Queensboro Plaza station

 Queensboro Plaza
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R188 <7> train departing the upper-level platform
Station statistics
Address27th Street & Queens Plaza
Long Island City, New York
BoroughQueens
LocaleLong Island City
Coordinates40°45′2.35″N 73°56′25.24″W / 40.7506528°N 73.9403444°W / 40.7506528; -73.9403444
DivisionA (IRT), B (BMT)
LineBMT Astoria Line
IRT Flushing Line
Services   7  (all times) <7>  (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)​​
   N  (all times)
​   W  (weekdays)
Transit NYCT Bus: B62, Q32
MTA Bus: Q39, Q60, Q66, Q67, Q69, Q100, Q101, Q102
StructureElevated
Levels2
Platforms2 island platforms (1 on each level)
cross-platform interchange
Tracks4 (2 on each level)
Other information
OpenedNovember 16, 1916 (1916-11-16) (Flushing Line)
February 1, 1917 (1917-02-01) (Astoria Line)
Accessible ADA-accessible
AccessibilityCross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20233,573,523  14.7%
Rank88 out of 423
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway Following station
Court Square
7  <7> ​
toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards
Express		 61st Street–Woodside
<7>
toward Flushing–Main Street

Local		 33rd Street–Rawson Street
7 
toward Flushing–Main Street
Lexington Avenue–59th Street
N  ​W 
via 34th Street–Herald Square
Local		 39th Avenue
N  ​W 
toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard
Location
Track layout

to 61st Street–Woodside
to 33rd Street–Rawson Street
to Astoria Boulevard
​ to 39th Avenue
to lower level
from lower level
​ to Court Square
​ to
Lexington Av
59th Street
Lower level
from upper level
to upper level
Tracks used by the ​
Tracks used by the
Tracks not in service
Street map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Stops weekdays during the day

The Queensboro Plaza station (originally named the Queensboro Bridge Plaza station or simply Bridge Plaza station) is an elevated New York City Subway station at Queens Plaza (originally called Queensboro Bridge Plaza or simply Bridge Plaza) in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. It is near the east end of the Queensboro Bridge, with Queens Boulevard running east from the plaza. The station is served by the 7 and N trains at all times, the W train on weekdays, and the <7> train rush hours in the peak direction.

Queensboro Plaza was originally built in 1916–1917 as part of the Dual Contracts between New York City and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT). The station initially had eight tracks to allow BMT and IRT passengers to transfer between the Astoria, Flushing, and Second Avenue elevated lines. The northern section of the station was closed in the late 1940s and demolished in 1964. Queensboro Plaza now contains only four tracks: two each for the IRT Flushing Line (7 and <7>​ trains) and the BMT Astoria Line (N and ​W trains).

Today, Queensboro Plaza is the only station in the entire system to provide cross-platform transfers between "A" Division (7 and <7>​) and "B" Division (N and ​W) trains. While the station is near the Queens Plaza underground subway station, which serves the IND Queens Boulevard Line, the two stations are separate and do not offer free transfers. West of the station, the Astoria Line descends into the 60th Street Tunnel under the East River into Manhattan, while the Flushing Line turns south before descending into the Steinway Tunnel past Court Square.

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