Aqueduct Racetrack (IND Rockaway Line)

Aqueduct Racetrack
New York City Subway rapid transit station
The single platform at Aqueduct Racetrack
Station statistics
Address	near 110-00 Rockaway Boulevard Queens, NY 11420
Borough	Queens
Locale	South Ozone Park
Coordinates	40°40′20″N 73°50′09″W / 40.672086°N 73.835914°W / 40.672086; -73.835914Coordinates: 40°40′20″N 73°50′09″W / 40.672086°N 73.835914°W / 40.672086; -73.835914
Division	B (IND, formerly LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch)
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (Northbound only)
Structure	Embankment
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	4 (2 in passenger service)
Other information
Opened	September 14, 1959; 57 years ago (1959-09-14) 1997 (first reopening) August 13, 2013; 3 years ago (2013-08-13) (second reopening)
Closed	Between December 1991 and March 1992 (first time) April 28, 2011; 5 years ago (2011-04-28) (second time)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	672,734  6.7%
Rank	393 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	Rockaway Boulevard: A
Next south	no southbound service Previous station: Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue: A
Next north	Euclid Avenue: A
Next south	no southbound service Previous accessible station: Howard Beach–JFK Airport (via Rockaway): A
Notes	Southbound trains do not stop at this station
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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Aqueduct Racetrack is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway. Located on the west side of Aqueduct Racetrack near Pitkin Avenue in South Ozone Park, Queens, it is served by northbound A trains at all times. The station was built in 1959 to serve the racetrack and on racing days the station would be open with "Aqueduct Special" trains running nonstop from 42nd Street. The specials were replaced by JFK Express service, before service at the station was altogether discontinued in 1992.

The station reopened in 1997, but was closed again in 2011. It reopened in 2013 after being rebuilt in order to provide better access to the Resorts World Casino. Aqueduct Racetrack is one of the least-used stations in the system; it was ranked 393rd out of 425 by ridership as of 2015^[update].

The Rockaway Line was opened on August 26, 1880 by the New York, Woodhaven and Rockaway Railroad and would later be operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) as its Rockaway Beach Branch. Frequent fires on the line's wooden viaduct across Jamaica Bay between The Raunt and Broad Channel made the line a liability for the LIRR. After a fire on May 8, 1950 cut service altogether the bankrupt LIRR sought to sell or abandon the line altogether. The city purchased the southern portion of the line in 1952. The rebuilt IND Rockaway Line opened for service on June 26, 1956.