80th Street station (IND Fulton Street Line)

80th Street, which opened on September 25, 1915, was one of the eight stations along Liberty Avenue in Brooklyn and Queens built for the BMT Fulton Street Line. The first two, Crescent Street and Grant Avenue in Brooklyn, were the last two stations on the line from 1894 to 1915. In 1915, the BMT, under their portion of the Dual Contracts, added the current three-track elevated structure along the Queens section of Liberty Avenue,[1][4] which is now the only remnant of the line. It ran the previous terminus at Grant Avenue to the present Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard station, adding six new stations overall.

The connection from this station west (railroad north) to the BMT el was severed on April 26, 1956. To replace that service, the underground IND line was extended east (railroad south) from its previous terminus at Euclid Avenue via a new connecting tunnel and ramp. An intermediate station, also called Grant Avenue, was built along this tunnel, right before the point where the track was then elevated to connect to the remaining sections of the BMT el. This service began on April 29, 1956.[4][5][6]

P Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound	← toward 207th Street (Grant Avenue) ← late night shuttle toward Euclid Avenue (Grant Avenue)
	Yard track	→ No passenger service
	Eastbound	→ toward Far Rockaway, Lefferts Boulevard or Rockaway Park (88th Street) → → late night shuttle toward Lefferts Boulevard (88th Street) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metrocard machines
G	Street level	Exit/entrance

Platforms before renovation

This elevated station has two side platforms and three tracks, but the center track is not used in revenue service. It is the westernmost (railroad north) station in Queens on the IND Fulton Street Line.

Both platforms have beige windscreens along their entire lengths and brown canopies with green frames and support columns except for a small section at either ends. Platform signs display 80 Street–Hudson Street, which was the original name of this station.

The station has three tracks: two outer, stopping tracks and one center track that bypasses the station. Part of the trackways to the BMT el still remain as this line curves south into the tunnel to Grant Avenue west of 80th Street. This segment can be found just east of the intersection of Liberty Avenue and 76th Street, as the newer structure curves south; an older part of the structure, which does not curve, continues for a few feet, with no tracks, on the north side of Liberty Avenue. The line enters the tunnel portal at the Brooklyn–Queens border.[8]

As the tracks curve toward the tunnel, the center track dips to a lower level from the outer tracks and becomes a yard lead into Pitkin Yard.[8]

East of the station are a pair of diamond crossovers. They allow trains to bypass 88th Street, the next station, and Rockaway Boulevard, the following station. However, only trains heading to the Rockaways can use this track because there are no switches east of Rockaway Boulevard to allow those trains back onto the outer tracks.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 80th Street (IND Fulton Street Line).

• nycsubway.org – IND Fulton: 80th Street-Hudson Street
• Station Reporter — A Lefferts
• Station Reporter — A Rockaway
• The Subway Nut — 80th Street – Hudson Street Pictures
• 80th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 77th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View