80th Street (IND Fulton Street Line)
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80th Street
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||
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| Address | 80th Street & Liberty Avenue Queens, NY 11417 |
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| Borough | Queens | ||||||
| Locale | Ozone Park | ||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′46″N 73°51′28″W / 40.679434°N 73.857822°WCoordinates: 40°40′46″N 73°51′28″W / 40.679434°N 73.857822°W | ||||||
| Division | B (IND, formerly BMT) | ||||||
| Line | IND Fulton Street Line | ||||||
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A  (all times) |
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| Transit connections |
 MTA Bus: Q8
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| Structure | Elevated | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
| Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||
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| Opened | September 25, 1915 | ||||||
| Former/other names | 80th Street – Hudson Street | ||||||
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| Passengers (2015) | 1,465,264  2.8% |
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| Rank | 313 out of 425 | ||||||
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| Next north |
Grant Avenue: A Grant Avenue (Fulton Street elevated; demolished) |
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| Next south |
88th Street: A
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80th Street (signed as 80th Street – Hudson Street) is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Liberty Avenue at 80th Street in Ozone Park, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times.
80th Street, which opened on September 25, 1915, was one of the eight stations along Liberty Avenue in Brooklyn and Queens, built for the BMT Fulton Street Line. The first two, Crescent Street and Grant Avenue in Brooklyn, were the last two stations on the line from 1894 to 1915. In 1915, the BMT, under their portion of the Dual Contracts added the current three-track elevated structure along the Queens section of Liberty, which is now the only remnant of the line. It ran the previous terminus at Grant to the present Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard station, adding six new stations overall.
The connection from this station west (railroad north) to the BMT el was severed on April 26, 1956. To replace that service, the underground IND line was extended east (railroad south) from its previous terminus at Euclid Avenue via a new connecting tunnel and ramp. An intermediate station, also called Grant Avenue, was built along this tunnel, right before the point where the track was then elevated to connect to the remaining sections of the BMT el. This service began on April 29, 1956.
This elevated station has two side platforms and three tracks, but the center track is not used in revenue service. It is the westernmost (railroad north) station in Queens on the IND Fulton Street Line.
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