Roosevelt Island (IND 63rd Street Line)

Roosevelt Island
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Main Street near Road 5 New York, NY 10044
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Roosevelt Island
Coordinates	40°45′33″N 73°57′12″W / 40.759188°N 73.953438°W / 40.759188; -73.953438Coordinates: 40°45′33″N 73°57′12″W / 40.759188°N 73.953438°W / 40.759188; -73.953438
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND 63rd Street Line
Services	F  (all times)
Connection	MTA Bus: Q102 Roosevelt Island Tramway
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	October 29, 1989 (1989-10-29)[1]
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	1,870,476[2]  4%
Rank	250 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	21st Street – Queensbridge: F
Next south	Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street: 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)

Roosevelt Island is a station on the IND 63rd Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Manhattan on Roosevelt Island in the East River, it is served by the F train at all times. The station opened on October 29, 1989 in conjunction with the partial completion of the 63rd Street Tunnel.^[1]

The station has two tracks and two side platforms. It is the fourth deepest station in the New York City Subway at about 100 feet (30 m) below street level (approximately 10 stories deep) behind 34th Street – Hudson Yards, 190th Street, and 191st Street stations, also in Manhattan.^[3] Due to its depth, the station contains several features not common in the rest of the system. Similar to stations of the Paris Metro and Washington Metro, the Roosevelt Island station was built with a high vaulted ceiling and a mezzanine directly visible above the tracks. These features can also be found on some of the system's other deep stations, including Grand Central, 168th Street, and 181st Street stations, along with future stations along the Second Avenue Subway. The station is fully ADA-accessible, with elevators to street level. Fare control is in a glass-enclosed building off of Main Street. West of this station, there is a diamond crossover and two bellmouths for possible service south on the Second Avenue Subway. There is an emergency exit from the future LIRR's lower level at the middle of each platform.

At an April 14, 2008 news conference, Governor David Paterson announced that the MTA will power a substantial portion of the station using tidal energy generated by turbines located in the East River which are part of the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project.^[4] The announcement affecting the station was part of a larger announcement where the MTA was looking to use sustainable energy resources within the system.^[5]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
B1	Upper Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines (Elevators at station house)
B2	Lower Mezzanine	Transfer between platforms
B3 Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street)
	Northbound	→ toward Jamaica – 179th Street (21st Street – Queensbridge) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Gallery

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  Platforms and tracks

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  Graphic of Escalators at Station as of 1 September 2008

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  Station Entrance

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roosevelt Island (IND 63rd Street Line).

• nycsubway.org—IND 6th Avenue: Roosevelt Island
• F Train at Station Reporter
• Roosevelt Island station house and entrance from Google Maps Street View