Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard station
Ozone Park–Lefferts Blvd QM18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | September 25, 1915[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | ADA-accessible | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former/other names | Lefferts Avenue Lefferts Avenue–119th Street | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traffic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 1,285,335[3] 1.8% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 228 out of 423[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard station is an elevated
History
Lefferts Boulevard was one of the six stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens, from
The station has gone by a number of different names. It opened as Lefferts Avenue.[2] A 1924 system map portrayed the station as "Lefferts Avenue", with "119th St." shown below the name in parentheses, and in a smaller print.[7] By 1948, "Lefferts" and "119" were shown in equal sizes,[8] and by 1959 the name was shown as "119 St–Lefferts".[9] Lefferts Avenue was later renamed Lefferts Boulevard, and the station appears as "Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard" on the current official map.[10]
In 2014, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority started a renovation project at the Lefferts Boulevard station. The renovation including repairing stairs, doors, floors, windows, canopies and painting the station, and added 2 ADA-accessible elevators (1 outside fare control from street level to mezzanine, and 1 more inside fare control from mezzanine to platform level) at the intersection of Liberty Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard.[11] This project was initially scheduled to be completed in April 2016, but delays occurred due to unforeseen field conditions requiring additional work, and the completion date was pushed back multiple times.[12][13][14][15][16] The elevators ultimately opened in January 2018. The project cost $29 million;[13] $8 million for the station renovation and $21 million for the elevators.[12]
In early 2024, the MTA installed a "Welcome to Little Guyana" sign at the station.[17]
Station layout
Platform level | Westbound | ← toward Inwood–207th Street (111th Street) ← late night shuttle toward Euclid Avenue (111th Street) (No express service: Rockaway Boulevard) |
Island platform | ||
Westbound | ← toward Inwood–207th Street (111th Street) ← late night shuttle toward Euclid Avenue (111th Street) (No express service: Rockaway Boulevard) | |
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines Elevator at northwest corner of Lefferts Boulevard and Liberty Avenue | |
Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
This station is one of the three southern
This station has one
Exits
The full-time entrance is at the geographic east end of the station. Three doors lead to a staircase, which descends to an enclosed station house. Past the bumper blocks, an elevator also provides access to that station house. Outside fare control, staircases descend to either western corner of Liberty Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard, while another elevator descends to the northwestern corner of the intersection.[21]
The exits at the opposite end have
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "New Elevated Line Opened for Queens" (PDF). The New York Times. September 26, 1915. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8232-6190-1.
- ^ "First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702" (PDF). The New York Times. April 30, 1956. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ^ Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ^ "BMT Lines, Rapid Transit Division" (GIF). 1924. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
- ^ "Rapid Transit Lines of the New York City Transit System" (GIF). 1948. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
- ^ "Official New York City Subway Map and Station Guide" (GIF). 1959. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
- ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "MTA plans upgrade to Lefferts Boulevard A train station". QNS. May 6, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
- ^ a b "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 25, 2017. p. 107. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
- ^ a b O' Reilly, Anthony (January 25, 2018). "Elevator finally in service at Lefferts". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
- ^ "Utica Av AC Station Becomes the 82nd Fully ADA Accessible Subway Station". MTA. May 23, 2014.
- ^ "Elevator, subway upgrades slated for Lefferts Blvd stop". TimesLedger. June 9, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
- ^ "Capital Dashboard | Home Page". web.mta.info. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ^ Medina, Anthony (March 22, 2024). "'Welcome to Little Guyana' sign installed by MTA at Lefferts Boulevard A Train Station in Richmond Hill – QNS.com". QNS.com. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ OCLC 1056711733.
- ^ "A Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ozone Park" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.