Queensboro Plaza (IRT Second Avenue Line)

Queensboro Plaza
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Upper-level platform
Station statistics
Address	27th Street & Queens Plaza Queens, NY 11101
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) <7> (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)       N  (all times)       W  (weekdays only)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Q32, B62 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)
Accessibility	Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	3,773,168  0.3%
Rank	136 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	39th Avenue (Astoria local): N  W  Astoria Boulevard (Astoria express): no regular service 33rd Street – Rawson Street (Flushing local): 7  61st Street – Woodside (Flushing express): <7>
Next south	Lexington Avenue / 59th Street (Broadway): N  W  Court Square (Flushing): 7  <7> 57th Street (Second Avenue elevated; demolished)
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops weekdays only
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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. The station is near the Queens Plaza underground subway station, though the two stations are separate and do not allow free transfers. It is served by the:

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.

The station's only exits are through a mezzanine located below the lower level (and formerly connected to the now torn-down BMT platforms to the west). From the mezzanine, there is a concrete ramp across Queens Plaza North to the second floor of a building. There is also an overpass leading to Queens Plaza South.