Astoria-Ditmars Blvd is the northern terminus of the Astoria Line elevated. The station has a single island platform for the two track line, and the tracks end at the northern end of the station. At the southern end of the station is the Astoria Line's tower. The Hell Gate Line, used by Amtrak's Northeast corridor to reach the New Haven Line, Boston, Springfield, or St. Albans, crosses directly over the station platform allowing its Northeast Regionals and Acela Expresses to be viewed from the subway platform.
The station's single exit is located on a small mezzanine level towards the center of its platform. Two staircases lead down directly to separate turnstile banks that are across from one another and served by a single token booth. Four conventional street staircases for an elevated line lead down from the mezzanine level to either side of 31 Street between Ditmars Blvd and 23 Avenue. Additionally the mezzanine level has direct access to Ditmars Plaza Mini Mall with an internet cafe, a realter (an apartments for rent sign in a subway station is strange) and eleven other commercial establishments. The mini mall has its own staircase directly up to the businesses that provides an additional subway entrance through the mall.
The station was given a $22 million renovation from 2018 through 2019, although the stop wasn't closed and no elevators were installed. This renovation included a tactile warning strip, a rebuilt station house with walls with a stained wood look, no longer painted, new green and cream windscreens on the platform but not the same Cuomo's sexy station renovation features like the rest of the stops on the Astoria line. In my opinion the renovation feels cheap.
Photos 1-31: August 5, 2009; 32-
The end of the line is Ditmars Blvd, a Broadway Exp train terminates.
Old mini-windscreens have the Ditmars Blvd sings on them, Astoria a subtext
Trash piled up beneath a windscreen on the Ditmars Blvd platform
A Ditmars Blvd-Astoria column sign
An enclosed by a metal windscreens bench on the platform, rarely needs to be used, there is generally a train terminating in the station
One of two staircases down from the platform to the mezzanine level's fare control
Approaching one of two sets of turnstiles that are at the foot of the only two staircases off the platform
A sign for the internet cafe and apartments in the mini mall that is attached to the train stations mezznanie
Another view of the decent sized mezzanine level outside of fare control
A street stair, notice how the mezzanine structure is attached to the building, I wonder what arrangements those landlords had
Anoter close up of the direct elevated subway entrance into that building
A street stair up to the elevated
A closed street stair because of construction on the Hell Gate Lines viaduct
Looking down the covered by an elevated street at Ditmars Blvd
Scaffolding on the Hell Gate Lines sturtucre
A wider view of all the scaffolding on the Hell Gate's Line structure
The sign for the fine establishments in the Ditmars Plaza shopping arcade
The staircase up to the shopping arcade that can also be used as an additional subway entrance.
Looking down 31 Street beneath the el
The northern end of the Astoria el along 31 Street, its a billboard
Station Subway Lines (2010-2016)
Last Updated: 20 December, 2010
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