75th Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
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The mosaics at 75th Avenue station | |||||||||
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| 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°WCoordinates: 40°43′07″N 73°50′16″W / 40.71864°N 73.837738°W | ||||||||
| Division | B (IND) | ||||||||
| Line | IND Queens Boulevard Line | ||||||||
| Services |
E  (nights after 9:00 p.m. and weekends) F  (all times) | ||||||||
| Transit connections |
 MTA Bus: Q60, QM11, QM18 | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
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| Opened | December 31, 1936 | ||||||||
| Wireless service |
 [1][2] | ||||||||
| Former/other names | 75th Avenue – Puritan Avenue | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| Passengers (2015) |
1,136,305[3]  0.4% | ||||||||
| Rank | 351 out of 422 | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north |
Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike: E F | ||||||||
| Next south |
Forest Hills – 71st Avenue: E F | ||||||||
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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 other times except weekday rush hours and middays.
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 | |
The station opened on December 31, 1936, as part of an extension of the Queens Boulevard Line from Roosevelt Avenue to Union Turnpike,[6] and 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; this allows pedestrians to cross under Queens Boulevard freely.[4]
There are also four tracks underneath this station, which are not visible from the platforms. 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 reversing trains from Forest Hills – 71st Avenue and end at bumper blocks just east of 75th Avenue under the mainline tracks.
The name Puritan Avenue was used to refer to the station early in its history.[7][8] It is the name for 75th Road in Forest Hills Gardens, which dates back to the street's creation in 1909.[9]
References
- ↑ NYC Subway Wireless
- ↑ More Subway Stations in Manhattan, Bronx in Line to Get Online, mta.info (March 25, 2015). "The first two phases included stations in Midtown Manhattan and all underground stations in Queens with the exception of the 7 Main St terminal."
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- 1 2 nycsubway.org—IND Queens Boulevard Line: 75th Avenue
- ↑ Track map of the area
- ↑ "PWA Party Views New Subway Link: Queens Section to Be Opened Tomorrow Is Inspected by Tuttle and Others". nytimes.com. The New York Times. December 30, 1936. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ "104 STATION SITES FOR CITY'S SUBWAYS CHOSEN BY BOARD; The Layout Calls for 39 in Manhattan, 30 in Brooklyn, 25 in Queens, 10 in Bronx.". The New York Times. June 2, 1930. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ "New Subway to Add 2 Needed Services: Opening of 6th Ave. Line to Provide Uptown Local Route and More Queens Expresses". The New York Times. December 2, 1939. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ Kern-Jedrychowska, Ewa (April 16, 2015). "Streets With 2 Names Cause 'Chronic' 911 Problems, Official Says". DNAinfo.com. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 75th Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line). |
- 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