75th Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

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75th Avenue
NYCS E NYCS F
New York City Subway rapid transit station
75th Avenue IND Queens Mosaics.JPG
The mosaics at 75th Avenue station
Station statistics
Address 75th Avenue & Queens Boulevard
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Borough Queens
Locale Forest Hills
Coordinates 40°43′07″N 73°50′16″W / 40.71864°N 73.837738°W / 40.71864; -73.837738Coordinates: 40°43′07″N 73°50′16″W / 40.71864°N 73.837738°W / 40.71864; -73.837738
Division B (IND)
Line IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services       E nights after 9:00 p.m. and weekends (nights after 9:00 p.m. and weekends)
      F all times (all times)
Connection
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened December 31, 1936; 75 years ago (December 31, 1936)
Former/other names 75th Avenue – Puritan Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 1,134,336[1] increase 2.3%
Rank 329 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike: E nights after 9:00 p.m. and weekends F all times
Next south Forest Hills – 71st Avenue: E nights after 9:00 p.m. and weekends F all times

75th Avenue (originally 75th Avenue – Puritan Avenue) is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway in Forest Hills, Queens. Located at the intersection of 75th Avenue and Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills, Queens, it is served by the F train at all times and the E train on nights and weekends.

This underground station, opened on December 31, 1936, has four tracks and two side platforms. The E train uses the two center tracks to bypass this station weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.

The platforms' color scheme consists of a green trim line on a darker green borders with "75TH AVE" tiled in white lettering on a black border beneath them. The name tablets have "75TH AVE." in white arial font on a dark green background with a lighter green border. Beneath them are directional signs in white letting on a black border. The platform columns are painted in lime green and the track columns have white "75TH AVE" signs on them in black lettering.

This station has full length mezzanine above the platforms and tracks. However, it is set up in a way that does not allow a free transfer between directions. The token booth and turnstile banks for either direction are at the center. HEET turnstiles are at either ends near the station's entrances/exits, both of which have two street stairs. The entrance at the west (railroad south) end leads to 75th Avenue while the one on the east (railroad north) end leads to 75th Road. Chain-link fences separate the sections of the mezzanine within fare control and the section out of fare control.

There are four tracks underneath this station. The two outer tracks lead to Jamaica Yard while the two center tracks are used for turning trains from Forest Hills – 71st Avenue and end at bumper blocks just east of 75th Avenue under the mainline tracks.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://www.mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-31. 

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