Queensboro Plaza
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New York City Subway rapid transit station | |||||||||||
Upper-level platform
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Station statistics | |||||||||||
Address | 27th Street & Queens Plaza Queens, NY 1110 |
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Borough | Queens | ||||||||||
Locale | Long Island City | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°45′2.35″N 73°56′25.24″W / 40.7506528°N 73.9403444°WCoordinates: 40°45′2.35″N 73°56′25.24″W / 40.7506528°N 73.9403444°W | ||||||||||
Division | A (IRT), B (BMT) | ||||||||||
Line |
BMT Astoria Line IRT Flushing Line |
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Services |
7 (all times) <7> (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction) N (all times) W (weekdays only) |
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Transit connections |
NYCT Bus: Q32, B62 MTA Bus: Q39, Q60, Q66, Q67, Q69, Q100, Q101, Q102 |
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Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||
Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms (1 on each level) cross-platform interchange |
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Tracks | 4 (2 on each level) | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Opened | November 16, 1916 February 1, 1917 (Astoria Line) |
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Station code | 461 | ||||||||||
Accessibility | Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available | ||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||
Passengers (2016) | 4,105,500 8.8% | ||||||||||
Rank | 125 out of 422 | ||||||||||
Station succession | |||||||||||
Next north |
Astoria Boulevard (Astoria express): no regular service 39th Avenue (Astoria local): N W 61st Street–Woodside (Flushing express): <7> 33rd Street–Rawson Street (Flushing local): 7 |
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Next south |
Lexington Avenue/59th Street (Broadway): N W 57th Street (Second Avenue elevated; demolished) Court Square (Flushing): 7 <7> |
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Queensboro Plaza is an elevated New York City Subway station over Queens Plaza in Long Island City, at the east (Queens) end of the Queensboro Bridge, with Queens Boulevard running east from the plaza. It is served by the:
While the station is near the Queens Plaza underground subway station, which serves the IND Queens Boulevard Line, the two stations are separate and do not allow free transfers.
This two-level station has two island platforms (one on each level) and four tracks. It stands over the south (railroad east) side of the roadway, but formerly spanned the whole plaza. Trains running into Queens stop on the upper level and Manhattan-bound trains below. The BMT Astoria Line (which to the south joins with the 60th Street Tunnel Connection and heads through the 60th Street Tunnel to the BMT Broadway Line) uses the two tracks west (compass north) of the platforms and the IRT Flushing Line uses the east two tracks.
As of 2014[update], the station is being renovated by NYCTA employees (as opposed to an outside contractor). A computer assisted tower is being installed on the south end, as part of the IRT Flushing Line automation.