This elevated station has two tracks and an
island platform. The platform is wider than those in most other stations in the system because the station was formerly a major transfer point to the Flushing–Ridgewood
streetcar line to
Flushing. This service was replaced by the
Q58 bus on July 17, 1949. A brown canopy with green frames and support columns run along the entire length of the platform except for a small section at the west end (
railroad north). Below the station is an MTA-owned lot commonly used for storing buses based out of the adjacent
Fresh Pond Bus Depot. To the east of the station is the
Fresh Pond Yard. However, it can only be accessed from
Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue, the next station east (railroad south). Trains heading to the yard from Manhattan and Brooklyn must first enter Metropolitan Avenue, then reverse into the yard.
Exits This station has a
mezzanine/station house below the platform and tracks near the east (railroad south) end. Two staircases from the platform go down to the waiting area, where a
turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside
fare control, there is a token booth and two sets of doors. One set of doors leads to an elevated passageway that turns 90 degrees to a short staircase before a stair goes down to the east side of Fresh Pond Road. The passageway has a
high exit-only turnstile with its own staircase from the platform. The Fresh Pond Road entrance used to be a ramp to the mezzanine, but the ramp was removed following a 2010s renovation. == References ==