Shea Stadium (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Shea Stadium
style=LIRR


image_size=
image_caption=The station, during the 2007 U.S. Open.
address= Flushing Meadow Park, south of Roosevelt Avenue
Flushing, NY
line=rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Port Washington
other=New York City Subway
NYCS-bull-small|7 at Willets Point–Shea Stadium
NYCT Bus

platform=2
tracks=
parking=
bicycle=
baggage_check=
passengers=
pass_year=
pass_percent=
pass_system=
opened=1939
closed=
rebuilt=1964
electrified=
ADA=
code=
owned=
zone=1
former=World's Fair(1939-1946)
United Nations(1946-1952)
World's Fair(1952-1966) [ [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/LIRR%20Station%20History.htm LIRR Station History] ]
services=
###@@@KEYEND@@@###
mpassengers=

Shea Stadium is a seasonal-use station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch, located near Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing, in the New York City borough of Queens.

The Shea Stadium station is used only during home games at Shea Stadium for the New York Mets, during the U.S. Open tennis tournament at the USTA National Tennis Center, and in emergencies. Shea Stadium is not part of CityTicket, and fares are collected before boarding when the station is in use.

History

The station opened in time for the 1939 New York World's Fair, which included a modernist covered ramp above the tracks. Between 1946 and 1952, the station was known as United Nations station. The 1939 World's Fair ramp was expanded for the 1964 New York World's Fair to connect the Flushing Meadows–Corona Park to Shea Stadium, which opened that same year (though it was not part of the World's Fair).

As of 2003, a portion of track from the Whitestone Line circa 1864 was still visible next to the track heading Westbound. There were two main platforms (one with an Orange overhang, one with a Blue), but only the Orange one is still used as the Blue one is gated off, but does have a freight train stop there on that track once in a while.

Connections

New York City Subway
*Willets Point–Shea Stadium station on the IRT Flushing Line (NYCS Flushing)

MTA New York City Bus
*Q48: LaGuardia Airport-Flushing-Main Street Subway Station.

References

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=017 LIRR station information for Shea Stadium]
* [http://subwaynut.com/lirr/shea.htm Shea Stadium Station (The SubwayNut)]