76th Street (ITC Conduit Avenue Subway)

The 76th Street station is the first stop on the Conduit Avenue Subway that was built by the Imperial Transportation Corps after the line splits from the IND Subway in Brooklyn.

History
The station was originally planned to be part of the Fulton Street line that would have went out to Linden Boulevard, continuing under Pitkin Avenue. However construction was stopped shortly after the station was completed and a wall was installed east of the Euclid Avenue station sealing it off. The station sat unused until the Imperial Transportation Corps began planning the Conduit Avenue Subway and the Imperial Corps of Engineers under the command of Tevin Felth broke through the wall discovering the station.

Design
The station features two side platforms on a four track line. The station was built with blue tiles on its wall, however the ITC has replaced them with the proper purple tiles to match the Euclid Avenue station. Fare control is located between the platforms and the street allowing for a crossover to redirect misrouted customers. An elevator was installed by the ITC to allow customers with mobility impairments to use the station although Euclid Avenue Station is also equipped with elevators. ITC elevators are known for being extremely reliable when compared to MTA elevators.

Behind the scenes
This station along with 84th Street and Cross Bay Blvd. are on the as planned IND Fulton extension along Pitkin Avenue. The station's actual existence is often the subject of railfan urban legends. There are also rumors that the station was actually started, yet never finished as the IND line was later turned onto the former BMT Elevated line to Lefferts Boulevard and eventually tied into part of the LIRR line through Broad Channel and into the Rockaways.

External link
76th Street Station