Or, I guess as it could be subtitled, “Fashion Institute of Technology”, if you’re set on differentiating it from other 28th St. stations (on the BMT, and on Park Avenue). With that aside, here’s a local Manhattan stop.
The station is your standard IRT local station, with countdown clocks, a station agent, benches, the usual. Also, much like many stations on the MTA subway, it’s not accessible. You also have OMNY machines and all the usual stuff associated with that, along with bus connections at street level. You may also find the odd homeless person sleeping here – just leave them be, never provoke them, they’re human just like most of us and as such deserve a good night’s rest too. As for street level, this is one stop south of Penn Station, and the area does have a rather unique walkshed of its own. Notably, there’s a whole college right next door. Overall, not an awful local stop, but it definitely blends in with the rest with little remarkable.
The good: It exists! It does an ok job at serving the area, while it may not entirely stand out in a system with 400+ stations.
The bad: The biggest issue is accessibility. You’d think being the closest station to a college in Midtown, it’d be accessible. But, it isn’t.
Nearby points of interest: FIT is the big one here! The Penn South housing development is also close by, however 23rd St. on the A might be closer. There’s also some hotels, but rates are probably sky high due to the proximity to Penn Station and Times Square.
Transit connections:
7th Ave. (Line #1, Line #2 overnights)
MTA bus (M7, M20)
Overall, it’s not a bad station. But, it also blends in with a bunch of lookalike stations on the system that resemble this one.
Rating: 6/10
