88 Street
Brooklyn-bound platform
Station statistics
Address	88th Street and Liberty Avenue Queens, New York
Borough	Queens
Locale	Ozone Park
Coordinates	40°40′47″N73°51′03″W / 40.679857°N 73.850968°W /40.679857; -73.850968
Division	B (IND, formerlyBMT)[1]
Line	IND Fulton Street Line BMT Fulton Street Line (formerly)
Services	A  (all times)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	September 25, 1915; 110 years ago (1915-09-25)[2]
Accessible	notADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Former/other names	88th Street–Boyd Avenue
Traffic
2024	570,555[3]  1.1%
Rank	365 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 80th Street towardInwood–207th Street Local Rockaway Boulevard towardFar Rockaway–Mott Avenue orOzone Park–Lefferts Boulevard
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to80th Street toRockaway Boulevard
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

The88th Street station (signed as the88th Street–Boyd Avenue station) is a localstation on theIND Fulton Street Line of theNew York City Subway. Located onLiberty Avenue at 88th Street inOzone Park, Queens, it is served by theA train at all times.

88th Street was one of the six stations along Liberty Avenue in Queens, from80th Street throughOzone Park–Lefferts Boulevard, as well as the current three track elevated structure, built for theBMT Fulton Street Line in 1915 as part ofBMT's portion of theDual Contracts.^[2][4] The connection to the BMT was severed on April 26, 1956, and the IND was extended east (railroad south) fromEuclid Avenue via a connecting tunnel and new intermediate station atGrant Avenue, with the new service beginning on April 29, 1956.^[4][5][6]

The station was completely renovated in 2014.^[7]

As part of its 2025–2029 Capital Program, the MTA has proposed making the station wheelchair-accessible in compliance with theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990.^[8]

Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound	← towardInwood–207th Street(80th Street) ← late night shuttle towardEuclid Avenue(80th Street)
	Peak-direction express	→ No regular service
	Eastbound	→ towardFar Rockaway–Mott Avenue,Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street, orOzone Park–Lefferts Boulevard(Rockaway Boulevard) → → late night shuttle toward Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard(Rockaway Boulevard) →
	Side platform
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, Metrocard machines
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance

This elevated station, opened on September 25, 1915, has twoside platforms and three tracks with the center track not used in revenue service.^[9] TheA train stops here at all times; a shuttle train fromEuclid Avenue toOzone Park–Lefferts Boulevard also serves the station during late nights.^[10] The station is betweenRockaway Boulevard to the east (railroad south) and80th Street to the west (railroad north).^[11]

Both platforms have beige windscreens for their length and brown canopies with green frames and support columns except for a small section at either ends. Station signs displayBoyd Avenue, which was the original name of this station.

The 2015 artwork at this station,MORPHING88, was designed by Haresh Lalvani.^[12]

This station's only entrance/exit is an elevated station house below the platforms at the east (railroad south) end. Insidefare control, there is one staircase to each platform, a waiting area that allows a free transfer between directions, and aturnstile bank. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two street stairs going down to either eastern corners of 88th Street and Liberty Avenue.^[13]

This station formerly had another entrance/exit at the west (railroad north) end that went down to 86th Street. Each platform still has a closed-off staircase to the station house beneath the tracks, but the station house has no staircases to the street.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to88th Street (IND Fulton Street Line).

• nycsubway.org –IND Fulton: 88th Street-Boyd Avenue
• Station Reporter —A Lefferts
• Station Reporter —A Rockaway
• The Subway Nut —88th Street – Boyd Avenue PicturesArchived June 15, 2017, at theWayback Machine
• 88th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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• Ozone Park, Queens

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