82nd Street – Jackson Heights (IRT Flushing Line)

82nd Street – Jackson Heights
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	82nd Street & Roosevelt Avenue Queens, NY 11372
Borough	Queens
Locale	Jackson Heights
Coordinates	40°44′51.47″N 73°53′1.78″W / 40.7476306°N 73.8838278°WCoordinates: 40°44′51.47″N 73°53′1.78″W / 40.7476306°N 73.8838278°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Q32 MTA Bus: Q29, Q33
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	April 21, 1917
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	5,128,506[1]  0.9%
Rank	92 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	90th Street – Elmhurst Avenue: 7
Next south	74th Street – Broadway: 7
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

82nd Street – Jackson Heights is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 82nd Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens, it is served by the 7 train at all times.

Station layout

P Platform level
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward 34th Street – Hudson Yards (74th Street – Broadway)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ toward Flushing – Main Street (90th Street – Elmhurst Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits

This elevated station, opened on April 21, 1917, has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the peak direction rush hour <7> express service. Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies supported by green frames and columns in the center and black waist-high steel fences at either ends. The station signs are in the standard black name plate in white lettering. Each platform has a large "82" sign between the two staircases to the mezzanine below.

This station's one entrance/exit is an elevated station house beneath the tracks. It is built of wood and bricks and has a concrete flooring. It has three staircases from all corners of 82nd Street and Roosevelt Avenue except the southeast one and a token booth in the center.^[2] Two turnstile banks at either ends lead to a waiting area/crossunder and one staircase to each platform at the center.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Corona" (PDF). Metropolitan Transit Authority (New York). 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

External links

• nycsubway.org—IRT Flushing Line: 82nd Street/Jackson Heights
• Station Reporter — 7 Train
• The Subway Nut — 82nd Street – Jackson Heights Pictures
• 82nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View