52nd Street (IRT Flushing Line)

52nd Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	52nd Street & Roosevelt Avenue Queens, NY 11377
Borough	Queens
Locale	Woodside
Coordinates	40°44′38.53″N 73°54′46.31″W / 40.7440361°N 73.9128639°WCoordinates: 40°44′38.53″N 73°54′46.31″W / 40.7440361°N 73.9128639°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Q32
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	April 21, 1917
Former/other names	52nd Street–Lincoln Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	2,177,884[1]  1.6%
Rank	228 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	61st Street–Woodside: 7
Next south	46th Street–Bliss Street: 7
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

52nd Street (also known as 52nd Street–Lincoln Avenue) is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 52nd Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside, Queens, it is served by the 7 train at all times.

History

Track layout
Legend
to 61 St to 46 St

The Flushing Line was opened from Queensboro Plaza to 103rd Street–Corona Plaza on April 21, 1917, with a local station at 52nd Street.^[2]

The platforms at 52nd Street were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.^[3]

Station layout

P Platform level
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards (46th Street–Bliss Street)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ toward Flushing–Main Street (61st Street–Woodside) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits

A 7 train approaches the Flushing-bound platform

This elevated station has two side platforms and three tracks. The center express track is used by the rush hour peak direction <7> express train. Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies with green roofs along the entire length except for a small section at the south end, which has only a windscreen on the eastbound side and a waist-high steel fence on the westbound side.^[4][5]

This station has two entrances. The full-time one is a wooden elevated station house beneath the tracks at the south end. It has a single staircase to each platform, waiting area that allows free transfer between directions, turnstile bank, token booth, and two staircases to the street, one to either western corners of 52nd Street and Roosevelt Avenue.^[4][5]

The other entrance is at the station's extreme north (geographical east) end. A single canopied staircase from each platform goes down a landing outside of a now-closed elevated station house beneath the tracks. A single HEET turnstile provides entrance/exit from the station before a street stair goes down 53rd Street and Roosevelt Avenue. The Manhattan-bound staircase is at the northeast corner while the Flushing-bound one is at the southeast corner.^[4][5]

This is the southernmost (geographical west) station on the IRT Flushing Line that is on a steel viaduct above Roosevelt Avenue. West of this station, the line curves and becomes a concrete viaduct above Queens Boulevard until 32nd Place.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. "Transit Service on Corona Extension of Dual Subway System Opened to the Public". The New York Times. April 22, 1917. p. RE1. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
3. Authority, New York City Transit (1955-01-01). Minutes and Proceedings.
4. "www.nycsubway.org: IRT Flushing Line". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
5. Cox, Jeremiah. "52 Street-Lincoln Av (7) - The SubwayNut". www.subwaynut.com. Retrieved 2016-02-28.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IRT Flushing Line: 52nd Street/Lincoln Avenue
• 52nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 53rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View