Hunters Point Avenue station

Coordinates: 40°44′32.57″N 73°56′57.33″W / 40.7423806°N 73.9492583°W / 40.7423806; -73.9492583
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Not to be confused with Hunts Point Avenue station or Hunterspoint Avenue station (LIRR).

 Hunters Point Avenue
 
Hunterspoint Avenue station
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedFebruary 15, 1916; 108 years ago (1916-02-15)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Former/other names49th Avenue
Traffic
20221,038,309[3] Increase 47.6%
Rank273 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
<7> rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction​
toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards
<7> rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction​
toward Flushing–Main Street
Location
Hunters Point Avenue station is located in New York City Subway
Hunters Point Avenue station
Hunters Point Avenue station is located in New York City
Hunters Point Avenue station
Hunters Point Avenue station is located in New York
Hunters Point Avenue station
Track layout

Legend
to Court Square
to Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The Hunters Point Avenue station is a

<7>
train during rush hours in the peak direction.

History

View from outside

As part of its development, what is now the Flushing Line was extended one stop East, from

Vernon–Jackson Avenues, which opened in 1915, to Hunters Point Avenue on February 15, 1916.[4] Later that year it would again be extended to Court Square–23rd Street station
.

The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.

rollsigns with numbered designations for each service.[7] The route from Times Square to Flushing became known as the 7.[8] In 1949, 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.[9][10] The platforms at the station were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.[11] However, nine-car trains continued to run on the 7 route until 1962, when they were extended to ten cars.[12]

Station layout

Ground Street level Entrances/exits
Mezzanine Station agent, MetroCard vending machines
Platform level Side platform
Southbound ← "7" train"7" express train toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards (Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue)
Northbound → "7" train"7" express train toward Flushing–Main Street (Court Square) →
Side platform

This station is the easternmost (

diamond crossover
linking the two tracks.

This station has two tracks and two

Italianate design of brown color. Tilework includes a trimline with "HP" tiles on it and name tablets reading "HUNTERS POINT AVE." in gold serif
font. The platform columns also have a trim line with "HP" tiles below them.

Exits

East stair

This station has one fare control area above the platforms and tracks near the north end. Two staircases from each platform go up to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank and several exit–only turnstiles provide access to and from the station. Outside

Hunterspoint Avenue station.[13]

On October 29, 1982, a public hearing was scheduled concerning the planned closure of the entrance leading to the southeast corner of 49th Avenue and 21st Street as part of the New York City Transit Authority's Station Modernization Program.[14]

References

  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. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  4. ^ "SUBWAY EXTENSION OPEN.; Many Use New Hunters Point Avenue Station" (PDF). The New York Times. February 16, 1916. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  5. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived
    from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  6. ProQuest 1248134780
    .
  7. ^ Brown, Nicole (May 17, 2019). "How did the MTA subway lines get their letter or number? NYCurious". amNewYork. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  8. ^ Friedlander, Alex; Lonto, Arthur; Raudenbush, Henry (April 1960). "A Summary of Services on the IRT Division, NYCTA" (PDF). New York Division Bulletin. 3 (1). Electric Railroaders' Association: 2–3. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  9. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  10. ProQuest 1325174459
    .
  11. ^ Minutes and Proceedings of the New York City Transit Authority. New York City Transit Authority. 1955. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  12. ^ "R17s to the Flushing Line". New York Division Bulletin. 5 (6). Electric Railroaders' Association: M-8. December 1962 – via Issuu.
  13. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Long Island City" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  14. ^ "Notice of Public Hearing". New York Daily News. September 21, 1982. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

External links

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