61st Street–Woodside station

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The **61st Street–Woodside station** (announced as the **Woodside–61st Street station** on trains) is an express station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway located at 61st Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, Queens. It is served by the 7 train, with additional peak-direction <7> service during rush hours.

## History

61st Street–Woodside opened on April 21, 1917 as **Woodside**, as part of an extension of the IRT Flushing Line to Alburtis Avenue (now 103rd Street–Corona Plaza). The Long Island Rail Road station predates the station, as it originally opened in 1869. On February 29, 1928, five petitions signed with 600 names were sent to the New York State Transit Commission (NYSTC), requesting that an escalator be constructed at the station to the southeastern corner of 61st Street and Roosevelt Avenue. On July 25, the NYSTC ordered the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) to install a double-width escalator from the mezzanine to that corner, similar to one at the Third Avenue entrance at Grand Central station on the same line.

The platforms at 61st Street were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.

In 1981, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.

As part of the 2015–2019 Capital Program, the MTA would renovate the 52nd, 61st, 69th, 82nd, 103rd and 111th Streets stations, a project that has been delayed for several years but is slated to begin in mid-2020. Conditions at these stations were among the worst of all stations in the subway system.

## Station layout

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This station has two island platforms and three tracks. The two outer tracks are used for the full-time Template:NYCS local service while the bidirectional center track is used for rush hour peak-direction <7> express service. There is a mezzanine located at the center, underneath the platforms, with an ADA-accessible elevator to each platform, as well as another to each Long Island Rail Road platform. The elevator from the mezzanine to the street stops at the LIRR's eastbound Main Line platform.

The station is about Template:Convert above street level, and is located above a natural depression in ground level along Roosevelt Avenue.Template:Rp

Artwork includes John Cavanagh's *Commuting/Community* (1986), located near the stairway down to LIRR Track 4, and Dimitri Gerakaris' *Woodside Continuum* (1999), which forms part of the steel-grating fare-control separation.

### Exits

Entrance and exit are provided by long stairs down to street level on the northern curb of Roosevelt Avenue at 61st Street, as well as to other nearby locations via the LIRR platforms. An ADA-compliant elevator provides access to street level at the northeast corner of 61st Street and Roosevelt Avenue, while a long escalator at the southeast corner provides entrance only. The Woodside station of the Long Island Rail Road is located directly beneath the Flushing Line station; any of the three LIRR platforms can be accessed directly from the mezzanine.

## In popular culture

This station was used for a scene in John Cassavetes's 1980 film *Gloria*. The station was depicted in a scene in the Coen brothers' 2013 film *Inside Llewyn Davis*, though actual filming occurred elsewhere.Template:Citation needed

## External links

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* nycsubway.org — Commuting/Community Artwork by John Cavanagh (1986)
* nycsubway.org — Woodside Continuum Artwork by Dimitri Gerakaris (1999)
* Station Reporter — 7 Train
* The Subway Nut — 61st Street–Woodside Pictures Template:Webarchive
* MTA's Arts For Transit — Woodside–61st Street (IRT Flushing Line)
* 61st Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
* Station as seen from the LIRR platforms from Google Maps Street View
* Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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