located at the east (railroad north) end of the station, one of which leads directly next to the basement and entrance of 515 Madison Avenue. This exit has a turnstile bank, customer assistance booth, and two staircases, both of which are built within underground shopping arcades, going up to both eastern corners of Madison Avenue and 53rd Street. Two long escalators connect the upper-level platform and the mezzanine. The part-time exit is only open on weekdays and Saturdays until 9:45 p.m. The street-level gates to the station were owned by private companies who formerly closed them at 9 p.m. However, MTA workers did not close the platform-level gates until 10 p.m. During the hour in between the two gates' closures, exiting passengers often became trapped after passing through the turnstiles, forcing them to go back into the subway, either paying another fare or jumping the turnstiles. After the MTA was informed of the issue in 2013, it arranged with the building owners to keep the exit open until 9:45 p.m. and the signs in the station were updated accordingly. Notable places nearby The Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station is within three blocks of numerous notable locations. Attractions to the south include: 660 Fifth Avenue Austrian Cultural Forum New York House at 651 Fifth Avenue Look Building Olympic Tower Paley Center for Media St. Patrick's Cathedral Villard Houses Attractions to the north include: 550 Madison Avenue, former Sony Building 689 Fifth Avenue, former Aeolian Building 712 Fifth Avenue Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church Friars Club Houses at 5, 7, 11, 13 and 15 West 54th Street; 4 and 19 East 54th Street Lever House Museum of Modern Art Park Avenue Plaza, including the Racquet and Tennis Club Paley Park Peninsula Hotel Rockefeller Apartments St. Regis Hotel Saint Thomas Church Trump Tower University Club of New York References External links MTA's Arts For Transit — 5th Avenue/53rd Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line) Fifth Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View Madison Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View Upper platform from Google Maps Street View 1933 establishments in New York City Fifth Avenue IND Queens Boulevard Line stations Midtown Manhattan New York City Subway stations in Manhattan Railway stations in the United States opened in 1933