{"nrhp_refnum":"04001014","name":"33rd Street Subway Station (IRT)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"33rd St. and Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.74817248200003,"lon":-73.98166030499993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-09-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture","Art","Engineering","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An underground subway station beneath Park Avenue at 33rd Street in the Kips Bay section of Manhattan, completed in 1904 as part of the original Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) Contract 1. It is a side-platform station about 200 feet long and 55 feet wide, built by cut-and-cover.","why_significant":"The station is significant under Criterion A for transportation, community planning and development, and social history, and under Criterion C for engineering, architectural design and art. It retains a relatively high degree of integrity and displays high-quality original tile, faience and mosaic decoration by Heins & LaFarge. It also helped drive the development of Kips Bay as a residential and medical neighborhood.","narrative":"Beneath Park Avenue at 33rd Street in Manhattan's Kips Bay lies a subway station opened in 1904 as part of the first Interborough Rapid Transit line. Built by the cut-and-cover method, it has two side platforms about 200 feet long and a steel and concrete frame. Its walls keep much of their original white glass tile, Roman brick wainscoting, mosaic name tablets and faience plaques. The plaques show stylized eagles holding shields marked 33, recalling the 71st Regiment Armory that once stood nearby. Engineer William Barclay Parsons handled the structure, while the firm Heins & LaFarge designed the architecture and decoration in the spirit of the City Beautiful movement. Original security gates and plaster ceiling moldings also survive, though modern ticket booths and turnstiles have been added. The station is recognized for its engineering, design and artistry, and for its role in Kips Bay's growth into a residential and major medical neighborhood once the subway made the area accessible.","period_of_significance":"1904","architect_builder":"Parsons, William Barclay (engineer); Heins, George L. and LaFarge, Christopher G. (architects)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/Beaux-Arts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still an operating subway station; faience plaques were recently refurbished, and modern ticket booths, turnstiles and lighting have been added alongside original features.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.053834-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04001014.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001014/fe420e7c6d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001014/fe420e7c6d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gryffindor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:33rd_Street_IRT_007.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Gryffindor</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:33rd_Street_IRT_007.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313919","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_Street_station_(IRT_Lexington_Avenue_Line)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2224706"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/33rd-street-subway-station-irt-04001014/"}