90th Street–Elmhurst Avenue station

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The **90th Street–Elmhurst Avenue station** is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, located at 90th Street and Elmhurst Avenue in Elmhurst, Queens. It is served by the 7 train at all times.

## History

The Flushing Line was opened from Queensboro Plaza to Alburtis Avenue (now 103rd Street–Corona Plaza) on April 21, 1917, with a local station at 90th Street.

The platforms at 90th Street were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate longer trains.

On February 2, 2019, a fatal gang shooting occurred at the station, carried out by an alleged MS-13 or SUR 13 member who shot another person of rival 18th Street gang.

## Station layout

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This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the peak direction <7> express service during rush hours.

Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies with red support frames and columns in the center and beige, waist-high, steel fences with lampposts at regular intervals at either ends. The windscreens have translucent panels by the exit staircases and the station signs are in the standard black name plates in white lettering.

### Exits

This station has one elevated station house below the center of the platforms and tracks. The north side has two staircases going down to either northern corners of 90th Street and Roosevelt Avenue while the south side has one staircase going down to the triangle formed by Roosevelt Avenue, Elmhurst Avenue, and Case Street.

Inside the station house is a token booth in the center. On the south (geographical west) side is a turnstile bank that leads to a waiting area/crossover and one staircase going up to each platform. On the north (geographical east) side, each side has a bank of two turnstiles and one staircase going up to the platform.

## External links

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* Station Reporter — 7 Train
* The Subway Nut — 90th Street - Elmhurst Avenue Pictures Template:Webarchive
* 90th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
* Elmhurst Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
* Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 MTA Neighborhood Maps: Corona. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2015).
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Template:NYCS const
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5. ↑ Fatal subway shooting in Queens was 'gang-related': cops (February 4, 2019).
6. ↑ Queens Subway Shooting: MS-13 Member Is Arrested, Police Say (February 4, 2019).
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8. ↑ Cox, Jeremiah (May 28, 2010). Looking across to one of the street stairs and an odd translucent wall.
9. ↑ Cox, Jeremiah (May 28, 2010). Approaching a platform end with modern speaker structures.
10. ↑ Cox, Jeremiah (May 28, 2010). Looking across to the opposite platform at 90 St-Elmhurst Av.
11. ↑ Cox, Jeremiah (May 28, 2010). Approaching the turnstiles.
12. ↑ Cox, Jeremiah (May 28, 2010). The portion of the mezzanine with the small waiting area and free crossunder.
13. ↑ Cox, Jeremiah (May 28, 2010). The turnstiles for the Flushing-bound platform only and exit staircase that curves out from the middle of the station house.