The ugly ducklings of the subway system are finally on track for makeovers.
Fifty decrepit, ignored and possibly dangerous stations — some in the farthest-flung areas of the system — have been slated for at least partial renovations in the next five years, according to MTA documents.
Straphangers have endured stained ceilings, crumbling stairs, and aging platform edges for years at the stations, where the MTA now plans to inject $657 million.
Crews will go to work on seven stations each on the F and M lines, along with six stations each on the A, L and 3 lines, all in Brooklyn and Queens.
Four N and W stops in Astoria, Queens, will also get upgrades.
Only one Manhattan station, Grand Street on the B and D lines, is getting similar attention.
The news came as a pleasant shock to many straphangers who thought the buck stopped only at stations with the most riders or in the priciest neighborhoods.
“It’s beyond time. They should have done this a long time ago,” said Bob Kemp, 54, who frequently uses the Grand Street station.
The station “needs a whole lot of improvement. They need to clean and fix up the stairway,” he said.
The renovations are part of the $28 billion MTA capital budget plan.
Officials will pick and choose certain parts of stations that are in desperate need of repairs, instead of doing much more expensive, whole-hog renovations.
Each station is on the list because some part of it — like a canopy, overpass, platform column or windscreen — was judged to be in bad condition by MTA inspectors.
“Some of these stations are like the land that time forgot,” said Gene Russianoff, of the Straphangers Campaign.
Riders at the Court Street stop on the M and R lines in Brooklyn said it was about time the MTA decided to scrub their station clean.
“It gets out of hand,” Susan Margiotta, 48, a paralegal from Forest Hills, Queens.
“It definitely needs a good updating, a washing.”