Grand Avenue – Newtown (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

Grand Avenue – Newtown
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Grand Avenue, Broadway & Queens Boulevard Queens, NY 11373
Borough	Queens
Locale	Elmhurst
Coordinates	40°44′13″N 73°52′39″W / 40.73695°N 73.877521°WCoordinates: 40°44′13″N 73°52′39″W / 40.73695°N 73.877521°W
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	E  (late nights)       M  (weekdays until 11 p.m.)       R  (all hours except late nights)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: Q58, Q59 MTA Bus: Q53, Q60
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	December 31, 1936
Wireless service	[1][2]
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	5,995,764[3]  2.3%
Rank	73 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Woodhaven Boulevard: E  M  R
Next south	Elmhurst Avenue: E  M  R
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops weekdays only
Location

Grand Avenue – Newtown is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located under private property at the northeast corner of the intersection of Grand Avenue, Broadway, and Queens Boulevard in the neighborhood of Elmhurst, Queens, 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.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue weekdays (Elmhurst Avenue) ← toward Bay Ridge – 95th Street (Elmhurst Avenue) ← toward World Trade Center late nights (Elmhurst Avenue)
	Southbound express	← do not stop here
	Northbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ ( weekdays) toward Forest Hills – 71st Avenue (Woodhaven Boulevard) → → toward Jamaica Center late nights (Woodhaven Boulevard) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Entrance at Broadway

There are four tracks and two side platforms here. The station has a full length mezzanine, but as the fare control and booth area are at the center of the mezzanine, crossover is available only at the easternmost staircase. Each side has two sets of street stairs, with the full-time entrance at Grand Avenue and Broadway on the west end. The other two staircases by the crossover are closed at night, but there is HEET access at both ends without having to walk down to the middle of the mezzanine to exit fare control. It is evident from the two closed staircases at the Manhattan-bound side, that there were two fare control areas, one at each end. In total, this side of the station has four staircases in addition to the two closed ones mentioned, while the other side has five staircases.

Both platforms have a medium Cerulean Blue tile band with a black border with small "GRAND" captions in white lettering on a black background beneath them. They also have name tablets reading "GRAND AVE." with "NEWTOWN" shown beneath in white sans serif lettering on a black background and a Cerulean Blue border. Concrete-clad columns painted Cadet blue run along both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black name plates in white lettering.

References

1. NYC Subway Wireless
2. More Subway Stations in Manhattan, Bronx in Line to Get Online, mta.info (March 25, 2015). "The first two phases included stations in Midtown Manhattan and all underground stations in Queens with the exception of the 7 Main St terminal."
3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

External links

• nycsubway.org—IND Queens Boulevard Line: Grand Avenue/Newtown
• Station Reporter — R Train
• Station Reporter — M Train
• The Subway Nut — Grand Avenue – Newtown Pictures
• Grand Avenue — Broadway entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 54th Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View