The 111th Street station is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 111th Street and Roosevelt Avenue.[3] It is served by the 7 train at all times.[4]

111 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
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
Coordinates	40°45′6.17″N 73°51′20.29″W
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times)
Transit	New York City Bus: 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; 97 years ago (1925-10-13)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	3,836,999[2]  6.3%
Rank	129 out of 424[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 103rd Street–Corona Plaza toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards Local Mets–Willets Point toward Flushing–Main Street does not stop here
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Mets–Willets Point Upper level express track to Corona Yd Upper level express track to 103 St–Corona Plaza Tracks used in revenue service Tracks not used in revenue service
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

The station opened on October 13, 1925,[5] with shuttle service between 111th Street and the previous terminal at Alburtis Avenue (now 103rd Street–Corona Plaza).[6] Shuttle service used the Manhattan-bound track.[7] The line was extended to Willets Point Boulevard (now Mets–Willets Point) on May 7, 1927,[8] and to the current terminal at Flushing–Main Street on January 21, 1928.[9]

The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.[10][11] The IRT routes were given numbered designations in 1948 with the introduction of "R-type" rolling stock, which contained rollsigns with numbered designations for each service.[12] The route from Times Square to Flushing became known as the 7.[13] On October 17, 1949, the joint BMT/IRT operation of the Flushing Line ended, and the line became the responsibility of the IRT.[14] After the end of BMT/IRT dual service, the New York City Board of Transportation announced that the Flushing Line platforms would be lengthened to 11 IRT car lengths; the platforms were only able to fit nine 51-foot-long IRT cars beforehand.[15][16] The platforms at the station were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.[17] However, nine-car trains continued to run on the 7 route until 1962, when they were extended to ten cars.[18] With the opening of the 1964 New York World's Fair, trains were lengthened to eleven cars.[19][20]

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.[21]

Station layout

3F	Peak-direction express	← AM rush does not stop here ← PM rush/evenings does not stop here →
2F Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound local	← toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards (103rd Street–Corona Plaza)
	Yard lead	→ No regular service
	Yard lead	→ No regular service
	Northbound local	→ toward Flushing–Main Street (Mets–Willets Point) →
	Side platform
1F	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

The station has five tracks and two side platforms. The express track is located on a flyover above the other four tracks. The two center tracks are not used in passenger service, but instead are used as 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.[22][23][24] 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. Due to the yard tracks, an unusual layout takes place in and east of the station. The two layup tracks only have connections to the main tracks east of the station. The eastbound track rises east of the station while the express track lowers. The layup tracks dive down and cross under the eastbound track. The westbound track then rises to level out the three tracks, which continue east.[25]

This station has full windscreens except at the west end of the eastbound platform, which has a waist-high steel fence instead.

Exits

Exit is at the south (geographic west) end, with staircases to all four corners of 111th Street and Roosevelt Avenue.[23][3] The mezzanine and stairway landings are wooden while the flooring at the fare control area is concrete.[26] 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.[3][23][27][28]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 111th Street (IRT Flushing Line).

• nycsubway.org – IRT Flushing Line: 111th Street
• Station Reporter — 7 Train
• The Subway Nut — 111th Street Pictures Archived February 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
• 111th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

На других языках

[ru] 111-я улица (линия Флашинг, Ай-ар-ти)