46th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

46th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
A mosaic at 46th Street
Station statistics
Address	46th Street & Broadway Queens, NY 11103
Borough	Queens
Locale	Astoria
Coordinates	40°45′24″N 73°54′51″W / 40.756685°N 73.914256°W / 40.756685; -73.914256Coordinates: 40°45′24″N 73°54′51″W / 40.756685°N 73.914256°W / 40.756685; -73.914256
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	E  (late nights)       M  (weekdays until 11 p.m.)       R  (all hours except late nights)
Transit connections	MTA Bus: Q104
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1933; 84 years ago (1933-08-19)
Station code	270
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	2,904,517  1.8%
Rank	179 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Northern Boulevard: E  M  R
Next south	Steinway Street: E  M  R
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops weekdays only
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46th Street is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 46th Street and Broadway in Astoria, Queens, it is served by the R train at all times except nights, when the E train takes over service. The M train provides additional service here on weekdays except nights.

The Queens Boulevard Line was one of the first lines built by the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND), and stretches between the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan and 179th Street and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. The Queens Boulevard Line was in part financed by a Public Works Administration (PWA) loan and grant of $25,000,000. One of the proposed stations would have been located at 46th Street.

The first section of the line, west from Roosevelt Avenue to 50th Street, opened on August 19, 1933. E trains ran local to Hudson Terminal (today's World Trade Center) in Manhattan, while the GG (predecessor to current G service) ran as a shuttle service between Queens Plaza and Nassau Avenue on the IND Crosstown Line.

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