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23 St-Ely Avenue is the last (or first) station in Queens before the IND 53 Street tunnel. The station has two side platforms for the two track line. Each has a maroon trim, with black boarder. The name tablets that spell out 23rs St-Ely Ave, have a maroon boarder, with a background composed of a mix and of black and brown tiles. The station has two exits, one at either end of the station. At the eastern (Queens Blvd-bound, northern) end is the exit to 23 Street & 44 Drive and features a crossover, and the entrance to the passageway to the G platform that was added extremely recently by Citibank when they built their tower in Long Island City. At the western (towards Manhattan, southern) end of the platform are two separate exits (one for each platform) up a few steps to 21 Street & 44 Drive, that are unstaffed. There is no crossover or under here |
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Arts For Transit at 23 Street-Ely Avenue Temple Quad Reliefs 1992, Ceramic Relief and Glass Mosaic on mezzanine walls By Frank Olt |
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| (23_elye1) A 23 St-Ely Ave name tablet with a mosaic arrow for the exit to 23rd St beneath it. | |||
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| (23_elye5) Looking down a side platform towards the 21 St & 44 Drive exit at 23 St-Ely Ave. 14 August, 2008 (23_elye6) Two high exit turnstiles out from the Queens-bound platform to 21 St at 23 St-Ely Avenue | 14 August, 2008 (23_elye7) A mosaic sign for the S. Side 44th Drive at one of the exits at 23 St-Ely Avenue. | 14 August, 2008 (23_elye8) A plaque for the 23 Street-Ely Avenue Subway Station, it was built in 1933 and Reconstructed in 1992 by Employees of New York City Transit Authority, Alan F. Kiepper, President. The logo at the bottom has the old M | 14 August, 2008 |
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| (23_elye9) A R42 E train leaves 23 St-Ely Ave. 14 August, 2008 (23_elye10) Looking up the staircase at the very western end of the platforms the main exit to 23 St-44 Drive and Court Square, with signs for the G transfer and 7 MetroCard Transfer only. | 28 December, 2008 (23_elye11) Looking down the single staircase from the main mezzanine area to the Forest Hills & Jamaica Platform, a tiled Jamaica sign also points at the staircase. | 28 December, 2008 (23_elye12) An Arts For Transit display on the mezzanine next to a sign for the exit and transfer at 23 St-Ely Ave. | 28 December, 2008 |
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| (23_elye13) Tiled signs for Jamaica and Manhattan on the mezzanine at 23 St-Ely Avenue. 28 December, 2008 (23_elye14) Manhattan-bound R32 #3870 is the last car of a Manhattan-bound E train stopped at 23 St-Ely Ave | | ||
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