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| Address | 80th Street & Liberty Avenue Ozone Park, NY 11417 |
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| Borough | Queens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Ozone Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerly BMT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | IND Fulton Street Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | A (all times) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 25, 1915[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former/other names | 80th Street – Hudson Street | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 1,102,869[2] 0.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 317 out of 422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Next north | Grant Avenue: A Grant Avenue (Fulton Street elevated; demolished) |
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| Next south | 88th Street: A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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80th Street (signed as 80th Street – Hudson Street) is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Liberty Avenue at 80th Street in Ozone Park, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times.
This elevated station, opened on September 25, 1915, has two side platforms and three tracks with the center track not used in revenue service. It is the northernmost (railroad directions) station in Queens on the IND Fulton Street Line.
Both platforms have beige windscreens along their entire lengths and brown canopies with green frames and support columns except for a small section at either ends. Platform signs display 80 Street – Hudson Street, which was the original name of this station.
This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks. The full-time one is at the south (geographical east) end of the station. 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 western corners of the T-intersection of 80th Street and Liberty Avenue.
The station's other entrance/exit at the north (geographical west) end also has one staircase to each platform, a waiting area, and two street stairs going down to either western corners of 77th Street and Liberty Avenue. The station house, however, is unstaffed, containing just two High Entry/Exit Turnstiles. Each staircase landing has an exit-only turnstile to allow passengers to exit the station without having to go through the station house.
80th Street was one of the six stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens, from this location 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. The next stop on the Fulton Street Elevated Line was Grant Avenue.
The connection to the BMT el was severed on April 26, 1956 and the underground IND line was extended east (railroad south) from Euclid Avenue via a connecting tunnel with a stop at an intermediate station, also called Grant Avenue, before going elevated to connect to the remaining sections of the BMT el. This service began on April 29, 1956.
Part of the trackways to the BMT el still remain as this line curves south into the tunnel to Grant Avenue west of 80th Street. At this point, the center track dips to a lower level from the outer tracks and becomes a yard lead into Pitkin Yard.