Elevator UptimeLexington Av/59 St station
Lexington Avenue-59th Street, New York, NY 10062
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Lexington Avenue-59th Street, New York, NY 10062
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3 escalators
All 3 escalators are working, per the MTA (New York) feed (last checked Nov 12, 10:40 PM EST).
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Share of hours each unit was available, and outages, as published by the MTA (MTA NYCT elevator and escalator availability, data.ny.gov). “Excluded” means MTA counted no eligible hours that month. Our own outage records for this station start October 16, 2026; outage counts for earlier months are MTA-reported.
| Unit | Dec 2025 | Jan 2026 | Feb 2026 | Mar 2026 | Apr 2026 | May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 | Outages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All escalators | 64.7%19 outages | 63.7%18 outages | 64.7%27 outages | 65.2%22 outages | 78.3%36 outages | 96.3%41 outages | 97.3%37 outages | 92.4%14 outages | 93.6%26 outages | 97.6%27 outages | 267 |
| ES215escalator | 98.1% | 98.0% | 98.3% | 98.3% | 97.9% | 97.0% | 97.5% | 98.8% | 98.3% | 99.0% | 79 |
| ES248escalator | 96.1% | 93.2% | 95.8% | 97.4% | 97.3% | 94.3% | 98.0% | 98.5% | 85.7% | 98.1% | 104 |
| ES249escalator | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 39.6% | 97.4% | 96.5% | 79.9% | 96.8% | 95.6% | 84 |
No outages in our own records. MTA’s monthly figures are in the table above.
Lexington Av/59 St
Lexington Avenue-59th Street, New York, NY 10062
Subway elevator and escalator outages from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's public real-time outage feed, the same data behind its elevator and escalator status page. Our list refreshes once a day, so it can lag the MTA's own page by up to a day, and a short outage can show as lasting until the next refresh. Planned work is counted once it begins.
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