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{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Queens}}
{{other uses|52nd Street (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox NYCS
| name = 52 Street
| former = 52nd Street–Lincoln Avenue
| image = 52nd Street Lincoln Avenue Station - 48893413518.jpg
| image_caption = View from eastbound platform
| address = 52nd Street & Roosevelt Avenue<br>Woodside, New York
| borough = [[Queens]]
| locale = [[Woodside, Queens|Woodside]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40|44|38.53|N|73|54|46.31|W|display=inline,title}}
| division = IRT
| line = [[IRT Flushing Line]]
| service = Flushing local
| connection = {{bus icon}} [[NYCT Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|Q32}}
| platforms = 2 [[side platform]]s
| tracks = 3
| structure = Elevated
| open_date = {{start date and age|1917|April|21}}
| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
|line1=Flushing local|left1=46th Street–Bliss Street|right1=61st Street–Woodside
|note-row2={{Rail-interchange|nycs|7d}} does not stop here}}
| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|alltimes}}
| layout = {{NYCS 3-tracked local station|inline=y
|1=61st Street–Woodside
|2=46th Street–Bliss Street
|deg=285
}}
}}

The '''52nd Street station''' (also known as the '''52nd Street–Lincoln Avenue station''') is a local [[metro station|station]] on the [[IRT Flushing Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. Located at the intersection of 52nd Street and [[Roosevelt Avenue]] in [[Woodside, Queens]], it is served by the [[7 (New York City Subway service)|7]] train at all times.

== History ==

=== Early history ===
[[File:R188 7 train.jpg|left|thumb|[[R188 (New York City Subway car)|R188]] 7 train leaving the station]]The 1913 [[Dual Contracts]] called for the [[Interborough Rapid Transit Company]] (IRT) and [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]] (BRT; later Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, or [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation|BMT]]) to build new lines in [[Brooklyn]], [[Queens]], and [[the Bronx]]. Queens did not receive many new IRT and BRT lines compared to Brooklyn and the Bronx, since the city's Public Service Commission (PSC) wanted to alleviate subway crowding in the other two boroughs first before building in Queens, which was relatively undeveloped. The IRT Flushing Line was to be one of two Dual Contracts lines in the borough, along with the [[BMT Astoria Line|Astoria Line]]; it would connect [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]] and [[Long Island City]], two of Queens's oldest settlements, to Manhattan via the [[Steinway Tunnel]]. When the majority of the line was built in the early 1910s, most of the route went through undeveloped land, and Roosevelt Avenue had not been constructed.<ref name="Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013">{{Cite Routes Not Taken}}</ref>{{Rp|47}} Community leaders advocated for more Dual Contracts lines to be built in Queens to allow development there.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 2, 1909 |title=Move for Rapid Transit |page=1 |work=Newtown Register |url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%204/Newtown%20NY%20Register/Newtown%20NY%20Register%201909%20Grayscale/Newtown%20NY%20Register%201909%20Grayscale%20-%200592.pdf |access-date=September 30, 2017 |via=[[Fultonhistory.com]]}}</ref>

The Flushing Line was opened from Queensboro Plaza to [[103rd Street–Corona Plaza (IRT Flushing Line)|Alburtis Avenue]] (now 103rd Street–Corona Plaza) on April 21, 1917, with a local station at 52nd Street.<ref name="nyt-1917-04-22">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1917/04/22/archives/transit-service-on-corona-extension-of-dual-subway-system-opened-to.html|title=Transit Service on Corona Extension of Dual Subway System Opened to the Public|date=April 22, 1917|newspaper=The New York Times|page=RE1|access-date=October 2, 2011}}</ref>

