Woodhaven Boulevard station (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
Woodhaven Blvd QM42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | December 31, 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former/other names | Woodhaven Boulevard–Slattery Plaza Woodhaven Boulevard–Queens Mall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traffic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 3,872,081[3] 18.3% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 62 out of 423[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Woodhaven Boulevard station is a local
Woodhaven Boulevard was opened on December 31, 1936, as Woodhaven Boulevard–Slattery Plaza. At the time, the station was part of the
History
Construction and opening
The
The first section of the line opened on August 19, 1933 from the connection to the Eighth Avenue Line at
During the station's construction, the main road of Queens Boulevard was depressed into underpasses at the intersections with Woodhaven Boulevard and Horace Harding Boulevard (also known as Nassau Boulevard). The easternmost underpass now carries Queens Boulevard below the
In August 1936, tracks were installed all the way to 178th Street, and the stations to Union Turnpike were completed.[13] On December 31, 1936, the IND Queens Boulevard Line was extended by eight stops, and 3.5 miles (5.6 km), from its previous terminus at Roosevelt Avenue to Union Turnpike.[17][18][19] As a result of the extension, areas in Elmhurst were accessible by subway.[20] The E train, which initially served all stops on the new extension, began making express stops in April 1937,[21] and local GG trains began serving the extension at the time.[22]
Later years
The station was originally named "Woodhaven Blvd–Slattery Plaza", after Slattery Plaza, the area where four main Queens thoroughfares (Eliot Avenue and Horace Harding, Woodhaven, and Queens Boulevards) intersected.[23][24] The plaza, which no longer exists, featured several "mom-and-pop" small businesses.[24] The plaza and subway station were named after Colonel John R. Slattery,[23] former New York City Board of Transportation chief engineer who died in 1932 while supervising the construction of the IND Eighth Avenue Line.[25] The construction of the LIE along the Horace Harding corridor in the 1950s resulted in the demolition of Slattery Plaza, although the name tablets retained the original name even after the plaza's demolition.[23][24][26]
Renovation
In April 1991, the entrance at the north side of Queens Boulevard near an overpass of the Long Island Expressway was closed, along with fifteen other entrances across the subway system to reduce crime. In June 1992, subway riders held a protest rally, demanding the reopening of the entrance. In 1993, the Woodhaven Boulevard station began a three-year renovation project as part of a general refurbishment of seventy New York City Subway stations.[30] The refurbishment added a new token booth, new signage and platform edge strips, replaced platform tiles, staircase components, and lighting, and restored the station's restrooms. Four new turnstiles were added at the east end of the station, a new east-end staircase was added to the north side of Queens Boulevard and the west-end staircase was widened. A new public address system was added to the station, the west end token booth was moved closer to the turnstiles and turnstiles equipped for the Automated Fare Collection system were installed. The project was expected to be completed in September 1996.[29][31] After the renovation, the station retained the now out-of-date "Woodhaven Blvd–Slattery Plaza" name tablets.[26]
In 2019, as part of an initiative to increase the accessibility of the New York City Subway system, the MTA announced that it would install elevators at the Woodhaven Boulevard station as part of the MTA's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[32] In November 2022, the MTA announced that it would award a $965 million contract for the installation of 21 elevators across eight stations,[33] including Woodhaven Boulevard.[34][35]: 81 A joint venture of ASTM and Halmar International would construct the elevators under a public-private partnership.[34][35]: 80
Station layout
Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines | |
Platform level | Side platform | |
Southbound local | ← toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (Grand Avenue–Newtown) ← toward World Trade Center late nights (Grand Avenue–Newtown) ← toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue late nights (Grand Avenue–Newtown) | |
Southbound express | ← do not stop here | |
Northbound express | do not stop here → | |
Northbound local | toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (63rd Drive–Rego Park) → toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer late nights (63rd Drive–Rego Park) → toward Jamaica–179th Street late nights (63rd Drive–Rego Park) → | |
Side platform |
There are four tracks and two
At either end of both platforms are
The name tablets on this station still retain the original name of Woodhaven Boulevard–Slattery Plaza.
