111th Street (IRT Flushing Line)

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111th Street
NYCS-bull-trans-7.svg
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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A view of the platform as seen from an express train on the flyover track.
Station statistics
Address 111th Street & Roosevelt Avenue
Queens, NY 11368
Borough Queens
Locale Corona
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Division A (IRT)
Line       IRT Flushing Line
Services       7 all times (all times)
Transit connections Bus transport New York City Bus: Airport transportation Q48
Structure Elevated
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 5 (2 local in passenger service at platform level; 1 express track above)
Other information
Opened October 13, 1925; 98 years ago (1925-10-13)
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 3,659,225[1]Increase 1.4%
Rank 140 out of 421
Station succession
Next north Mets – Willets Point: 7 all times
Next south 103rd Street – Corona Plaza: 7 all times

111th Street is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 7 train at all times. It has five tracks and two side platforms. The two center tracks at platform level are not used in passenger service.

History

The station was opened on October 13, 1925, with shuttle service between 111th Street and the previous terminal at Alburtis Avenue (now 103rd Street – Corona Plaza).[2] The line was extended to Willets Point Boulevard (now Mets – Willets Point) on May 7, 1927,[3] and to the current terminal Flushing – Main Street on January 21, 1928.[4]

Station layout

L3
Express track
Peak-direction express NYCS-bull-trans-7d.svg does not stop here →
L2
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound local NYCS-bull-trans-7.svg toward 34th Street – Hudson Yards (103rd Street – Corona Plaza)
Yard lead No regular service
Yard lead No regular service
Northbound local NYCS-bull-trans-7.svg toward Flushing – Main Street (Mets – Willets Point)
NYCS-bull-trans-7.svg alighting passengers only (some rush-hour trips) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G Street Level Entrances/Exits
File:111 Street Flushing vc.jpg
The express track above the station

The station has five tracks. The express track is located on a flyover above the other four tracks. The two center tracks are yard leads of the Corona Yard, where 7 trains are maintained and stored. As a result, trains that go to/from the yard often terminate or begin at this station.[5] Stations with flyover express tracks such as this were far more common on IRT elevated lines in Manhattan during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

This station has full windscreens except at the south end of the northbound platform, which has a waist-high steel fence instead. Exit is at the south (geographic west) end, with staircases to all four corners of 111th Street and Roosevelt Avenue.[6] The mezzanine and stairway landings are wooden while the flooring at the fare control area is concrete. The station has a crossunder between platforms. New signs have covered the old ones. Above some of the black station signs reading "111 Street" are white signs reading "Hall of Science", identifying the nearby New York Hall of Science five blocks south.[6][7][8]

References

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