90th Street – Elmhurst Avenue (IRT Flushing Line)

90th Street – Elmhurst Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	90th Street, Elmhurst Avenue & Roosevelt Avenue Queens, NY 11373
Borough	Queens
Locale	Elmhurst
Coordinates	40°44′54″N 73°52′35″W / 40.74833°N 73.87639°W / 40.74833; -73.87639Coordinates: 40°44′54″N 73°52′35″W / 40.74833°N 73.87639°W / 40.74833; -73.87639
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	April 21, 1917 (1917-04-21)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	5,480,059[1]  0.6%
Rank	81 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	Junction Boulevard: 7
Next south	82nd Street – Jackson Heights: 7
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)

90th Street – Elmhurst Avenue is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, located at 90th Street and Elmhurst Avenue in Elmhurst, Queens. It is served by the 7 train at all times.

This elevated station, opened on April 21, 1917, has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the peak direction <7> express service during rush hours.

Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies with red support frames and columns in the center and beige, waist-high, steel fences with lampposts at regular intervals at either ends. The windscreens have translucent panels by the exit staircases and the station signs are in the standard black name plates in white lettering.

This station has one elevated station house below the center of the platforms and tracks. The north side has two staircases going down to either northern corners of 90th Street and Roosevelt Avenue while the south side has one staircase going down to the triangle formed by Roosevelt Avenue, Elmhurst Avenue, and Case Street.

Inside the station house is a token booth in the center. On the south (geographical west) side is a turnstile bank that leads to a waiting area/crossover and one staircase going up to each platform. On the north (geographical east) side, each side has a bank of two turnstiles and one staircase going up to the platform.

Station layout

P Platform level
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward Times Square (82nd Street – Jackson Heights)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ toward Flushing – Main Street (Junction Boulevard) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits

References

External links

Media related to 90th Street – Elmhurst Avenue (IRT Flushing Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org—IRT Flushing Line: 90th Street/Elmhurst Avenue
• Station Reporter — 7 Train
• The Subway Nut — 90th Street - Elmhurst Avenue Pictures
• 90th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Elmhurst Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

Northbound platform signage