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The Mets–Willets Point station is a rapid transit station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway.Located near the Citi Field baseball stadium, it is served by the 7 train at all times and by the express <7> train during rush hours in the peak direction or after sporting events. [5]
The IRT Flushing Line is a rapid transit route of the New York City Subway system, named for its eastern terminal in Flushing, Queens. It is operated as part of the A Division . The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), a private operator, had constructed the section of the line from Flushing , Queens , to Times Square , Manhattan between ...
Mets–Willets Point (formerly Shea Stadium) is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City. Prior to 2021, the station would normally be open only during New York Mets home games, the U.S. Open tennis tournament, major events, and emergencies. The station has been ...
The 7 Flushing Local and <7> Flushing Express [3] are two rapid transit services in the A Division of the New York City Subway, providing local and express services along the full length of the IRT Flushing Line. Their route emblems, or "bullets", are colored purple, since they serve the Flushing Line.
IRT Dyre Avenue Line (5 train) – entire line; IRT Pelham Line (6 and <6> trains) – entire line; IRT Flushing Line (7 and <7> trains) – from 33rd Street–Rawson Street to Flushing–Main Street; IRT New Lots Line (2, 3, 4, and 5 trains) at Junius Street – center track is not usable in revenue service
The station, as well as two other stations at Willets Point Boulevard and 111th Street, was approved in 1921 as part of an extension of the Flushing Line past 103rd Street. [9] Construction of the station and the double-deck bridge over the Flushing Creek began on April 21, 1923, with the station built via cut-and-cover methods.
Mets–Willets Point can refer to the following: Mets–Willets Point station (IRT Flushing Line), formerly Willets Point–Shea Stadium, a stop on the New York City Subway; Mets–Willets Point station (LIRR), formerly Shea Stadium, a stop on the Long Island Railroad; Mets–Willets Point, a proposed stop on the proposed AirTrain LaGuardia
The route passes the Flushing–Main Street terminal of the IRT Flushing Line (7 and <7> trains), where over a dozen bus lines terminate. The LIRR Port Washington Branch also stops here, at the Flushing–Main Street station. It then turns southeast onto Kissena Boulevard, running the entire distance of the street between Main Street and ...