69th Street station (IRT Flushing Line)
69th Street | |||||||
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New York City Subway station (rapid transit) | |||||||
Station statistics | |||||||
Address | 69th Street & Roosevelt Avenue Queens, NY 11377 | ||||||
Borough | Queens | ||||||
Locale | Woodside | ||||||
Division | A (IRT)[1] | ||||||
Line | IRT Flushing Line | ||||||
Services | 7 (all times) | ||||||
Transit | NYCT Bus: Q32, Q47 | ||||||
Structure | Elevated | ||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||
Other information | |||||||
Opened | April 21, 1917 | ||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||
Former/other names | 69th Street – Fisk Avenue | ||||||
Traffic | |||||||
2023 | 1,391,674[2] 8.7% | ||||||
Rank | 226 out of 423[2] | ||||||
Station succession | |||||||
Next north | Template:NYCS next | ||||||
Next south | Template:NYCS next | ||||||
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69th Street (also known as 69th Street–Fisk Avenue) is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 69th Street and Roosevelt Avenue in the Woodside, Queens, it is served by the 7 train at all times.[4]
History
The Flushing Line was opened from Queensboro Plaza to 103rd Street–Corona Plaza on April 21, 1917, with a local station at 69th Street.[5]
The platforms at 69th Street were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate longer trains.[6]
Station layout
Platform level | ||
Side platform | ||
Southbound local | ← toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards (61st Street–Woodside) | |
Peak-direction express | ← AM rush does not stop here PM rush/evenings does not stop here → | |
Northbound local | toward Flushing–Main Street (74th Street–Broadway) → | |
Side platform | ||
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines | |
Ground | Street level | Entrances/exits |
This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms.[7] The center track is used by the peak direction express service during rush hours.[4] The extreme north (geographical east) end of the northbound platform is a closed work stair leading to a storage area below the tracks.
Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies with green support frames and columns in the center and black, waist-high, steel fences at either ends. Black lampposts are at the un-canopied sections at regular intervals and the station signs are in the standard black name plate in white lettering.
This station has one elevated station house beneath the center of the platforms and tracks. Two staircases from the street, one at the northeast corner of 69th Street and Roosevelt Avenue and the other at the southwest corner, go up to the mezzanine, where there is a token booth at the center and a turnstile bank at either ends. Both turnstile banks lead to a waiting area/crossunder and have one staircase going up to each platform.
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway passes under the IRT Flushing Line just east of the station. There were formerly crossovers and switches between this station and 61st Street – Woodside. They were removed in 2008 and replaced with crossovers on either side of 74th Street – Broadway. The new crossovers are set up in such a way that trains going in either direction on the express track can stop at 74th Street.[8]
Under the elevated structure of the Flushing Line directly east of the station and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is a track of the New York Connecting Railroad, which is used for freight by CSX.
References
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ^ a b "7 Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Transit Service on Corona Extension of Dual Subway System Opened to the Public". The New York Times. April 22, 1917. p. RE1. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
- ^ Authority, New York City Transit (1955-01-01). Minutes and Proceedings.
- ^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
- ^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
External links
- nycsubway.org – IRT Flushing Line: 69th Street/Fisk Avenue
- Station Reporter — 7 Train
- The Subway Nut — 69th Street Pictures
- 69th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View