111th Street (IND Fulton Street Line)

Infobox NYCS
name = 111th Street
bg_color = #11117D
line = IND Fulton Street Line
service = Fulton far east local
platforms = 2 side platforms
tracks = 3
borough = Queens
open_date = September 25, 1915cite 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 = Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
south_line = IND Fulton Street Line
south_service = Fulton far east local
north_station = 104th Street
north_line = IND Fulton Street Line
north_service = Fulton far east local

111th Street is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway, located on Liberty Avenue at 111th Street in Queens.

The station has three tracks and two side platforms. The middle track is not currently used in revenue service. There is a crossunder at both ends. The west exit (track north) exit leads to 109th Street, and the east exit (track south) to 111th Street. Station signage shows the name "Greenwood Avenue", which was the original name of 111th Street.

This is one of six stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens that were originally constructed as part of the BMT's portion of the Dual Contracts System. The stations from 80th Street–Hudson Street to Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard opened on September 25, 1915 as an extension of the Fulton Street Elevated Line. The connection to the BMT was severed on April 26, 1956, with a new connection to the IND Fulton Street Line opening on April 29, 1956. 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. A 1924 system map portrayed the station as "Greenwood Avenue", with "111th St." shown below the name in parentheses, and in a smaller print. [cite web |url=http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/bmt_1924.gif|title=BMT Lines, Rapid Transit Division |accessdate=2007-11-09 |year=1924 |format=GIF] By 1948, "Greenwood" and "111" were shown in equal sizes, [cite web |url=http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/system_1948.gif|title=Rapid Transit Lines of the New York City Transit System |accessdate=2007-11-09 |year=1948 |format=GIF] and by 1959 the name was shown as "111 St–Greenwood". [cite web |url=http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/system_1959.gif|title=Official New York City Subway Map and Station Guide |accessdate=2007-11-09 |year=1959 |format=GIF] The current official map shows the name as just "111 St". [cite web |url=http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/subwaymap.pdf |title=MTA New York City Subway with bus, railroad, and ferry connections |accessdate=2007-11-09 |month=August| year=2007 |format=PDF |publisher=Metropolitan Transporation Authority ] Station signage still shows "111th Street–Greenwood Avenue".

Bus connection

*Q37

References

External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?217:18|IND Fulton|111th Street/Greenwood Avenue
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/aleff.htm A Lefferts]