80th Street (IND Fulton Street Line)

Infobox NYCS
name = 80th Street–Hudson Street
bg_color = #11117D


line = IND Fulton Street Line
service = Fulton east local
platforms = 2 side platforms
tracks = 3
borough = Queens
open_date = September 25, 1915 [cite news|title=New Elevated Line Opened for Queens|publisher="The New York Times"|date=September 26, 1915|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B01E4D6103CE733A25755C2A96F9C946496D6CF|accessdate=2007-09-28|format=PDF]
south_station = 88th Street
south_line = IND Fulton Street Line
south_service = Fulton east local
north_station = Grant Avenue
north_line = IND Fulton Street Line
north_service = Fulton east local

80th Street (signed as 80th Street–Hudson Street) is the northernmost station in Queens on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located on Liberty Avenue at 80th Street, it is served by the NYCS service|A train at all times.

There is a crossunder at each ends. The HEET access track north (geographic W) exit leads to 77th Street and the full time track south (geographic E) to 80th Street and contains a booth. West of this station, as the line curves into the tunnel, the remains of the trackway of the BMT Fulton Street Line are on the northbound side. Station signs display "Hudson Street", which was the original name of 80th Street.

80th Street was one of the six stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens, from this location through Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard, as well as the current 3-track elevated structure, built for the BMT Fulton Street Line in 1915 as part of BMT's portion of the Dual Contracts. The connection to the BMT was severed on April 26, 1956, and the IND was extended east (track direction south) from Euclid Avenue via a connecting tunnel and new intermediate station at Grant Avenue, with the new service beginning on April 29, 1956. Part of the trackway to the BMT is still there as the line curves into the tunnel to Grant Avenue.

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External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?217:396|IND Fulton|80th Street/Hudson Street
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/aleff.htm A Lefferts]
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/arock.htm A Rockwaway]