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Steinway Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

Steinway Street
"M" train"R" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Steinway Street Station by David Shankbone.jpg
A mosaic at Steinway Street with R46 R train at the station.
Station statistics
Address Steinway Street & Broadway
Queens, NY 11103
Borough Queens
Locale Astoria
Coordinates 40°45′31″N 73°55′08″W / 40.758668°N 73.918934°W / 40.758668; -73.918934Coordinates: 40°45′31″N 73°55′08″W / 40.758668°N 73.918934°W / 40.758668; -73.918934
Division B (IND)
Line IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services       E late nights (late nights)
      M weekdays until 11 p.m. (weekdays until 11 p.m.)
      R all hours except late nights (all hours except late nights)
Transit connections Bus transport MTA Bus: Q101, Q104
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened August 19, 1933; 84 years ago (1933-08-19)
Station code 271
Wireless service Wi-Fi and cellular service is provided at this station
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 4,703,321 Decrease 1.6%
Rank 103 out of 422
Station succession
Next north 46th Street: E late nightsM weekdays until 11 p.m.R all hours except late nights
Next south 36th Street: E late nightsM weekdays until 11 p.m.R all hours except late nights

Steinway Street is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located under Steinway Street between Broadway and 34th Avenue, it is served by the R train at all times except nights, when the E train takes over service. The M train provides additional service here on weekdays except nights.

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.


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