61st Street–Woodside (IRT Flushing Line)
61st Street–Woodside  | |||||||||
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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A 7 Express train of R62A cars at the station | |||||||||
| Station statistics | |||||||||
| Address |
61st Street & Roosevelt Avenue Queens, NY 11377 | ||||||||
| Borough | Queens | ||||||||
| Locale | Woodside | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′44.19″N 73°54′10.68″W / 40.7456083°N 73.9029667°WCoordinates: 40°44′44.19″N 73°54′10.68″W / 40.7456083°N 73.9029667°W | ||||||||
| Division | A (IRT) | ||||||||
| Line | IRT Flushing Line | ||||||||
| Services |
7  (all times) <7> (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Q32 MTA Bus: Q18, Q53,  Q70 SBS LIRR: City Terminal Zone and Port Washington Branch (at Woodside) | ||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||
| Platforms |
2 island platforms cross-platform interchange | ||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||
| Opened | April 21, 1917 | ||||||||
| Accessible |
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| Former/other names |
Woodside Woodside–61st Street 61st Street | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
5,432,682[1]  1.4% | ||||||||
| Rank | 82 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
69th Street (local): 7 Junction Boulevard (express): <7> | ||||||||
| Next south |
52nd Street (local): 7 Queensboro Plaza (express): <7> | ||||||||
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| Next north |
74th Street–Broadway (local): 7 Junction Boulevard (express): <7> | ||||||||
| Next south |
Court Square: 7 <7> | ||||||||
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61st Street–Woodside (announced as Woodside–61st Street on the R188 cars) is an express station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway located at 61st Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, Queens. It is served by the 7 train, with additional peak-direction <7> service during rush hours.
History
61st Street–Woodside opened on April 21, 1917 as Woodside, as part of an extension of the IRT Flushing Line to 103rd Street–Corona Plaza. The Long Island Rail Road station predates the station, as it originally opened in 1869.
The platforms at 61st Street were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.[2]
In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.[3]
Station layout
| 3F | Southbound local | ← toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards (52nd Street) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left, right | ||
| Peak-direction express | ← toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards (Queensboro Plaza) → toward Flushing–Main Street (PM rush) (Junction Boulevard) → | |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left, right | ||
| Northbound local | → toward Flushing–Main Street (69th Street) → | |
| 2F | Mezzanine | to entrances/exits, stairways to LIRR platforms, station agent, MetroCard vending machines (Elevator at NE corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 61st Street) |
| 1F | - | LIRR platforms |
| G | Street Level | Entrances/Exits |
This station has two island platforms and three tracks. The two outer tracks are used for the full-time 7 local service while the bidirectional center track is used for rush hour peak-direction <7> express service. There is a mezzanine located at the center, underneath the platforms, with a new ADA-accessible elevator to each platform.
Entrance and exit are provided by long stairs down to street level on the northern curb of Roosevelt Avenue at 61st Street, as well as to other nearby locations via the LIRR platforms. An ADA-compliant elevator provides access to street level at the northeast corner of 61st Street and Roosevelt Avenue, while a long escalator at the southeast corner provides entrance only. The Woodside station of the Long Island Rail Road is located directly beneath the Flushing Line station; any of the three LIRR platforms can be accessed directly from the mezzanine.
Artwork includes John Cavanagh's Commuting/Community (1986), located near the stairway down to LIRR Track 4, and Dimitri Gerakaris' Woodside Continuum (1999), which forms part of the steel-grating fare-control separation.
In popular culture
This station was used for a scene in John Cassavetes's 1980 film Gloria.
References
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ↑ Authority, New York City Transit (1955-01-01). Minutes and Proceedings.
- ↑ Gargan, Edward A. (June 11, 1981). "AGENCY LISTS ITS 69 MOST DETERIORATED SUBWAY STATIONS". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 61st Street – Woodside (IRT Flushing Line). |
- nycsubway.org – IRT Flushing Line: 61st Street/Woodside
- nycsubway.org — Commuting/Community Artwork by John Cavanagh (1986)
- nycsubway.org — Woodside Continuum Artwork by Dimitri Gerakaris (1999)
- Station Reporter — 7 Train
- The Subway Nut — 61st Street–Woodside Pictures
- MTA's Arts For Transit — Woodside–61st Street (IRT Flushing Line)
- 61st Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Station as seen from the LIRR platforms from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View