World's Fair Subway Station

Collection: This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in prints, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Date: October 27, 1940; 1940-10-27 Material: gelatin silver print Dimension: 3 x 5 3/8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Rugen Identifier: aql:15353 wjr-000735 wjr-000735.tif

Description: Crowds pour into and out of the World's Fair station of the IND subway. The IND World's Fair Line, officially the World's Fair Railroad, was a branch of the Independent Subway System serving the 1939 New York World's Fair in Queens, New York City. It split from the IND Queens Boulevard Line at an existing flying junction east of Forest Hills – 71st Avenue station, ran through the Jamaica Yard and then ran northeast and north through Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (roughly where the Van Wyck Expressway, I-678, is now) on a wooden trestle to the World's Fair Railroad station, a bit south of Horace Harding Boulevard (now the Long Island Expressway (I-495)). The World's Fair Railroad and station are the only IND line and station to have been closed and demolished.

Title : World's Fair Subway Station

Collection : aql:9443

Creator : William J. Rugen

Date : October 27, 1940; 1940-10-27

Summary/Description : Crowds pour into and out of the World's Fair station of the IND subway. The IND World's Fair Line, officially the World's Fair Railroad, was a branch of the Independent Subway System serving the 1939 New York World's Fair in Queens, New York City. It split from the IND Queens Boulevard Line at an existing flying junction east of Forest Hills – 71st Avenue station, ran through the Jamaica Yard and then ran northeast and north through Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (roughly where the Van Wyck Expressway, I-678, is now) on a wooden trestle to the World's Fair Railroad station, a bit south of Horace Harding Boulevard (now the Long Island Expressway (I-495)). The World's Fair Railroad and station are the only IND line and station to have been closed and demolished.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Subway stations; Crowds

Relation : This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in prints, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Flushing, NY Queens (New York, N.Y.) Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Flushing (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white print; digital image

Format : gelatin silver print; 3 x 5 3/8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:15353 wjr-000735 wjr-000735.tif