111th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line)

Coordinates: 40°41′05″N 73°49′52″W / 40.684673°N 73.831129°W / 40.684673; -73.831129
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 111 Street
 "A" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
111th Street station in June 2018
Station statistics
Address111th Street & Liberty Avenue
Queens, NY
BoroughQueens
LocaleRichmond Hill
Coordinates40°41′05″N 73°49′52″W / 40.684673°N 73.831129°W / 40.684673; -73.831129
DivisionB (IND, formerly BMT)[1]
LineIND Fulton Street Line
BMT Fulton Street Line (formerly)
Services   A all times (all times)
TransitBus transport MTA Bus: Q37, Q112
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
OpenedSeptember 25, 1915 (108 years ago) (1915-09-25)[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other names111th Street–Greenwood Avenue
Traffic
2023466,344[3] Increase 3.6%
Rank392 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
104th Street
toward Inwood–207th Street
Local 		Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
Terminus
Location
111th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line) is located in New York City Subway
111th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line)
111th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line) is located in New York City
111th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line)
111th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line) is located in New York
111th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line)
Track layout

Legend
to 104th Street
to Ozone Park–Lefferts Blvd
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

The 111th Street station (signed as 111th Street–Greenwood Avenue station) is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located on Liberty Avenue at 111th Street in Richmond Hill, Queens. The station is served by the A train at all times.

History[edit]

111th 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.[2][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 Fulton Street Elevated west of Hudson Street was closed, and eventually demolished.

The station has gone by a number of different names. It opened as Greenwood Avenue.[2] A 1924 system map portrayed the station as "Greenwood Avenue" with "111th St." below it in parentheses and smaller print.[7] By 1948, "Greenwood" and "111 St." were shown in equal sizes,[8] and by 1959, the station's name was shown as "111 St–Greenwood".[9] The current official map shows the name as just "111 St".[10] However, station signs still show "111th Street–Greenwood Avenue".[11]

The Queens-bound platform was completely renovated in 2015 and reopened on December 12. The Brooklyn-bound platform was completely rehabilitated and reopened in Spring 2016.[12][13]

Station layout[edit]

Platform level Side platform
Westbound ← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street (104th Street)
← "A" Shuttle train late night shuttle toward Euclid Avenue (104th Street)
Peak-direction express → No regular service
Eastbound → "A" train ("A" Shuttle train late nights) toward Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard (Terminus) →
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Southwest street stair on the southeast corner of Liberty Avenue and 109th Street

This elevated station, opened on September 25, 1915,[2] has three tracks and two side platforms, with the middle track not used in revenue service.[14][15] The A train stops here at all times except nights, running to Brooklyn and Manhattan; a shuttle train from Euclid Avenue to Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard serves the station during late nights.[16] The next and last stop to the east (railroad south) is Lefferts Boulevard, while the next stop to the west (railroad north) is 104th Street.[10]

Both platforms have beige windscreens for the entire length and brown canopies with green frames and support columns except for a small section at either ends.[11]

Exits[edit]

This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks. The full-time side is at the east (railroad south) end. It has one staircase to each platform, a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, a turnstile bank, a token booth, and two staircases down to either eastern corners of Liberty Avenue and 111th Street. The other station house also has one staircase to each platform, waiting area, and two staircases to 109th Street and Liberty Avenue (one to the southeast corner and another along the north side of Liberty Avenue). However, this entrance/exit is unstaffed, containing just high entry/exit and exit-only turnstiles.[11][14][17][18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "New Elevated Line Opened for Queens" (PDF). The New York Times. September 26, 1915. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Sparberg, Andrew J. (October 1, 2014). From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-6190-1.
  5. ^ "First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702" (PDF). The New York Times. April 30, 1956. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  6. ^ Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  7. ^ "BMT Lines, Rapid Transit Division" (GIF). www.nycsubway.com. 1924. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  8. ^ "Rapid Transit Lines of the New York City Transit System" (GIF). www.nycsubway.com. 1948. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  9. ^ "Official New York City Subway Map and Station Guide" (GIF). www.nycsubway.com. 1959. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  10. ^ a b "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  11. ^ a b c Cox, Jeremiah. "111 St-Greenwood Avenue (A except Late Nights, S-Late Night Shuttle to Lefferts Blvd) - The SubwayNut". www.subwaynut.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  12. ^ "Brooklyn-bound trains skip 80 St and 111 St". web.mta.info. Archived from the original on December 31, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  13. ^ "Brooklyn-bound 111 St and 80 St A Line Stations To Close for Three Months for Renewal" (Press release). Metropolitan Transit Authority. December 23, 2015. Archived from the original on December 25, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  14. ^ a b "A Lefferts". stationreporter.net. October 30, 2013. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  15. ^ Dougherty, Peter (2020). Tracks of the New York City Subway 2020 (16th ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 1056711733.
  16. ^ "A Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  17. ^ "www.nycsubway.org: IND Fulton Street Line". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  18. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ozone Park" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

External links[edit]

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