169th Street station (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

 169 Street
 
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address169th Street & Hillside Avenue
Queens, New York
BoroughQueens
LocaleJamaica
Coordinates40°42′38″N 73°47′35″W / 40.710638°N 73.793063°W / 40.710638; -73.793063
DivisionB (IND)
LineIND Queens Boulevard Line
Services   F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, reverse peak direction)
Transit
StructureUnderground
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedApril 24, 1937 (1937-04-24)
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
20231,627,817 6.8%
Rank200 out of 423
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway Following station
Parsons Boulevard
F  <F>

Local
Jamaica–179th Street
F  <F>
Terminus
Location
Track layout

Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service)

The 169th Street station is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 169th Street and Hillside Avenue in Queens, it is served by the F train at all times, the <F> train during rush hours in the reverse peak direction, and a few rush-hour E trains to Jamaica–179th Street during p.m. rush hours.

169th Street station opened on April 24, 1937, as the terminal station of the Independent Subway System's Queens Boulevard Line. This station was once heavily used because of the many bus connections available for riders heading further east within Queens. It became the closest subway station to the 165th Street Bus Terminal after the closure and demolition of the nearby 168th Street BMT station on Jamaica Avenue in 1977. Ridership at 169th Street station declined significantly following the opening of the Archer Avenue lines in 1988.