5 Avenue-Bryant Park has a relatively deep island platform for the two tracked Flushing Line. It has platform walls of a golden trimline with little 5s along it for the station name. To access the platform it is all from a mezzanine area just above the platform, here at the eastern end there is a single ornate street stair along the SW corner of 5 Avenue and 42 Street in front of the New York Public Library with a full-time staffed token booth before the bank of turnstiles to this mezzanine with regular staircases down to the platform.
Towards the other western end the mezzanine splits one portion becomes a down hll ramp down where there is another staircases up from the platform and becomes the passageway that leads to the mezzanine of the IND Station beneath 6 Avenue at 42 Street-Bryant Park.This free transfer began on December 18, 1967 as a walking transfer via the street only during weekdays before a permanent passageway was later built. The portion of the mezzanine that curves up leads to some high turnstiles and a small fare control area out to two streetstairs with elaborate ironwork midblock along 42 Street on the northern side of Bryant Park between 5 and 6 Avenues.
Photos 1-2: August 15, 2008; 3-4: June 2, 2009; 5-6: July 24, 2009; 7-20: August 6, 2009; 21-26: June 11, 2011;
Approaching the mezzanine from the tunnel beneath Bryant Park above the 5 Avenue section of the station with the first staircase down to the station
The mezzanine ends at Ramps, one up to the midblock exit, one down to the connecting passageway
The only entrance actually at 5 Avenue beneath the Central Public Library
The two street stairs in middle of the block along Bryant Park
Another view of the two street stairs with gold cornices along Bryant Park
Looking directly down the two staircases in front of Bryant Park
Passengers leave and enter the system at the main fare control area at 5 Avenue
The one staircase up to 5 Avenue at the SW corner
The mezzanine at 5 Avenue is quite wide for an IND Station, I don't know the stops original configuration
A replica mosaic for the exits towards 5th Ave or 6th Ave
Looking down the line of staircases to the 7 platform
A 5 in the trimline of the platform
Looking down the Queens-bound track on the narrow island platform
A staircase up to the mezzanine and transfer
Looking across one of the platform staircases and a sign for the two exits from the mezzanine
Looking down the staircases of the mezzanine
The ramp up to the midblock exit
The mezzanine narrows for the passageway to 6 Avenue and transfer
A view down the connecting passageway
Last Updated: 11 September, 2011
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