Roosevelt Island station

 Roosevelt Island
 
Manhattan-bound platform
Station statistics
AddressMain Street near Road 5
New York, New York
BoroughManhattan
LocaleRoosevelt Island
Coordinates40°45′33″N 73°57′12″W / 40.759188°N 73.953438°W / 40.759188; -73.953438
DivisionB (IND)
LineIND 63rd Street Line
Services   F  (late nights and weekends)
   M  (weekdays during the day)
Transit Roosevelt Island Tramway
MTA Bus: Q102
RIOC: Red Bus, Octagon Express
NYC Ferry: Astoria route
StructureUnderground
Depth100 feet (30.5 m)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedOctober 29, 1989 (1989-10-29)
Accessible ADA-accessible
Traffic
20241,885,823  11.8%
Rank171 out of 423
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway Following station
Lexington Avenue–63rd Street
F M 
21st Street–Queensbridge
F M 
Location
Track layout

Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times
Stops all times except late nights
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service)
Stops weekdays during the day
Stops late nights and weekends

The Roosevelt Island station is a local station on the IND 63rd Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Manhattan on Roosevelt Island in the East River, it is served by the M train on weekdays during the day and the F train during weekends and nights.

The Roosevelt Island station was first proposed in 1965, when the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) announced that it would build a subway station to encourage transit-oriented development on Roosevelt Island. The station and the rest of the 63rd Street Line were built as part of the Program for Action, a wide-ranging subway expansion program, starting in the late 1960s. When construction of the line was delayed, the Roosevelt Island Tram was built in 1973. The Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation was formed in 1984 to develop the island, but was not successful until October 1989 when the subway station opened along with the rest of the 63rd Street Line. The opening encouraged the development of the island, which has made the station busier.

Until December 2001, this was the second-to-last stop of the line, which terminated one stop east at 21st Street–Queensbridge. In 2001, the 63rd Street Tunnel Connection opened, allowing trains from the IND Queens Boulevard Line to use the line. Since the opening of the connection, the line has been served by F trains, and the subway then became the second means for direct travel between the island and Queens, supplementing the buses that had been operating over the Roosevelt Island Bridge. The station is one of the system's deepest, at 100 feet (30 m) below ground, because the line passes under the West and East Channels of the East River at either end of the station.