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The Aqueduct Racetrack station 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 the South Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, [6] it is served by northbound A trains at all times [7] and by the northbound Rockaway Park Shuttle during summer weekends.
A portion of the northbound express track, unused in regular service, reconnects with the local tracks south of this station. [8] The subway station is served by the A train at all times [10] and is between Howard Beach–JFK Airport to the south and Aqueduct Racetrack to the north. [11]
Before June 1979, [4] all shuttles had the label SS; the designation S was reserved for "special" services, including IND trains to Aqueduct Racetrack. The SS label was first applied in 1967, when some services were relabeled due to the completion of the Chrystie Street Connection (see New York City Subway nomenclature § History).
The track has its own New York City Subway station, Aqueduct Racetrack, served by the IND Rockaway Line (A train). It has only one platform on the Brooklyn-bound side, requiring southbound travelers to transfer to a northbound train at Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue station , which is located a few blocks to the south. [ 65 ]
"Take the 'A' Train" is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn, referring to the A train, going at that time from eastern Brooklyn up into Harlem and northern Manhattan. It became the signature tune of Duke Ellington and often opened the shows of Ella Fitzgerald. [61] The A train is mentioned by Azealia Banks in her song "212". [62]
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The outer platforms were also closed until 1959, when the special service to Aqueduct Racetrack began. [24] Service ran from the lower level of the 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal station to the Aqueduct Racetrack station via the IND Eighth Avenue Line, Fulton Street Line, and IND Rockaway Line. [24]