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Re: 75th Avenue (Re: What Are the Now-Abandoned Stations You Once Used Regularly?) |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Thu Mar 11 17:45:07 2021, in response to 75th Avenue (Re: What Are the Now-Abandoned Stations You Once Used Regularly?), posted by Mitch45 on Thu Mar 11 14:29:54 2021. I'm not sure if the full-length mezzanine helps or hurts its cause. It's a lot of infrastructure to maintain, but at the same time, it's a lot of infrastructure to just give up on. I guess they could just block off the superfluous parts.Also, I understand the station is used as a pedestrian underground crossing. I'm surprised that 75th Ave ranks down that far on the ridership list based on the high rise apartments in the area but there's something like a gap in the shopping/eateries right around there (Austin Street's commercial area ends at Ascan Ave, with a church/school taking up an entire city block on Ascan's west side between Queens Blvd and Austin St) and even Queens Blvd becomes "quiet" right around that station. The LIRR tracks to the south and the GCP (and Jamaica Yard maybe?) to the north come so close to Queens Blvd at that point that there is very little within walking distance (that isn't closer to other stations). I think there's a closed hospital building still in that area? Parkway Hospital? Is there any further development potential in that geographically-awkward area? That's probably the biggest question before deciding what to do with the station. |
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