61st Street–Woodside station

61 Street–Woodside
61 Street–Woodside
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
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Station statistics
Address	61st Street & Roosevelt Avenue; Woodside, NY 11377
Borough	Queens
Locale	Woodside
Coordinates	40°44′44.19″N 73°54′10.68″W / 40.7456083°N 73.9029667°WCoordinates: 40°44′44.19″N 73°54′10.68″W / 40.7456083°N 73.9029667°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7 (all times) <7> (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Q32; MTA Bus: Q18, Q53 SBS, Q70 SBS; LIRR: City Terminal Zone and Port Washington Branch (at Woodside)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 island platforms; cross-platform interchange
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	April 21, 1917; 104 years ago
Station code	456
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Woodside–61st Street; 61st Street
Traffic
2019	5,345,369 1.2%
Rank	84 out of 424
Station succession
Next north	Junction Boulevard (express): <7> ; 69th Street (local): 7
Next south	52nd Street (local): 7 ; Queensboro Plaza (express): <7>
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61st Street–Woodside (announced as Woodside–61st Street on rolling stock) is an express station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway located at 61st Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, Queens. It is served by the 7 train, with additional peak-direction <7> service during rush hours.

History[]

61st Street–Woodside opened on April 21, 1917 as Woodside, as part of an extension of the IRT Flushing Line to Alburtis Avenue (now 103rd Street–Corona Plaza). The Long Island Rail Road station predates the station, as it originally opened in 1869. On February 29, 1928, five petitions signed with 600 names were sent to the New York State Transit Commission (NYSTC), requesting that an escalator be constructed at the station to the southeastern corner of 61st Street and Roosevelt Avenue. On July 25th, the NYSTC ordered the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) to install a double-width escalator from the mezzanine to that corner, similar to one at the Third Avenue entrance at Grand Central station on the same line.^[5]^[6]

The platforms at 61st Street were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.^[7]

In 1981, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.^[8]

As part of the 2015–2019 Capital Program, the MTA would renovate the 52nd, 61st, 69th, 82nd, 103rd and 111th Streets stations, a project that has been delayed for several years but is slated to begin in mid-2020. Conditions at these stations were among the worst of all stations in the subway system.^[9]

Station layout[]

3F Subway platforms	Southbound local	← toward Hudson Yards (52nd Street)
	Island platform
	Peak-direction express	← AM rush toward Hudson Yards (Queensboro Plaza) → PM rush/evenings toward Flushing–Main Street (Junction Boulevard) →
	Island platform
	Northbound local	→ toward Flushing–Main Street (69th Street) →
2F	Mezzanine	Connection between subway and LIRR, station agent, MetroCard machines Multiple accessible entrances: Elevator at northeast corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 61st Street Ramp to westbound Port Washington Branch platform from 63rd Street and Trimble Road Ramp to eastbound Main Line platform from dead end at 62nd Street near Woodside Avenue
1F LIRR platforms	Platform C, side platform
	Track 1	← Port Washington Branch toward Penn Station (Terminus)
	Track 2	→ Port Washington Branch toward Great Neck or Port Washington (Mets–Willets Point or Flushing–Main Street) →
	Platform B, Island platform
	Track 3	← Main Line services toward Penn Station (Terminus)
	Track 1	← Main Line services do not stop here →
	Track 2	← Main Line services do not stop here →
	Track 4	→ Main Line services toward Jamaica and Points East (Forest Hills) →
	Platform A, side platform
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

This station has two island platforms and three tracks. The two outer tracks are used for the full-time 7 local service while the bidirectional center track is used for rush hour peak-direction <7> express service.^[10] There is a mezzanine located at the center, underneath the platforms, with an ADA-accessible elevator to each platform, as well as another to each Long Island Rail Road platform. The elevator from the mezzanine to the street stops at the LIRR's eastbound Main Line platform.

The station is about 48 feet (15 m) above street level, and is located above a natural depression in ground level along Roosevelt Avenue.^[5]^: 549

Artwork includes John Cavanagh's Commuting/Community (1986), located near the stairway down to LIRR Track 4, and Dimitri Gerakaris' Woodside Continuum (1999), which forms part of the steel-grating fare-control separation.

Exits[]

Entrance and exit are provided by long stairs down to street level on the northern curb of Roosevelt Avenue at 61st Street, as well as to other nearby locations via the LIRR platforms. An ADA-compliant elevator provides access to street level at the northeast corner of 61st Street and Roosevelt Avenue, while a long escalator at the southeast corner provides entrance only. The Woodside station of the Long Island Rail Road is located directly beneath the Flushing Line station; any of the three LIRR platforms can be accessed directly from the mezzanine.

In popular culture[]

This station was used for a scene in John Cassavetes's 1980 film Gloria. The station was depicted in a scene in the Coen brothers' 2013 film Inside Llewyn Davis, though actual filming occurred elsewhere.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Proceedings of the New York State Transit Commission. New York State Transit Commission. 1928. pp. 164, 549–550.
^ The City Record (PDF). New York City. May 24, 1929. p. 4523.
^ Authority, New York City Transit (January 1, 1955). Minutes and Proceedings.
^ Gargan, Edward A. (June 11, 1981). "AGENCY LISTS ITS 69 MOST DETERIORATED SUBWAY STATIONS". The New York Times. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
^ "MTA To Overhaul Six Stations on the 7 Line, Currently in Design Phase". Sunnyside Post. November 19, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
^ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.

External links[]

nycsubway.org – IRT Flushing Line: 61st Street/Woodside
nycsubway.org — Commuting/Community Artwork by John Cavanagh (1986)
nycsubway.org — Woodside Continuum Artwork by Dimitri Gerakaris (1999)
Station Reporter — 7 Train
The Subway Nut — 61st Street–Woodside Pictures Archived May 16, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
MTA's Arts For Transit — Woodside–61st Street (IRT Flushing Line)
61st Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Station as seen from the LIRR platforms from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

[1] "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[stationinformation-2] "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

[2016-rider-3] "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[riderref-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[:0-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Proceedings of the New York State Transit Commission. New York State Transit Commission. 1928. pp. 164, 549–550.

[6] The City Record (PDF). New York City. May 24, 1929. p. 4523.

[7] Authority, New York City Transit (January 1, 1955). Minutes and Proceedings.

[8] Gargan, Edward A. (June 11, 1981). "AGENCY LISTS ITS 69 MOST DETERIORATED SUBWAY STATIONS". The New York Times. Retrieved August 13, 2016.

[9] "MTA To Overhaul Six Stations on the 7 Line, Currently in Design Phase". Sunnyside Post. November 19, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.

[tracks-10] Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.

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