=== Later years ===
The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1940-06-13 |title=City Transit Unity Is Now a Reality; Title to I.R.T. Lines Passes to Municipality, Ending 19-Year Campaign |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/13/archives/city-transit-unity-is-now-a-reality-title-to-irt-lines-passes-to.html |access-date=2022-05-14 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107193115/https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/13/archives/city-transit-unity-is-now-a-reality-title-to-irt-lines-passes-to.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="p1248134780">{{cite news |date=June 13, 1940 |title=Transit Unification Completed As City Takes Over I. R. T. Lines: Systems Come Under Single Control After Efforts Begun in 1921; Mayor Is Jubilant at City Hall Ceremony Recalling 1904 Celebration |page=25 |work=New York Herald Tribune |id={{ProQuest|1248134780}}}}</ref> The IRT routes were given numbered designations in 1948 with the introduction of [[List of New York City Subway R-type contracts|"R-type" rolling stock]], which contained [[rollsign]]s with numbered designations for each service.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Nicole |date=May 17, 2019 |title=How did the MTA subway lines get their letter or number? NYCurious |url=https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-subway-name-1-31116195/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302020704/https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-subway-name-1-31116195/ |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |access-date=January 27, 2021 |website=amNewYork}}</ref> The route from Times Square to Flushing became known as the [[7 (New York City Subway service)|7]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Friedlander |first1=Alex |last2=Lonto |first2=Arthur |last3=Raudenbush |first3=Henry |date=April 1960 |title=A Summary of Services on the IRT Division, NYCTA |url=https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/1960/1960-01-bulletin.pdf |url-status=live |journal=New York Division Bulletin |publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=2–3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914232631/https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/1960/1960-01-bulletin.pdf |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> On October 17, 1949, the joint BMT/IRT operation of the Flushing Line ended, and the line became the responsibility of the IRT.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 15, 1949 |title=Direct Subway Runs To Flushing, Astoria |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/10/15/96475230.pdf |access-date=October 7, 2017 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After the end of BMT/IRT dual service, the [[New York City Board of Transportation]] announced that the Flushing Line platforms would be lengthened to 11 IRT car lengths; the platforms were only able to fit nine 51-foot-long IRT cars beforehand.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bennett |first=Charles G. |date=November 20, 1949 |title=Transit Platforms On Lines In Queens To Be Lengthened; $3,850,000 Program Outlined for Next Year to Care for Borough's Rapid Growth New Links Are To Be Built 400 More Buses to Roll Also — Bulk of Work to Be on Corona-Flushing Route Transit Program In Queens Outlined |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/11/20/archives/transit-platforms-on-lines-in-queens-to-be-lengthened-3850000.html |access-date=April 29, 2018 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="p1325174459">{{cite news |date=November 20, 1949 |title=37 Platforms On Subways To Be Lengthened: All Stations of B. M. T. and I.R.T.in Queens Included in $5,000,000 Program |page=32 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1325174459}}}}</ref> The platforms at the station were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MrAjAQAAMAAJ&q=%22111th%22 |title=Minutes and Proceedings of the New York City Transit Authority |date=1955 |publisher=New York City Transit Authority |language=en |access-date=August 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913172339/https://books.google.com/books?id=MrAjAQAAMAAJ&dq=dyre+avenue+line&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22111th%22 |archive-date=September 13, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, nine-car trains continued to run on the 7 route until 1962, when they were extended to ten cars.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=December 1962 |title=R17s to the Flushing Line |url=https://issuu.com/erausa/docs/1962-06-dec-bulletin |journal=New York Division Bulletin |publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association |volume=5 |issue=6 |pages=M-8 |via=Issu}}</ref> With the opening of the [[1964 New York World's Fair]], trains were lengthened to eleven cars.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 31, 1963 |title=TA to Show Fair Train |newspaper=Long Island Star – Journal |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201963%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201963%2520-%25205257.pdf&highlightsFile=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F1988d896b7a6d005cf0318462615258c#page=1 |access-date=August 30, 2016 |via=Fulton History}}</ref><ref name="p895766286">{{Cite magazine |date=June 1, 1964 |title=A First-class Rapid Ride |volume=156 |issue=21 |page=22 |id={{proQuest|895766286}} |magazine=Railway Age}}</ref>

