This underground station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND)'s initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street.
There are four tracks and two side platforms.
The two center tracks are used by the A express train during daytime hours.
Just north of this station, a storage track begins between the two express tracks.
This track runs north and stub-ends at the south end of the center platform at 34th Street – Penn Station.

Both platform walls have "23RD ST."
name tablets in a yellow background and "23" in white numbering on a black border.
There are also directional signs in the same format.
The platform columns are yellow with every other one having the standard black and white station signs.

The station is planned to be renovated as part of the 2010–2014 MTA Capital Program.
An MTA study conducted in 2014 found that 40% of station components were out of date.
This underground station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND)'s initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street. There are four tracks and two side platforms. The two center tracks are used by the A express train during daytime hours. Just north of this station, a storage track begins between the two express tracks. This track runs north and stub-ends at the south end of the center platform at 34th Street – Penn Station.
Both platform walls have "23RD ST." name tablets in a yellow background and "23" in white numbering on a black border. There are also directional signs in the same format. The platform columns are yellow with every other one having the standard black and white station signs.
The station is planned to be renovated as part of the 2010–2014 MTA Capital Program. An MTA study conducted in 2014 found that 40% of station components were out of date.
23rd Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)