Fresh Pond Road (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Fresh Pond Road
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Fresh Pond Road opposite 67th Avenue Queens, NY 11385
Borough	Queens
Locale	Ridgewood
Coordinates	40°42′21″N 73°53′48″W / 40.705953°N 73.896704°W / 40.705953; -73.896704Coordinates: 40°42′21″N 73°53′48″W / 40.705953°N 73.896704°W / 40.705953; -73.896704
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services	M  (all times)
Transit connections	New York City Bus: B13, B20, Q58 MTA Bus: QM24, QM25
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 9, 1915; 101 years ago (1915-08-09)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,806,429  7.7%
Rank	271 out of 425
Station succession
Preceding station   New York City Subway   Following station Forest Avenue toward Myrtle Avenue, Essex Street, or 71st Avenue BMT Myrtle Avenue Line M  Metropolitan Avenue Terminus
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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Fresh Pond Road is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Fresh Pond Road opposite of 67th Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens, it is served by the M train at all times.

This elevated station, which was opened on August 9, 1915 and originally operated by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, has two tracks and an island platform. The platform is wider than those in most other stations in the system because the station was formerly a major transfer point to the Flushing–Ridgewood streetcar Line to Flushing. This service was replaced by the Q58 bus on July 17, 1949.

A brown canopy with green frames and support columns run along the entire length of the platform except for a small section at the west end (railroad north). Below the station is an MTA-owned lot commonly used for storing buses based out of the neighboring Fresh Pond Bus Depot.

To the east of the station is the Fresh Pond Yard. However, it can only be accessed from Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue, the next station east (railroad south). Trains heading to the yard from Manhattan and Brooklyn must first enter Metropolitan Avenue, then reverse into the yard.

This station has a mezzanine/station house below the platform and tracks near the east (railroad south) end. Two staircases from the platform go down to the waiting area, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two sets of doors.

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