Briarwood (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
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Briarwood
 
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| New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||
One of the platforms with the old "Van Wyck Boulevard" mosaic.
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| Address |
Main Street & Queens Boulevard Queens, NY 11435 |
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| Borough | Queens | ||||||||
| Locale | Briarwood | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42′35″N 73°49′11″W / 40.70969°N 73.8196°WCoordinates: 40°42′35″N 73°49′11″W / 40.70969°N 73.8196°W | ||||||||
| Division | B (IND) | ||||||||
| Line | IND Queens Boulevard Line | ||||||||
| Services |
E  (nights after 9:00 p.m. and weekends)F  (all times) |
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| Transit connections |
 NYCT Bus: Q20A, Q20B, Q44 SBS, QM21, X63, X64, X68 MTA Bus: Q60
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| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
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| Opened | April 24, 1937 | ||||||||
| Accessibility | Same-platform wheelchair transfer available | ||||||||
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| Former/other names | Van Wyck Boulevard (1937–1998) Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard (1998–2015) |
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| Passengers (2015) | 1,479,278  3.7% |
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| Rank | 311 out of 422 | ||||||||
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| Next north |
Sutphin Boulevard: F Jamaica–Van Wyck (Archer): E
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| Next south |
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike: E F
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Briarwood (formerly Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard or Van Wyck Boulevard) is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 84th Drive, Main Street, Queens Boulevard, and the Van Wyck Expressway, in Briarwood, Queens, bordering Kew Gardens, it is served by the F at all times and the E at all times except rush hours and middays.
This station has two side platforms and four tracks. The platforms have Slate Blue columns, a Jasmine Yellow tile trim with black borders, and name tablets containing "VAN WYCK BLVD." in white lettering on a black border with matching yellow trimming.
The full-length mezzanine is directly above the platforms. It is separated into three sections with two black fences. Fare control is in the middle due to the requirement to have a pedestrian underpass under Queens Boulevard, so there is no free transfer between directions. The station is directly under the Van Wyck Expressway's southbound service road at this point, however.
The station mezzanine has hosted the NYPD Transit Bureau's District 20 station house since the mid-1990s.
The full-time exit is via a long passageway to Main Street and Queens Boulevard. Another pair of exits exists at the southwestern corner of Queens Boulevard and Van Wyck Expressway, one next to Maple Grove Cemetery, the other next to the Van Wyck Expressway. Another entrance on the north side of the Queens Boulevard overpass over the Van Wyck Expressway formerly existed, but was later demolished.
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