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Grand Avenue – Newtown (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

Grand Avenue–Newtown
"M" train "R" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Grand Avenue-Newtown - Manhattan Bound Platform.jpg
Manhattan bound platform with Metropolitan Avenue bound M at the station.
Station statistics
Address Grand Avenue, Broadway & Queens Boulevard
Queens, NY 11373
Borough Queens
Locale Elmhurst
Coordinates 40°44′13″N 73°52′39″W / 40.73695°N 73.877521°W / 40.73695; -73.877521Coordinates: 40°44′13″N 73°52′39″W / 40.73695°N 73.877521°W / 40.73695; -73.877521
Division B (IND)
Line IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services       E late nights (late nights)
      M weekdays until 11 p.m. (weekdays until 11 p.m.)
      R all hours except late nights (all hours except late nights)
Transit connections Bus transport NYCT Bus: Q58, Q59
Bus transport MTA Bus: Q53, Q60
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened December 31, 1936; 80 years ago (1936-12-31)
Wireless service Wi-Fi and cellular service is provided at this station
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 6,057,028 Increase 1%
Rank 71 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Woodhaven Boulevard: E late nights M weekdays until 11 p.m. R all hours except late nights
Next south Elmhurst Avenue: E late nights M weekdays until 11 p.m. R all hours except late nights

Grand Avenue–Newtown is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located under private property at the northeast corner of the intersection of Grand Avenue, Broadway, and Queens Boulevard in the neighborhood of Elmhurst, 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.

In Elmhurst, the destruction of almost all of the century-old buildings in the heart of the village were destroyed for the construction of the subway. Land was taken on the west side of the Broadway to avoid the demolition of the Saint James Episcopal Church and the Reformed Church. Many nineteenth century residences and the Wandowenock Fire Company buildings had to be torn down. To allow the subway line to curve into Queens Boulevard from Broadway, the northeast corner of the two streets was removed, in addition to some stores and an old Presbyterian chapel. New buildings were built behind a new curb line once the subway was completed, bringing a new face to Elmhurst. The introduction of the subway stimulated local growth in Elmhurst. Commercial buildings and apartment houses replaced existing structures.


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