Briarwood station

 Briarwood
 
Southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressMain Street & Queens Boulevard
Queens, New York
BoroughQueens
LocaleBriarwood
Kew Gardens
Coordinates40°42′35″N 73°49′11″W / 40.70969°N 73.8196°W / 40.70969; -73.8196
DivisionB (IND)
LineIND Queens Boulevard Line
Services   E  (nights after 9:00 p.m., weekends, and limited a.m. rush hour trips)
   F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, reverse peak direction)
Transit
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedApril 24, 1937 (1937-04-24)
Accessible ADA-accessible to mezzanine only; accessibility to platforms planned
AccessibilitySame-platform wheelchair transfer available
Opposite-
direction
transfer
No
Former/other namesVan Wyck Boulevard (1937–1998)
Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard (1998–2015)
Traffic
20231,046,884 8.1%
Rank286 out of 423
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway Following station
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike
E  F  <F>

Local
Jamaica–Van Wyck
E 
Archer Ave
Sutphin Boulevard
F  <F>
Location
Track layout

Street map

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

The Briarwood station (formerly the Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard station or Van Wyck Boulevard station) is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 84th Drive, Main Street, Queens Boulevard, and the Van Wyck Expressway, in Briarwood, Queens, bordering Kew Gardens, it is served by the F train at all times, the E train at all times except rush hours and middays, and the <F> train during rush hours in the reverse peak direction.

This station opened on April 24, 1937, as part of an extension of the Independent Subway System's Queens Boulevard Line. It has been renovated multiple times to accommodate the construction of and modifications to the Van Wyck Expressway.