88th Street (IND Fulton Street Line)

88th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Brooklyn-bound platform
Station statistics
Address	88th Street & Liberty Avenue Queens, NY 11417
Borough	Queens
Locale	Ozone Park
Coordinates	40°40′47″N 73°51′03″W / 40.679857°N 73.850968°W / 40.679857; -73.850968Coordinates: 40°40′47″N 73°51′03″W / 40.679857°N 73.850968°W / 40.679857; -73.850968
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)
Other information
Opened	September 25, 1915 (1915-09-25)[1]
Station code	191[2]
Former/other names	88th Street – Boyd Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	952,251[3]  5.8%
Rank	368 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	80th Street: A
Next south	Rockaway Boulevard: A
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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88th Street (signed as 88th Street – Boyd Avenue) is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Liberty Avenue at 88th Street in Ozone Park, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times.

History

Track layout
to 80 St to Rockaway Blvd

88th Street was one of the six stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens, from 80th Street 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.^[1][4] The connection to the BMT was severed on April 26, 1956, and the IND was extended east (railroad south) from Euclid Avenue via a connecting tunnel and new intermediate station at Grant Avenue, with the new service beginning on April 29, 1956.^[4][5][6]

The station was completely renovated in 2014.^[7]

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Inwood – 207th Street (80th Street) ← (late night shuttle) toward Euclid Avenue (80th Street)
	Peak-direction Express	→ No regular service
	Southbound	→ toward Far Rockaway or Lefferts Boulevard all except nights, or Rockaway Park PM rush hours (Rockaway Boulevard) → → (late night shuttle) toward Lefferts Boulevard (Rockaway Boulevard) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metrocard vending machines
G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance

Station before renovation.

This elevated station, opened on September 25, 1915, has two side platforms and three tracks with the center track not used in revenue service. Both platforms have beige windscreens for their length and brown canopies with green frames and support columns except for a small section at either ends. Station signs display Boyd Avenue, which was the original name of this station.

The 2015 artwork at this station, MORPHING88, was designed by Haresh Lalvani.^[8]

Exits

This station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house below the platforms at the east (railroad south) end. 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 eastern corners of 88th Street and Liberty Avenue.^[9]

This station formerly had another entrance/exit at the west (railroad north) end that went down to 86th Street. Each platform still has a closed-off staircase to the station house beneath the tracks.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 88th Street (IND Fulton Street Line).

• nycsubway.org – IND Fulton: 88th Street-Boyd Avenue
• Station Reporter — A Lefferts
• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
• The Subway Nut — 88th Street – Boyd Avenue Pictures
• 88th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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