
R Bay Ridge-95 St 24 hours24 hours24 hours
W Astoria-Ditmars Blvd 7:21 AM –
4:49 PM
No serviceNo service
W 86 St 9:46 PM –
9:46 PM
No serviceNo service

From the published schedule (reference dates Oct 20, 2026, Oct 24, 2026, Oct 18, 2026). Late-night service may differ; overnight trips after midnight are shown as early-morning times.

Map & entrances

6 entrances: 5 stairs, 1 elevator.

Entrance locations: MTA Subway Entrances and Exits (data.ny.gov). Blue dots = stairs/escalators, green = elevators.

Directions to this station

Accessibility

  • NR 59 St (4th Av) Accessible

ADA status from MTA Subway Stations (data.ny.gov). Check elevator status above before you travel.

Transfers nearby

Nearby stations

Citi Bike nearby

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  • 59 St & 5 Ave
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    0.1 mi

Availability from the Citi Bike public GBFS feed. Data may not be real time. Not affiliated with Lyft or Citi Bike.