111th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line)

For other uses, see 111th Street.

The 111th Street station (signed as 111th Street–Greenwood Avenue station) is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located on Liberty Avenue at 111th Street in Richmond Hill, Queens. The station is served by the Lefferts Boulevard A train at all times.

111 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
111th Street station in June 2018
Station statistics
Address	111th Street & Liberty Avenue Queens, New York
Borough	Queens
Locale	Richmond Hill
Coordinates	40.684673°N 73.831129°W / 40.684673; -73.831129
Division	B (IND, formerly BMT)[1]
Line	IND Fulton Street Line BMT Fulton Street Line (formerly)
Services	A  (all times)
Transit	MTA Bus: Q37, Q112
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	September 25, 1915 (109 years ago) (1915-09-25)[2]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	111th Street–Greenwood Avenue
Traffic
2023	466,344[3]  3.6%
Rank	392 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 104th Street toward Inwood–207th Street Local Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard Terminus
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to 104th Street to Ozone Park–Lefferts Blvd
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

111th Street was one of the six stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens, from 80th Street through Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard, as well as the current three track elevated structure, built for the BMT Fulton Street Line in 1915 as part of BMT's portion of the Dual Contracts.^[2][4] The connection to the BMT was severed on April 26, 1956, and the IND was extended east (railroad south) from Euclid Avenue via a connecting tunnel and new intermediate station at Grant Avenue, with the new service beginning on April 29, 1956.^[4][5][6] 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 Greenwood Avenue.^[2] A 1924 system map portrayed the station as "Greenwood Avenue" with "111th St." below it in parentheses and smaller print.^[7] By 1948, "Greenwood" and "111 St." were shown in equal sizes,^[8] and by 1959, the station's name was shown as "111 St–Greenwood".^[9] The current official map shows the name as just "111 St".^[10] However, station signs still show "111th Street–Greenwood Avenue".^[11]

The Queens-bound platform was completely renovated in 2015 and reopened on December 12. The Brooklyn-bound platform was completely rehabilitated and reopened in Spring 2016.^[12][13]

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound	← toward Inwood–207th Street (104th Street) ← late night shuttle toward Euclid Avenue (104th Street)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Eastbound	→ ( late nights) toward Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard (Terminus) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

Southwest street stair on the southeast corner of Liberty Avenue and 109th Street

This elevated station, opened on September 25, 1915,^[2] has three tracks and two side platforms, with the middle track not used in revenue service.^[14][15] The A train stops here at all times except nights, running to Brooklyn and Manhattan; a shuttle train from Euclid Avenue to Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard serves the station during late nights.^[16] The next and last stop to the east (railroad south) is Lefferts Boulevard, while the next stop to the west (railroad north) is 104th Street.^[10]

Both platforms have beige windscreens for the entire length and brown canopies with green frames and support columns except for a small section at either ends.^[11]

Exits

This station has two entrances/exits, both of which are elevated station houses beneath the tracks. The full-time side is at the east (railroad south) end. It has one staircase to each platform, a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, a turnstile bank, a token booth, and two staircases down to either eastern corners of Liberty Avenue and 111th Street. The other station house also has one staircase to each platform, waiting area, and two staircases to 109th Street and Liberty Avenue (one to the southeast corner and another along the north side of Liberty Avenue). However, this entrance/exit is unstaffed, containing just high entry/exit and exit-only turnstiles.^{[11][14][17][18]}

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. "New Elevated Line Opened for Queens" (PDF). The New York Times. September 26, 1915. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
3. "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
4. Sparberg, Andrew J. (October 1, 2014). From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-6190-1.
5. "First Leg of Rockaways Transit Opened at Cost of $10,154,702" (PDF). The New York Times. April 30, 1956. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
6. Freeman, Ira Henry (June 28, 1956). "Rockaway Trains to Operate Today" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
7. "BMT Lines, Rapid Transit Division" (GIF). www.nycsubway.com. 1924. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
8. "Rapid Transit Lines of the New York City Transit System" (GIF). www.nycsubway.com. 1948. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
9. "Official New York City Subway Map and Station Guide" (GIF). www.nycsubway.com. 1959. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2007.
10. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
11. Cox, Jeremiah. "111 St-Greenwood Avenue (A except Late Nights, S-Late Night Shuttle to Lefferts Blvd) - The SubwayNut". www.subwaynut.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
12. "Brooklyn-bound trains skip 80 St and 111 St". web.mta.info. Archived from the original on December 31, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
13. "Brooklyn-bound 111 St and 80 St A Line Stations To Close for Three Months for Renewal" (Press release). Metropolitan Transit Authority. December 23, 2015. Archived from the original on December 25, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
14. "A Lefferts". stationreporter.net. October 30, 2013. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
15. Dougherty, Peter (2020). Tracks of the New York City Subway 2020 (16th ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 1056711733.
16. "A Subway Timetable, Effective December 17, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
17. "www.nycsubway.org: IND Fulton Street Line". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
18. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Ozone Park" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

External links

• Media related to 111th Street (IND Fulton Street Line) at Wikimedia Commons
• 111th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 109th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View