Queens Plaza (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

Queens Plaza
New York City Subway rapid transit station
View of the Jamaica and Continental bound platform from the Manhattan bound platform, with a Jamaica Center bound E express train leaving the station.
Station statistics
Address	Queens Plaza, Jackson Avenue, Queens Boulevard & Northern Boulevard Queens, NY 11101
Borough	Queens
Locale	Long Island City
Coordinates	40°44′56″N 73°56′15″W / 40.748915°N 73.937387°W / 40.748915; -73.937387Coordinates: 40°44′56″N 73°56′15″W / 40.748915°N 73.937387°W / 40.748915; -73.937387
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	E  (all times)       M  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)       R  (all hours except late nights)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B62, Q32 MTA Bus: Q39, Q60, Q67, Q100, Q101, Q102
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1933; 83 years ago (1933-08-19)
Accessible
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	3,101,888  3.2%
Rank	163 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue (express): E  36th Street (local): E  M  R
Next south	Court Square–23rd Street (via Queens Boulevard): E  M  Lexington Avenue/59th Street (via Broadway): R  Court Square (via Crosstown): no regular service
Next north	Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue: E  M  R
Next south	Lexington Avenue–53rd Street (via Queens Boulevard): E  M  Times Square–42nd Street (via Broadway): R  Church Avenue (via Crosstown): no regular service
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops weekdays only
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Queens Plaza is an express station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located under the eastern edge of Queens Plaza at the large Queens Plaza interchange, it is served by the E train at all times, by the R train at all times except late nights, and by the M train on weekdays except late nights.

While situated relatively close to the elevated Queensboro Plaza station on the BMT Astoria Line and IRT Flushing Line, there is no free transfer between the two stations.

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 Steinway 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. It was the first stop in Queens after crossing the East River for six years until the 1939 opening of 23rd Street–Ely Avenue.