The station's full-length
The tunnel is covered by a U-shaped trough that contains utility pipes and wires. The outer walls of this trough are composed of columns, spaced approximately every 5 feet (1.5 m) with concrete infill between them. There is a 1-inch (25 mm) gap between the tunnel wall and the platform wall, which is made of 4-inch (100 mm)-thick brick covered over by a tiled finish. The columns between the tracks are also spaced every 5 feet (1.5 m), with no infill.[52]: 3
Exits
The full-time side at the west end of the mezzanine has three street stairs. One leads to the northeast corner of
The part-time portion at the former Horace Harding Boulevard on the east end has a closed and removed booth and one street stair to the north side of Queens Boulevard at 92nd Street. This entrance abuts two expressway ramps and leads to the former Horace Harding Boulevard, now replaced by the LIE exit ramp.[53][56][57] This exit still has a directional mosaic pointing to it, listing the exit as 60th Avenue and 92nd Street on the north side of Queens Boulevard.[57] The construction of the Long Island Expressway removed this intersection.[53][56] This is also a staircase that dates to the station's opening.[16]
There is a closed exit to the south side of Queens Boulevard underneath the Long Island Expressway, between the ramp to the eastbound expressway and Eliot Avenue. It is covered with a trapdoor.[57][58]
Bus service
The station and the nearby
Route | Stop location | North/West Terminal[59] | South/East Terminal[59] | via[59] | notes[59] | |
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Local Bus Routes | ||||||
Q11 |
Queens Boulevard (northbound); Hoffman Drive (southbound) | Woodhaven Boulevard | Hamilton Beach
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Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | ||
Q21 |
Howard Beach | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards, 155th Avenue, 157th Avenue | ||||
Q29 |
82nd Street Station )
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Glendale (81st Street and Myrtle Avenue) | 90th/92nd Streets, Dry Harbor Road, 80th Street | Some AM rush northbound service terminates here. | ||
59th Avenue; Hoffman Drive | Corona (60th Avenue and Otis Avenue) | Rego Park (62nd Drive and 108th Street) | Eliot Avenue, Metropolitan Avenue, Penelope Avenue, 63rd Drive | Via Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue Station
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Q52 |
Queens Boulevard (northbound); Hoffman Drive (southbound) | Woodhaven Boulevard | Arverne | Q53 trips: Broadway and Queens Boulevard
All trips: Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards, Rockaway Beach Boulevard |
Select Bus Service | |
Q53 |
61st Street Station )
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Beach 116th Street Station )
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Queens Boulevard | Williamsburg, Brooklyn | 63rd Drive Station )
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Grand Street and Grand Avenue, Queens Boulevard | |||
East Midtown, Manhattan
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South Jamaica | Queensboro Bridge, Queens Boulevard, Sutphin Boulevard | ||||
Q88 |
92nd Street and 59th Avenue | 92nd Street | Queens Village LIRR Station )
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Horace Harding Expressway, 188th Street, 73rd Avenue, Springfield Boulevard | ||
Express Bus Routes | ||||||
QM10 |
Woodhaven Boulevard (near Hoffman Drive) | Midtown Manhattan | Rego Park / Elmhurst Loop (Drop-off Only) | 3rd or 6th Avenue | ||
QM11 |
Downtown Manhattan
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Downtown Loop |
Notes
- ^ According to scans of 1980s subway maps:
- "1983 Subway Map". New York City Transit Authority. 1983. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
Woodhaven Blvd–Slattery Plaza
- "1987 Subway Map". New York City Transit Authority. 1987. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
Woodhaven Blvd–Queens Center
- "1983 Subway Map". New York City Transit Authority. 1983. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
References
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- ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
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- Duffus, R.L. (September 22, 1929). "Our Great Subway Network Spreads Wider; New Plans of Board of Transportation Involve the Building of More Than One Hundred Miles of Additional Rapid Transit Routes for New York". The New York Times.
- ^ "Queens Lauded as Best Boro By Chamber Chief". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 23, 1929. p. 40. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
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- ^ "Trains Testing Jamaica Link Of City Subway". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 10, 1937. p. 3. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
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- ^ a b Neufeld, Ernest (August 23, 1936). "Men Toil Under Earth to Build Subway" (PDF). Long Island Daily Press. p. 2 (Section 2). Retrieved August 12, 2016.
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- "500 More Quit Subway Work On Boulevard: General Strike Order Issued Today; 72 Walk Out in Jamaica" (PDF). Long Island Daily Press. April 2, 1935. p. 2. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
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- ^ a b c For more information on the current tablets that state "Woodhaven Blvd–Slattery Plaza", see the following sources:
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Built in 1973
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External links
- nycsubway.org – IND Queens Boulevard Line: Woodhaven Boulevard/Queens Mall
- Station Reporter — R Train
- Station Reporter — M Train
- MTA's Arts For Transit — Woodhaven Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
- The Subway Nut — Woodhaven Boulevard Pictures
- Woodhaven Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Horace Harding Boulevard (Long Island Expressway) entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View
- Mezzanine from Google Maps Street View