Aqueduct Racetrack station

Aqueduct Racetrack
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Manhattan-bound A train at the station in August 2019
Station statistics
Address	near 98-00 Pitkin Avenue Queens, NY
Borough	Queens
Locale	Ozone Park
Coordinates	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)[1]
Line	IND Rockaway Line
Services	A  (Northbound only)
Transit	MTA Bus: Q7, Q11, Q37[2]
Structure	Embankment
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	4 (2 in passenger service)
Other information
Opened	September 14, 1959; 64 years ago (1959-09-14)[3][4] October 22, 1997; 26 years ago (1997-10-22) (first reopening) August 13, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-08-13) (second reopening)
Closed	1990; 34 years ago (1990) (first time) April 28, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-04-28) (second time)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	N/A
Traffic
2023	202,474[5]  1.1%
Rank	415 out of 423[5]
Notes	Southbound trains do not stop at this station
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Rockaway Boulevard toward Inwood–207th Street Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue One-way operation
Former services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Jay Street–Borough Hall toward 21st Street–Queensbridge JFK Express Howard Beach–JFK Airport One-way operation
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch to Ozone Park to Rockaway Boulevard to Aqueduct–North Conduit Ave
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

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 Ozone Park, Queens, it is served by northbound A trains at all times.^[6] The station contains four tracks, of which the outer two are in passenger service; the two center express tracks have been disconnected from the line and permanently removed. There is a single side platform next to the northbound local track.

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 1990. The station reopened in 1997 and was typically open only on racing days, although some trains stopped at the station regardless of the time of day. From 2011 to 2013, it was closed and rebuilt to provide better access to the Resorts World Casino, and an elevator was installed to make the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Since then, the Aqueduct Racetrack station has operated 24 hours a day.

Aqueduct Racetrack is one of the least-used stations in the system. It was ranked 400th out of 424 by ridership as of 2019^[update], with 601,436 passengers.^[5]