111th Street (IND Fulton Street Line)

111th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address 111th Street & Liberty Avenue
Ozone Park, NY 11419
Borough Queens
Locale Ozone Park
Division B (IND, formerly BMT)
Line IND Fulton Street Line
Services       A  (all times)
Connection
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened September 25, 1915; 96 years ago (September 25, 1915)[1]
Former/other names 111th Street – Greenwood Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 771,073[2]  1.6%
Rank 382 out of 422
Station succession
Next north 104th Street: A 
Next south Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard: A 

111th Street is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located on Liberty Avenue at 111th Street in Queens. The station is served by the A train at all times.

This elevated station, opened on September 25, 1915, has three tracks and two side platforms with the middle track not used in revenue service. Both platforms have beige windscreens for the entire length and brown canopies with green frames and support columns except for a small section at either ends.

This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks. The full time side is at the east (railroad south) end. It has one staircase to each platform, a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, a turnstile bank, a token booth, and two staircases down to either eastern corners of Liberty Avenue and 111th Street. The other station house also has one staircase to each platform, waiting area, and two staircases to 109th Street and Liberty Avenue (one to the southeast corner and the another along the north side of Liberty Avenue). However, this entrance/exit is unstaffed, containing just High Entry/Exit and Exit-Only turnstiles.

This is one of six stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens that were originally constructed as part of the BMT's portion of the Dual Contracts. The stations from 80th Street – Hudson Street to Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard opened on September 25, 1915 as an extension of the Fulton Street Elevated.[1] The connection to the BMT was severed on April 26, 1956 with a new connection to the IND Fulton Street Line opening three days later. The Fulton Street Elevated west of Hudson Street was closed and eventually demolished.

The station has gone by a number of different names. It opened as Greenwood Avenue.[1] A 1924 system map portrayed the station as "Greenwood Avenue" with "111th St." below it in parentheses and smaller print.[3] By 1948, "Greenwood" and "111 St." were shown in equal sizes,[4] and by 1959, the station's name was shown as "111 St–Greenwood".[5] The current official map shows the name as just "111 St".[6] However, station signs still show "111th Street – Greenwood Avenue".

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References

  1. ^ a b c "New Elevated Line Opened for Queens" (PDF). The New York Times. September 26, 1915. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B01E4D6103CE733A25755C2A96F9C946496D6CF. Retrieved 2007-09-28. 
  2. ^ "Facts and Figures: 2010 Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 
  3. ^ "BMT Lines, Rapid Transit Division" (GIF). 1924. http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/bmt_1924.gif. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
  4. ^ "Rapid Transit Lines of the New York City Transit System" (GIF). 1948. http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/system_1948.gif. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
  5. ^ "Official New York City Subway Map and Station Guide" (GIF). 1959. http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/system_1959.gif. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
  6. ^ "MTA New York City Subway with bus, railroad, and ferry connections" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 2007. http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 

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