The station includes air-conditioning systems that keeps the station's temperature at 72 to 78 °F (22 to 26 °C) year-round.
It also includes the largest ventilation towers in the New York City Subway stations.
Originally, the new station was also planned to feature platform screen doors.
However, plans for screen doors in New York City Subway stations were dropped in 2012 because doors for each platform edge would have cost $1 million.

Unlike most stations in the system, which do not have open public restrooms, there are public restrooms at 34th Street–Hudson Yards.
The station also has a stainless steel oval-shaped station agent booth.
However, the station's turnstiles were based on an obsolete design by Cubic Transportation Systems, which had stopped mass-producing subway turnstiles in 1994.
The MTA contracted Cubic to manufacture turnstiles specifically for the Hudson Yards station because the MTA's reserve of spare turnstiles had been entirely destroyed during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

Materials used in the station were designed to last at least 100 years.
They include granite tile, ceramic tile, stainless steel panels on the walls, painted steel panels on the ceilings, energy-efficient fluorescent lamps and LEDs, and mesh.
Additionally, the materials were supposed to conform to New York City Transit criteria, including slip-resistance.
The station also uses acoustic ceiling tiles to reduce noise, in addition to using indirect lighting.
The Hudson Yards station was also designed in accordance with National Fire Protection Association standards, despite its extreme depth, as it can be evacuated in six minutes in case of fire, and the platform can be cleared within four minutes.

The station is the third station in the New York City Subway to have low vibration tracks installed.
These tracks are described by the MTA as providing a smoother, quieter ride for passengers, and they eliminate the need for wooden sleepers.

The station was not equipped with Wi-Fi or 3G at the time of opening, but these features were installed later.
The station includes displays that accommodate the future inclusion of "countdown clocks" indicating the time until the next train, as well as Help Point emergency intercoms and in-station travel planners.
Although the screens originally only displayed which track the next train would depart from, the screens were expected to start displaying countdown clocks when communications-based train control is implemented on the Flushing Line in 2018.

As part of the MTA's "Arts for Transit" program, three mosaics by Xenobia Bailey, which total approximately 2,788 square feet (259.0 m²), were installed in three locations within the station.
The artworks, titled Funktional Vibrations, are based on some of Bailey's crocheting patterns.
One mosaic is located in an oval-shaped recession in the ceiling of the upper mezzanine at 34th Streets.
The other two mosaics are located in the station entrances.
The tiles used in Funktional Vibrations were created by mosaic craftsman Stephen Miotto, who manufactured the tiles in his Carmel, New York, studio.
Another section of the artwork was installed at the second entrance.
However, there is no artwork in the rest of the station; one Newsweek writer observed that while the station was "very clean but also a little antiseptic", "cool", and "efficient", it was also "lacking all character" with its austere design.
The station includes air-conditioning systems that keeps the station's temperature at 72 to 78 °F (22 to 26 °C) year-round. It also includes the largest ventilation towers in the New York City Subway stations. Originally, the new station was also planned to feature platform screen doors. However, plans for screen doors in New York City Subway stations were dropped in 2012 because doors for each platform edge would have cost $1 million.
Unlike most stations in the system, which do not have open public restrooms, there are public restrooms at 34th Street–Hudson Yards. The station also has a stainless steel oval-shaped station agent booth. However, the station's turnstiles were based on an obsolete design by Cubic Transportation Systems, which had stopped mass-producing subway turnstiles in 1994. The MTA contracted Cubic to manufacture turnstiles specifically for the Hudson Yards station because the MTA's reserve of spare turnstiles had been entirely destroyed during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
Materials used in the station were designed to last at least 100 years. They include granite tile, ceramic tile, stainless steel panels on the walls, painted steel panels on the ceilings, energy-efficient fluorescent lamps and LEDs, and mesh. Additionally, the materials were supposed to conform to New York City Transit criteria, including slip-resistance. The station also uses acoustic ceiling tiles to reduce noise, in addition to using indirect lighting. The Hudson Yards station was also designed in accordance with National Fire Protection Association standards, despite its extreme depth, as it can be evacuated in six minutes in case of fire, and the platform can be cleared within four minutes.
The station is the third station in the New York City Subway to have low vibration tracks installed. These tracks are described by the MTA as providing a smoother, quieter ride for passengers, and they eliminate the need for wooden sleepers.
The station was not equipped with Wi-Fi or 3G at the time of opening, but these features were installed later. The station includes displays that accommodate the future inclusion of "countdown clocks" indicating the time until the next train, as well as Help Point emergency intercoms and in-station travel planners. Although the screens originally only displayed which track the next train would depart from, the screens were expected to start displaying countdown clocks when communications-based train control is implemented on the Flushing Line in 2018.
As part of the MTA's "Arts for Transit" program, three mosaics by Xenobia Bailey, which total approximately 2,788 square feet (259.0 m²), were installed in three locations within the station. The artworks, titled Funktional Vibrations, are based on some of Bailey's crocheting patterns. One mosaic is located in an oval-shaped recession in the ceiling of the upper mezzanine at 34th Streets. The other two mosaics are located in the station entrances. The tiles used in Funktional Vibrations were created by mosaic craftsman Stephen Miotto, who manufactured the tiles in his Carmel, New York, studio. Another section of the artwork was installed at the second entrance. However, there is no artwork in the rest of the station; one Newsweek writer observed that while the station was "very clean but also a little antiseptic", "cool", and "efficient", it was also "lacking all character" with its austere design.
34th Street–Hudson Yards station