Roosevelt Island station

Roosevelt Island
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station platforms
Station statistics
Address	Main Street near Road 5 New York, New York
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Roosevelt Island
Coordinates	40°45′33″N 73°57′12″W / 40.759188°N 73.953438°W / 40.759188; -73.953438
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND 63rd Street Line
Services	F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, peak direction)
Transit	Roosevelt Island Tramway MTA Bus: Q102 RIOC: Red Bus, Octagon Express NYC Ferry: Astoria route
Structure	Underground
Depth	100 feet (30.5 m)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	October 29, 1989; 35 years ago (1989-10-29)[2]
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	1,686,544[3]  5.4%
Rank	187 out of 423[3]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Lexington Avenue–63rd Street F  <F> toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue 21st Street–Queensbridge F  <F> toward Jamaica–179th Street
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to 21st Street–Queensbridge to Lexington Avenue–63rd Street
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)

The Roosevelt Island station is a 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 F train at all times and the <F> train during rush hours in the reverse peak direction.

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.