In less than two weeks, the extension of the number 7 subway line will finally open, allowing straphangers to ride between Citifield in Flushing, Queens all the way to the far West Side of Manhattan. That's great news for some baseball fans, but many commuters cannot wait for the new service to begin. NY1's Michael Herzenberg filed this report.

You could call the 7 train a utility player in the city's subway system. It's the only line that intersects 18 of the 24 lines in the city.

Starting a week from Sunday, though, straphangers won't hear that last stop announcement at Times Square anymore.

"I think that that's perfect. Great for me," one rider says.

Commuters coming from Queens are pleased the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is finally putting the finishing touches on the 7 train extension to Eleventh Avenue.

"I think that's great. We need a train out there. I work on 27th and Tenth Ave. at Hudson Market, four to 10 after electrical, and it's hard for me to get back," one rider says.

It's a one and half mile extension.  The main entrances to the 7 line are built in new park space on both sides of 34th Street just east of Eleventh Avenue.

"It beats walking from Sixth Avenue all the way down to Twelfth," one rider says.

Straphangers will have to travel 80 feet down.

Elevator and escalator problems are the latest delay in the $2.4 billion project that was supposed to be completed by the end of 2013.

Because the line wasn't ready, then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg had to settle for a symbolic ride to an empty station before he left office.

Bloomberg was the driving force behind extending the line to the Javitz Center, the High Line and a projected 17 million square feet of new residential, retail and office space rising in the Hudson Yards.

The station will be open in time to watch the Mets hit the long ball, a shorter walk to the 7 train, but some are worried about fewer seats for the trip.

"If you get a seat at Times Square, you're not going to get that seat anymore, so, hey, not a big deal as long as you get to the game. Let's go mets!" one rider says.

This will be the westernmost stop in the entire subway—commuters taking the ferry from New Jersey are happy about that.