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Queensboro Plaza (BMT Astoria Line)

Queensboro Plaza
"7" train "7" express train "N" train "W" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Queensboro Plaza - Northbound platform.jpg
Upper-level platform
Station statistics
Address 27th Street & Queens Plaza
Queens, NY 1110
Borough Queens
Locale Long Island City
Coordinates 40°45′2.35″N 73°56′25.24″W / 40.7506528°N 73.9403444°W / 40.7506528; -73.9403444Coordinates: 40°45′2.35″N 73°56′25.24″W / 40.7506528°N 73.9403444°W / 40.7506528; -73.9403444
Division A (IRT), B (BMT)
Line BMT Astoria Line
      IRT Flushing Line
Services       7 all times (all times) <7> rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)
      N all times (all times)
      W weekdays only (weekdays only)
Transit connections Bus transport NYCT Bus: Q32, B62
Bus transport MTA Bus: Q39, Q60, Q66, Q67, Q69, Q100, Q101, Q102
Structure Elevated
Levels 2
Platforms 2 island platforms (1 on each level)
cross-platform interchange
Tracks 4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened November 16, 1916; 100 years ago (1916-11-16) (Flushing Line)
February 1, 1917; 100 years ago (1917-02-01) (Astoria Line)
Station code 461
Accessibility Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 4,105,500 Increase 8.8%
Rank 125 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Astoria Boulevard (Astoria express): no regular service
39th Avenue (Astoria local): N all times W weekdays
61st Street–Woodside (Flushing express): <7> rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction
33rd Street–Rawson Street (Flushing local): 7 all times
Next south Lexington Avenue/59th Street (Broadway): N all times W weekdays only
57th Street (Second Avenue elevated; demolished)
Court Square (Flushing): 7 all times <7> rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction

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, 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.


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