station at North Conduit Avenue. At the north end of the passageway at Pitkin Avenue is a gate which, when open, allows access between the station and racetrack and the local community. The glass-enclosed bridge, called the "SkyBridge", is temperature-controlled and provides another ADA-accessible entrance into the station. It leads directly to the Resorts World Casino. Formerly, the only entrance to the station was through a large wide passageway (similar to those at Mets–Willets Point), which led directly to the racetrack. Ridership Due to the fact that it mainly serves Aqueduct Racetrack, the station is not well-used compared to other stations in the system. During the 1970s ridership at the station declined, from 1.1 million passengers in 1975 to 573,000 in 1979. In 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009, the station was the second least used station in the system (and the least used station that was open for use). , ridership was higher on Saturdays than on weekdays (with an average of 58 riders on weekdays and 895 on Saturdays). A 2014 analysis by The Wall Street Journal found that 72.6 percent of riders at the Aqueduct Racetrack station received a senior citizens' discount. In 2009, the station had 27,004 entries, making the station among the system's least-used. This amounted to only 52 boardings per weekday in 2009, representing a 71.6 percent decrease from the station's 1990 ridership. In 2010, there were 29,644 recorded entries, and in 2011, there were 54,183 entries. Since the station was closed through 2012, there were no boardings, but after full-time service was restored to the station in 2013, there was a significantly higher ridership, with 213,601 recorded entries in 2013 and 630,644 entries in 2014. The increase in ridership at the station and the nearby Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue station since 2010 has been attributed to the closure of the New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation, that year and the opening of the casino in 2011. In 2019, the station had 601,436 boardings (down from 732,091 in 2018), making it the 400th busiest station in the 422-station system. This amounted to an average of 1,594 passengers per weekday. Notes References External links The Subway Nut – Aqueduct Racetrack Pictures Entrance and skybridge to the casino from Google Maps Street View IND Rockaway Line stations New York City Subway stations in Queens, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1959 1959 establishments in