The 90th Street–Elmhurst Avenue station is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, located at 90th Street and Elmhurst Avenue in Elmhurst, Queens.[3] It is served by the 7 train at all times.[4]

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90 Street–Elmhurst Avenue
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform and signage
Station statistics
Address	90th Street, Elmhurst Avenue & Roosevelt Avenue Queens, NY 11373
Borough	Queens
Locale	Elmhurst
Coordinates	40°44′54″N 73°52′35″W
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	April 21, 1917; 105 years ago (1917-04-21)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2019	5,272,683[2]  0.5%
Rank	86 out of 424[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 82nd Street–Jackson Heights toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards Local Junction Boulevard 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 Junction Blvd to 82 St
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

The Flushing Line was opened from Queensboro Plaza to Alburtis Avenue (now 103rd Street–Corona Plaza) on April 21, 1917, with a local station at 90th Street.[5]

The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.[6][7] 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.[8] The route from Times Square to Flushing became known as the 7.[9] On October 17, 1949, the joint BMT/IRT operation of the Flushing Line ended, and the line became the responsibility of the IRT.[10] 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.[11][12] The platforms at the station were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.[13] However, nine-car trains continued to run on the 7 route until 1962, when they were extended to ten cars.[14] With the opening of the 1964 New York World's Fair, trains were lengthened to eleven cars.[15][16] On February 2, 2019, a fatal gang shooting occurred at the station, carried out by an alleged MS-13 or SUR 13 member who shot another person of rival 18th Street gang.[17][18]

Station layout

P Platform level
	Side platform
	Southbound local	← toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards (82nd Street–Jackson Heights)
	Peak-direction express	← AM rush does not stop here ← PM rush/evenings does not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ toward Flushing–Main Street (Junction Boulevard) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms.[19] The center track is used by the peak direction <7> express service during rush hours.[4]

Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies with red support frames and columns in the center and beige, waist-high, steel fences with lampposts at regular intervals at either ends.[20][21] The windscreens have translucent panels by the exit staircases and the station signs are in the standard black name plates in white lettering.[22]

Exits

This station has one elevated station house below the center of the platforms and tracks. The north side has two staircases going down to either northern corners of 90th Street and Roosevelt Avenue while the south side has one staircase going down to the triangle formed by Roosevelt Avenue, Elmhurst Avenue, and Case Street.[3]

Inside the station house is a token booth in the center.[23] On the south (geographical west) side is a turnstile bank that leads to a waiting area/crossover and one staircase going up to each platform.[24] On the north (geographical east) side, each side has a bank of two turnstiles and one staircase going up to the platform.[25]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 90th Street – Elmhurst Avenue (IRT Flushing Line).

• nycsubway.org – IRT Flushing Line: 90th Street/Elmhurst Avenue
• Station Reporter — 7 Train
• The Subway Nut — 90th Street - Elmhurst Avenue Pictures Archived May 21, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
• 90th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Elmhurst Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

На других языках

[ru] 90-я улица — Элмхерст-авеню (линия Флашинг, Ай-ар-ти)