75th Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

75th Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
The mosaics at 75th Avenue station
Station statistics
Address	75th Avenue & Queens Boulevard Queens, NY 11375
Borough	Queens
Locale	Forest Hills
Coordinates	40°43′07″N 73°50′16″W / 40.71864°N 73.837738°W / 40.71864; -73.837738Coordinates: 40°43′07″N 73°50′16″W / 40.71864°N 73.837738°W / 40.71864; -73.837738
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	E  (nights after 9:00 p.m. and weekends)       F  (all times)
Connection	MTA Bus: Q60, QM11
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	December 31, 1936 (1936-12-31)
Wireless service	[1][2]
Former/other names	75th Avenue – Puritan Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	1,131,705[3]  2.1%
Rank	348 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike: E  F
Next south	Forest Hills – 71st Avenue: E  F
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekdays only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekends and weekend late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

75th Avenue (originally 75th Avenue – Puritan Avenue) is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 75th Avenue and Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills, Queens, it is served by the F train at all times and the E train at all times except rush hours and middays.

This underground station, opened on December 31, 1936, has four tracks and two side platforms. The E train uses the two center tracks to bypass this station weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.

The platforms' color scheme consists of a light sage green trim line on a black border with "75TH AVE" tiled in white lettering on a black border beneath them. The name tablets have "75TH AVE." in white arial font on a black background with a lighter green border as above. Beneath them are directional signs in white letting on a black border. The platform columns are painted in light Nile Green and the track columns have white "75TH AVE" signs on them in black lettering.

The station has a full-length mezzanine above the platforms and tracks. However, it is set up in a way that does not allow a free transfer between directions, as the fare control is located in the middle of the mezzanine. The token booth and turnstile banks for either direction are at the center. HEET turnstiles are at either ends near the station's entrances and exits, both of which have two street stairs. The entrance at the west (railroad south) end leads to 75th Avenue while the one on the east (railroad north) end leads to 75th Road. Chain-link fences separate the sections of the mezzanine within fare control and the section out of fare control. There used to be a full mezzanine but the fare control is now in the center so there is no free crossover.^[4]

There are four tracks underneath this station. An emergency exit located in the middle of the Jamaica-bound platform leads to this lower level. The two outer tracks lead to Jamaica Yard while the two center tracks are used for turning trains from Forest Hills – 71st Avenue and end at bumper blocks just east of 75th Avenue under the mainline tracks.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
B2 Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward World Trade Center (weekends) (Forest Hills – 71st Avenue) ← toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (Forest Hills – 71st Avenue)
	Southbound express	← does not stop here (weekdays)
	Northbound express	→ does not stop here (weekdays) →
	Northbound local	→ toward Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer (weekends) (Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike) → → toward Jamaica – 179th Street (Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
B3 Lower level tracks[4][5]	Yard track	→ No passenger service
	Yard track	→ No passenger service, used for terminating trains
	Yard track	→ No passenger service, used for terminating trains
	Yard track	→ No passenger service

References

External links

Media related to 75th Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org—IND Queens Boulevard Line: 75th Avenue
• Station Reporter — F Train
• The Subway Nut — 75th Avenue Pictures
• 75th Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 75th Road entrance from Google Maps Street View