Lexington Ave–63rd St Station Platform, NYC Subway

The Lexington Avenue–63rd Street subway station platform in New York City, serving the F and Q trains, features red tiled walls and a long central platform.
The Lexington Avenue–63rd Street station, a key component of the New York City Subway's IND and BMT lines, opened in 1989 as part of the 63rd Street Tunnel project. This station, serving the F and Q trains, connects Manhattan's Upper East Side with Queens and the Second Avenue Subway. Its design features distinctive red-tiled walls and a long central platform, characteristic of late-20th-century transit architecture focused on durability and efficiency. The station's linear geometry and bright finishes are typical of the era's major transit expansion projects.
Photo taken in September 2008.
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