88 St-Boyd Av (A,S-Late Night Shuttle to Lefferts Blvd)

88 Street-Boyd Avenue has standard design for a formerly BMT Liberty Street Line elevated station. There are two-side platforms each with canopies over most of the platforms minus the extreme ends. The station only currently has only one open exit to 88th Street towards the eastern end of the platform. It has the standard small station house and fare control area beneath the el with one staircase up to each platform and staircases down to the NE and SE corners of Liberty Avenue and 88 Street.

There used to be an exit to 86 Street at the western end of the platform. Evidence of the former station house is visible from street level beneath the tracks and platform, but the two staircases that used to lead down to street level have been removed (around 2002). On each platform there is a gated off staircase that used to lead down to this station house, with Exit Closed Use other end of platform signs on them.

The station was renovated betewen 2014 through 2015. This resulted in the Queens-bound platform being closed from May 12, 2014 through September 29, 2014, and the Manhattan-bound platform being closed from October 13, 2014 through February 1, 2015.

This renovation rebuilt the station to have green and cream colored windscreens. Canopy column signs say 88 St in a large font and Boyd Avenue in a tiny secondary font. The platform and entrance signs say 88 Street-Boyd Av all in the same font. The former exit closed staircases look a bit more professional with silver fencing surrounding the staircases.
Photos 1-16: December 29, 2008; 17-21: September 30, 2005; 22-42: September 4, 2023;

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Looking underneath the Liberty Avenue elevated towards the section underneath the tracks where the platform begins at 86 Street the station house beneath the elevated still exists abandoned but all staircases down to street level have been removed.

A side view of one of the two staircases up to the 88 St-Boyd Avenue subway station.

Windows that allow natural light into the station house are visible from street level at 88 St-Boyd Avenue.

An entrance to the 88 St-Boyd Av station from street level, one of two.

The wide area before entering the station house at 88 St-Boyd Av at the top of one of the staircases from street level. Passengers must enter or exit the subway system using the station house.

An old-style green bench in the station at 88 St-Boyd Av just after passing through fare control. Buzzers saying train approaching are important in these stations allowing passengers to wait in the warmth of the station house before going upstairs to the elements.

The two green doors that lead out to the staircase for trains to Lefferts Blvd & the Rockaways.

A R44 A train leaves 88 St-Boyd Av.

The extreme western end of the platform at 88 St-Boyd Av. The windscreen still is along the platform but no canopy and fairly modern looking lampposts.

A platform sign at 88 St-Boyd Av on the metal windscreen.

Looking down the narrow Lefferts/Rockaways platform at 88 St-Boyd Av with its green beams holding up the station's roof.

A 88 St-Boyd Av column sign with the stations lettered name in much smaller text then the number.

A sign saying Exit other end of platform because the station house to 86 St has been closed to save money at 88 St-Boyd Av.

The setting suns glare onto the Manhattan-bound platform at 88 St-Boyd Avenue.

An Exit sign for the exit to 88 St/Liberty Av on the windscreen of the Manhattan-bound platform.

The closed staircase on the Rockaway-bound platform that leads to the abandoned exit at 88 St-Boyd Av.

A R44 A train enters 88 St-Boyd Av.

R44 #5218 is the last car of a Manhattan-bound A train leaving 88 St-Boyd Av.

R44 #5218 after leaving 88 St-Boyd Av.

A couple people wait for the train on one end of the platform at 88 St-Boyd Av.

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