80 Street-Hudson Street (A)

80 Street-Hudson Street is the first stop in Queens and elevated station for A trains coming from Manhattan. West of the station the tracks can be seen gently curving up from being underground. The middle track that isn't used for revenue service, and curves up in much steeper manor to get underneath the two mainline tracks and provide an underground yard lead to the Pitkin Yard. The fact this track is just a yard lead and the switches with the local tracks are between here and 88 Street means for subway operations purposes the station is basically just a two track station. The middle track is used by Summer Weekends Rockaway Park Shuttle trains to terminate and swap directions when they are extended to Rockaway Blvd (they bypass 88 Street without passengers).

The station itself has the standard design for a formerly BMT Liberty Street Line elevated station. There are two-side platforms each with canopies over most of the platforms except at the extreme ends. The station still has two open exits at either end of the platforms.

Towards the eastern end is the full-time exit with the standard small fare control area. One staircase down from each platform to the turnstiles and the token booth in a small station house below the tracks, from here one staircase down to either side of Liberty Avenue at the NW corner of 80th Street, and across the street from here, not at the SW corner because 80th Street sifts its location and isn't a through street at Liberty Avenue due to the street grid.

There is a still open former part time entrance at the other end of the platform. A single staircase leads down from the eastern end of each platform to a station house beneath the tracks. The station house is the same size as the full-time one to 80th Street. There are High Exit Turnstiles on the intermediate landings before the staircases down to the street that allow passengers to bypass the station house. These High Exit Turnstiles allowed this end of the station to be exit only at all times, with the station house was opening to entering passengers part time, before the token booth was closed in 2003. At this time High Entrance/Exit turnstiles and MVMs in the station house replaced the token booth and the entrance became full time. Two streetstairs lead down to the NE and SE corners of 77th Street and Liberty Avenue.

The station renovated from 2015 through 2016, with green and cream windscreens replacing the original corrugated cream colored metal-looking ones. For these renovations the Lefferts/Rockaways-bound paltform was closed from September 8, 2015 through December 13, 2015 and the Manhattan-bound platform from December 28, 2015 through April 4, 2016
Photos 1-22: December 29, 2008; 23-29: September 13, 2013; 30-54: September 4, 2023;

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A Manhattan-bound R44 A train has left 80 Street-Hudson Street with a R44 Lefferts/Rockaways-bound train approaching the station.

A Lefferts/Rockaways-bound R44 A train approaches 80 St-Hudson St.

A Manhattan-bound R44 A train leaves 80 St-Hudson Street to makes its way down to the tunnel portal and stay underground for the rest of its run to 207 Street.

Looking down the simple unrenovated, but in good repair elevated platform at 80 St-Hudson St, with its basic green painted columns holding up the almost full length canopy.

A Lefferts or Rockaways bound R44 A train finishes dropping off its passengers at 80 St-Hudson St and the last car is about to finish leaving the station.

A Lefferts or Rockaways-bound R44 A train has left 80 St-Hudson Street and doesn't have too far to go to the next stop at 88 St-Boyd Avenue.

A High Exit gate has been installed on the mezzanine level of the exit to 77th Street but is caution taped off. It has been added to allow exiting passengers a slightly easier trip for exiting the station with go need to go inside the now unstaffed station house.

Two High Entrance Turnstiles inside the now automated station house exit to 77th Street at 80th Street-Hudson Street.

Another view of the two High Exit Turnstiles in the seemingly empty station house to 77th Street at 80th Street-Hudson Street.

The two old fashioned door frames (since the station is unstaffed, there are no more doors into the station) into the now unstaffed 77th Street exit down from the platform level.

Looking down one of the side platforms at 80th St-Hudson St.

Looking across the three tracks at 80th St-Hudson St, passengers wait for a train in the setting sun.

A 80th St-Hudson Street sign on a platform column holding up the station's canopy.

A 80th St-Hudson St large sing on the standard cream colored windscreen at the station.

Another view across to the sun glinting on the opposite platform at 80 St-Hudson St.

Approaching the single staircase down form the Lefferts/Rockaways-bound side platform to the 80th Street end of the station's station house.

The very long service destinations board on the Lefferts Blvd & The Rockaways platform at 80 St-Hudson St. It still says to transfer to the Blue S shuttle to Rockaway Park, its color has been changed to Grey (although it was always grey on train's destination signs because a blue S was never available)

A slightly ornate metal fence requires passengers to enter the station house to go through the station house before entering the subway system or leaving to the outside world at the full time booth entrance to 80 St.

An interior view of the small station that leads to the exit to 80 St with its three turnstiles.

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