88th Street station

Coordinates: 40°40′47″N 73°51′03″W / 40.679857°N 73.850968°W / 40.679857; -73.850968
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 88 Street
 "A" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Brooklyn-bound platform
Station statistics
Address88th Street & Liberty Avenue
Queens, NY 11417
BoroughQueens
LocaleOzone Park
Coordinates40°40′47″N 73°51′03″W / 40.679857°N 73.850968°W / 40.679857; -73.850968
DivisionB (IND, formerly BMT)[1]
LineIND Fulton Street Line
BMT Fulton Street Line (formerly)
Services   A all times (all times)
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedSeptember 25, 1915; 108 years ago (1915-09-25)[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other names88th Street–Boyd Avenue
Traffic
2023576,816[3] Increase 8.6%
Rank367 out of 423[3]
Station succession
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Location
88th Street station is located in New York City Subway
88th Street station
88th Street station is located in New York City
88th Street station
88th Street station is located in New York
88th Street station
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

88th Street (signed as 88th Street – Boyd Avenue) is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Liberty Avenue at 88th Street in Ozone Park, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times.

History

Track layout
Legend
to 80 St
to Rockaway Blvd

88th Street was one of the six stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens, from 80th Street through Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard, as well as the current three track elevated structure, built for the BMT Fulton Street Line in 1915 as part of BMT's portion of the Dual Contracts.[2][5] The connection to the BMT was severed on April 26, 1956, and the IND was extended east (railroad south) from Euclid Avenue via a connecting tunnel and new intermediate station at Grant Avenue, with the new service beginning on April 29, 1956.[5][6][7]

The station was completely renovated in 2014.[8]

Station layout

P
Platform level 		Side platform
Westbound ← "A" train toward Template:Nycs (Template:Nycs)
← "A" Shuttle train late night shuttle toward Template:Nycs (Template:Nycs)
Peak-direction express → No regular service
Eastbound → "A" train toward Template:Nycs, Template:Nycs or Template:Nycs (Template:Nycs) →
→ "A" Shuttle train late night shuttle toward Template:Nycs (Template:Nycs) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, Metrocard machines
G Street level Exit/entrance
Station before renovation.

This elevated station, opened on September 25, 1915, has two side platforms and three tracks with the center track not used in revenue service. Both platforms have beige windscreens for their length and brown canopies with green frames and support columns except for a small section at either ends. Station signs display Boyd Avenue, which was the original name of this station.

The 2015 artwork at this station, MORPHING88, was designed by Haresh Lalvani.[9]

Exits

This station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house below the platforms at the east (railroad south) end. Inside fare control, there is one staircase to each platform, a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, and a turnstile bank. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two street stairs going down to either eastern corners of 88th Street and Liberty Avenue.[10]

This station formerly had another entrance/exit at the west (railroad north) end that went down to 86th Street. Each platform still has a closed-off staircase to the station house beneath the tracks.

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b "New Elevated Line Opened for Queens" (PDF). The New York Times. September 26, 1915. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Sparberg, Andrew J. (October 1, 2014). From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-6190-1.
  6. ^ "First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702" (PDF). nytimes.com. The New York Times. April 30, 1956. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  7. ^ Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today" (PDF). nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  8. ^ http://www.mta.info/news-line-subways-queens-ozone-park-liberty-avenue/2014/05/08/queens-bound-88-st-and-104-st-line
  9. ^ http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Artwork:_MORPHING88_(Haresh_Lalvani)
  10. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Woodhaven" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

External links

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