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Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard station

Coordinates: 40°41′10″N 73°49′27″W / 40.686203°N 73.82422°W / 40.686203; -73.82422
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 Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
 "A" train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
AddressLefferts Boulevard & Liberty Avenue
Ozone Park, NY 11419
BoroughQueens
LocaleOzone Park
Coordinates40°41′10″N 73°49′27″W / 40.686203°N 73.82422°W / 40.686203; -73.82422
Division[1]
LineIND Fulton Street Line
Services   A all times (all times)
TransitQ10 bus to JFK Int'l Airport
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedSeptember 25, 1915[2]
Opposite-
direction
transfer		N/A
Traffic
20231,285,335[3] Increase 1.8%
Rank240 out of 423[3]
Station succession
Next northTemplate:NYCS next
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Next south(Terminal)
Location
Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard station is located in New York City Subway
Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard station
Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard station is located in New York City
Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard station
Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard station is located in New York
Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard station
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops in station at all times
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops late nights and weekends Stops late nights and weekends only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Stops weekends during the day Stops weekends during the day
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Station closed Station is closed
(Details about time periods)

Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard is an elevated station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Lefferts Boulevard and Liberty Avenue in Queens. Despite its name, the station is not actually located in Ozone Park, but rather in the adjacent neighborhood of Richmond Hill.

This station is one of the three southern terminals for the A service. Although this is a "south" terminal in track direction (considering Eighth Avenue in Manhattan as north–south), Liberty Avenue underneath runs geographically WSW–ENE, so a train approach the "south" is actually travelling ENE, or more north than south.

The tracks at the geographic north end of the station end in bumper blocks. At the geographic south end of the station, the line splits from two tracks to three. The middle express track is not currently used in revenue service.

The full-time entrance is at the geographic north end of the station. The exit at the opposite end has HEET access, with a mezzanine that leads to 116th street, with various offices and transit employee facilities. This mezzanine was renovated by an in-house contract in 1999. Tile colors here are light beige with dark green accents, installed in 1997.

This is one of six stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens that were originally constructed as part of the BMT's portion of the Dual Contracts System. The stations from 80th Street–Hudson Street to Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard opened on September 25, 1915 as an extension of the Fulton Street Elevated Line.[2] The connection to the BMT was severed on April 26, 1956, with a new connection to the IND Fulton Street Line opening on April 29, 1956. The Fulton Street Elevated west of Hudson Street was closed, and eventually demolished.

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.[4] By 1948, "Lefferts" and "119" were shown in equal sizes,[5] and by 1959 the name was shown as "119 St–Lefferts".[6] Lefferts Avenue was later renamed Lefferts Boulevard, and the station appears as "Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard on the current official map.[7]

Bus connections

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. ^ a b c "New Elevated Line Opened for Queens" (PDF). The New York Times. September 26, 1915. Retrieved 2007-09-28. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "BMT Lines, Rapid Transit Division" (GIF). 1924. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  5. ^ "Rapid Transit Lines of the New York City Transit System" (GIF). 1948. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  6. ^ "Official New York City Subway Map and Station Guide" (GIF). 1959. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  7. ^ "MTA New York City Subway with bus, railroad, and ferry connections" (PDF). Metropolitan Transporation Authority. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
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