63rd Drive – Rego Park (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

63rd Drive–Rego Park
New York City Subway rapid transit station
A platform at 63rd Drive.
Station statistics
Address	63rd Drive & Queens Boulevard Queens, NY 11374
Borough	Queens
Locale	Rego Park
Coordinates	40°43′48″N 73°51′43″W / 40.73°N 73.862°W / 40.73; -73.862Coordinates: 40°43′48″N 73°51′43″W / 40.73°N 73.862°W / 40.73; -73.862
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	NYCT Bus: Q59 MTA Bus: Q38, Q60, Q72, QM11, QM18
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	December 31, 1936; 80 years ago (1936-12-31)
Wireless service
Former/other names	63rd Drive
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	5,244,226  0.5%
Rank	88 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	67th Avenue: E  M  R
Next south	Woodhaven Boulevard: 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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63rd Drive–Rego Park is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway, consisting of four tracks. Located at 63rd Drive and Queens Boulevard in the Rego Park neighborhood of 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. On December 31, 1936, the IND Queens Boulevard Line was extended by eight stops, and 3.5 miles (5.6 km), from its previous terminus at Roosevelt Avenue to Union Turnpike, and the Grand Avenue station opened as part of this extension.

Both platforms have a medium Sky Blue trim line with a black border and small "63RD DRIVE" signs below them in white lettering on a black border. The name tablets read "63RD DRIVE" in white sans serif font on a black border and identical blue trim. Above some of these tablets are modern signs reading "Rego Park". Some of the columns separating the local and express tracks have small "63RD DRIVE" signs on them in black lettering on a white border. The station's I-beam columns are all painted Slate Blue with alternating ones on the platforms having the standard black station name plate in white lettering.

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