Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike
New York City Subway rapid transit station
The Jamaica bound platform at Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike, with the two parts of the station name printed in reverse order on the overhead sign.
Station statistics
Address	Union Turnpike & Queens Boulevard Queens, NY 11415
Borough	Queens
Locale	Kew Gardens, Forest Hills
Coordinates	40°42′51″N 73°49′51″W / 40.714151°N 73.830786°W / 40.714151; -73.830786Coordinates: 40°42′51″N 73°49′51″W / 40.714151°N 73.830786°W / 40.714151; -73.830786
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	E  (all times)       F  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Q46, X63, X64, X68 MTA Bus: Q10, Q37, Q60, QM18, QM21 LIRR: City Terminal Zone (at Kew Gardens)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	December 31, 1936; 80 years ago (1936-12-31)
Accessible
Wireless service
Former/other names	Union Turnpike–Kew Gardens
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	8,354,731  0.1%
Rank	43 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Parsons Boulevard (express): E  Jamaica–Van Wyck (Archer express): E  Briarwood (local): E  F
Next south	75th Avenue (local): E  F  Forest Hills–71st Avenue (express): E
Next north	Jamaica–179th Street (via Queens Blvd./Hillside): E  F  Jamaica–Van Wyck (via Archer): E
Next south	Forest Hills–71st Avenue: E  F
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only
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Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike (signed as Union Turnpike–Kew Gardens on overhead and entrance signs) is an express station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Union Turnpike and Queens Boulevard on the border of Kew Gardens and Forest Hills, Queens, it is served by the E and F trains at all times. Despite the station's name, Union Turnpike forms the border between Kew Gardens and Forest Hills, and the station straddles that border, with multiple entrances located in each neighborhood.

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 Union Turnpike. A map from June 1925 shows a proposed alternate routing for the Queens Boulevard Line, that would have had the line turn via Kew Gardens Road after the Union Turnpike station instead of continuing via Queens Boulevard. After proceeding via Kew Gardens Road the line would have turned via Hillside Avenue. If this route were used, then Kew Gardens Road would have had to been widened to accommodate the four track line. This alternate routing would have provided for better access to Richmond Hill. In 1930, in anticipation of growth due to the building of the Queens Boulevard Line, several blocks of land along Queens Boulevard were rezoned so that fifteen-story apartment buildings could be built.