Parsons Boulevard station

 Parsons Blvd
 
Southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressParsons Boulevard & Hillside Avenue
Queens, New York
BoroughQueens
LocaleBriarwood, Jamaica Hills, Jamaica
Coordinates40°42′28″N 73°48′10″W / 40.7077°N 73.8028°W / 40.7077; -73.8028
DivisionB (IND)
LineIND Queens Boulevard Line
Services   E  (limited rush-hour service)
   F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, peak direction)
Transit
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedApril 24, 1937 (1937-04-24)
Accessiblenot ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Traffic
20231,584,984 15.1%
Rank207 out of 423
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway Following station
Sutphin Boulevard
F  <F>

Local
169th Street
F  <F>
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike
E 
express
no regular service Jamaica–179th Street
E 
express
Location
Track layout

Street map

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

The Parsons Boulevard station is an express station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Parsons Boulevard and Hillside Avenue at the border between the Briarwood, Jamaica Hills neighborhoods as well as the central section of Jamaica 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.

This station opened on April 24, 1937 as part of an extension of the Independent Subway System's Queens Boulevard Line, and served as a terminal for F trains until the line was extended to 179th Street in 1950. Ridership at this station decreased sharply after the opening of the Archer Avenue lines in 1988.