5 Avenue-53 Street

5 Avenue-53 Street is a local subway station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line. This station is served by the E and M trains.

This station opened on August 19, 1933. There are two tracks and two side platforms. Unusually, the station is bi-level with the Manhattan-bound platform on the upper level and the Queens-bound platform on the lower level. The station's tile band had different colors, with marine green on the upper level and maroon on the lower level. Name tablets said "FIFTH AVE." in white lettering on a black background with a marine green or maroon border." There is fare control which can be accessed through a long escalator ride from the platform or the several exits from the streets. There was a full renovation which replaced the original IND tiling with modern tiles. There was a crimson trim line that has the words "Fifth Avenue/53 Street" in white letters. The upper level had another renovation that tiled the floor and added a metal covering on the roof. There was an ADA renovation sometime in the 2010s.

MTA Arts for Transit
 * Subway Riders, oil canvas by Ralph Fasanellas, 1950