As part of the 2015–2019 Capital Program, the MTA announced plans to renovate the 52nd, 61st, 69th, 82nd, 103rd and 111th Streets stations, a project that had been delayed for several years. Conditions at these stations were reported to be among the worst of all stations in the subway system.<ref>{{cite web | title=MTA To Overhaul Six Stations on the 7 Line, Currently in Design Phase | website=Sunnyside Post | last=Murray | first=Christian | date=November 19, 2019 | url=https://sunnysidepost.com/mta-to-overhaul-six-stations-on-the-7-line-currently-in-design-phase | access-date=April 29, 2020}}</ref> The Manhattan-bound platform at the 52nd Street station will close for renovation starting winter 2025, followed by the closure of the Flushing-bound platform.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 21, 2023 |title=MTA Announces Service Changes on 7 Line Beginning May 12 |url=https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-announces-service-changes-7-line-beginning-may-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422013849/https://new.mta.info/press-release/mta-announces-service-changes-7-line-beginning-may-12 |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |access-date=April 22, 2023 |website=Metropolitan Transportation Authority}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 9, 2023 |title=Improving the 7 Line |url=https://new.mta.info/project/flushing-line |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325201210/https://new.mta.info/project/flushing-line |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |access-date=April 22, 2023 |website=Metropolitan Transportation Authority}}</ref>

==Station layout==
{{NYCS Platform Layout IRT Flushing Line/local}}
[[File:52 st- Lincoln Av Station IMG.jpg|left|thumb|240x240px|Street stair]]
This elevated station has two [[side platform]]s and three tracks. The center express track is used by the rush hour peak direction [[7d (New York City Subway service)|&lt;7&gt;]] express train. Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies with green roofs along the entire length except for a small section at the south end, which has only a windscreen on the eastbound side and a waist-high steel fence on the westbound side.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/IRT_Flushing_Line#52nd_Street-Lincoln_Avenue |title=www.nycsubway.org: IRT Flushing Line |website=www.nycsubway.org| access-date = February 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.subwaynut.com/flushing_line/52_lincoln/index.php |title=52 Street-Lincoln Av (7) - The SubwayNut |last=Cox |first=Jeremiah |website=www.subwaynut.com |access-date=February 28, 2016 |archive-date=January 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105100312/http://subwaynut.com/flushing_line/52_lincoln/index.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

This is the southernmost (geographical west) station on the [[IRT Flushing Line]] that is on a steel viaduct above Roosevelt Avenue. West of this station, the line curves and becomes a concrete viaduct above [[Queens Boulevard]] until 32nd Place.

===Exits===
This station has two entrances. The full-time one is a wooden elevated station house beneath the tracks at the south end. It has a single staircase to each platform, waiting area that allows free transfer between directions, [[turnstile]] bank, token booth, and two staircases to the street, one to each western corner of 52nd Street and Roosevelt Avenue.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

The other entrance is at the station's extreme north (geographical east) end. A single canopied staircase from each platform goes down a landing outside of a now-closed elevated station house beneath the tracks. A single [[HEET turnstile]] provides entrance/exit from the station before a street stair goes down 53rd Street and Roosevelt Avenue. The Manhattan-bound staircase is at the northeast corner while the [[Flushing–Main Street (IRT Flushing Line)|Flushing]]-bound one is at the southeast corner.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

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== References ==

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== External links ==
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* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?195:271|IRT Flushing Line|52nd Street/Lincoln Avenue}}
* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.744176,-73.912529&spn=0.003845,0.013433&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.743991,-73.913091&panoid=ZoIayZn5myxWeqeX_ltu5w&cbp=12,7.26,,0,1.91 52nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.744485,-73.911359&spn=0.003845,0.013433&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.74452,-73.911259&panoid=exbzMSop_fwjpjtgQyqzYA&cbp=12,282.35,,0,2.63 53rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [http://www.google.com/maps/@40.744503,-73.911972,3a,75y,334.24h,85.17t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-38SzVxvaJOo%2FV42ad-AKbfI%2FAAAAAAAAK4U%2FUrCSr0HhDmcFsCZATWRk6Wb6jV2fXbwDwCLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh6.googleusercontent.com%2F-38SzVxvaJOo%2FV42ad-AKbfI%2FAAAAAAAAK4U%2FUrCSr0HhDmcFsCZATWRk6Wb6jV2fXbwDwCLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i9728!8i4864!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1 Platforms from Google Maps Street View]

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