List of New York City Subway stations in Queens

The current New York City Transit Authority rail system map; Queens is located to the center and right portion of the map.

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City in the U.S. state of New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. Operated by the New York City Transit Authority under the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York, the New York City Subway is the busiest rapid transit system in the United States and the fourth busiest in the world, with 5.225 million daily riders. The system's 469 stations qualifies it to have the largest number of rapid transit stations in the world.

Three rapid transit companies merged in 1940 to create the present New York City Subway system: the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), and the Independent Subway System (IND). All three former systems are present in Queens.

History and description

Until 1915 most rapid transit in Queens consisted of streetcars, primarily those owned by affiliates of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, but some included trolleys owned by the Long Island Consolidated Electrical Companies, a holding company co-owned by the Long Island Rail Road and Interborough Rapid Transit Company. Some steam dummy lines also entered Queens from Brooklyn, most notably the Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit lines along the Atlantic Branch and part of the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. As far back as 1885, proposals existed for a tunnel between Midtown Manhattan and Long Island City designed to connect the Long Island Rail Road with the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad with a trolley line. Construction hazards, economic despair, and the transfer of ownership of this project delayed completion of the tunnel. This tunnel would eventually be known as the Steinway Tunnel.

The oldest subway line in Queens is the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line which was extended from Brooklyn into Ridgewood and Middle Village, replacing a steam dummy line. This was followed by the IRT Flushing Line, which had only one station in Long Island City, until it was extended with Dual Contracts to Astoria in 1916, Corona in 1917, and Downtown Flushing in 1928. The BMT Fulton Street Line extended from the City Line section of Brooklyn into Ozone Park and Richmond Hill. The same dual contracts project that brought about the extension of the IRT Flushing Line also lead to the creation of the BMT Astoria Line, as well as a connecting spur from the IRT Second Avenue Line over the Queensboro Bridge. The Astoria Line was the northernmost line owned by the BMT. The BMT Broadway-Brooklyn Line entered Queens from the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn and ran through Woodhaven and Richmond Hill in 1917, and finally towards Downtown Jamaica in 1918.

The city-owned Independent Subway System installed two lines in Queens on August 19, 1933; the IND Crosstown Line ran south from Court Square in Long Island City to Greenpoint in Brooklyn, and was expanded to Downtown Brooklyn in 1937. The IND Queens Boulevard Line entered from Manhattan and ran to Jackson Heights, then to Kew Gardens on December 31, 1936, then to 169th Street in Jamaica on April 24, 1937. One last station at 179th Street was built on December 10, 1950. From 1939 to 1940, IND installed a spur off the Queens Boulevard Line called the IND World's Fair Line. The line was demolished after the closing of the 1939 World's Fair and the remnants can be found in the Jamaica Yard. A devastating fire on the trestle of the Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Jamaica Bay in 1950 lead the gradual closure of the branch, as well as part of the Far Rockaway Branch and the replacement of both by the IND Rockaway Line by 1956, replacing many but not all former LIRR stations. One other station (Far Rockaway - Mott Avenue (IND Rockaway Line)) would be opened in 1958, and the LIRR replaced it with a new station three blocks east a month later. When the IND connected the Fulton Street Subway to the BMT Fulton Street Elevated on April 29, 1956, the former segments of the line in Ozone Park and Richmond Hill was officially "recaptured" by the IND.

The newest subway lines to be built were the Archer Avenue Lines in 1988 which replaced the demolished sections of the BMT Jamaica Line in Downtown Jamaica itself with an connecting spur to the IND Queens Boulevard Line, and 63rd Street Lines in 1989 from the Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island.

Lines and services

There are 81 New York City Subway stations in Queens, per the official count of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority; of these, 10 are express-local stations. If the 2 station complexes are counted as one station each, the number of stations is 78. In the table below, lines with colors next to them indicate trunk lines, which determine the colors that are used for services' route bullets and diamonds. The opening date refers to the opening of the first section of track for the line. In the "division" column, the current division is followed by the original division in parentheses.

Division Line Services Stations in Queens Opened Continues to
B (IND) 63rd Street Line 1 October 29, 1989 Manhattan
B (BMT) Archer Avenue Lines 2 (1 express-local station,[^ 1] both shared with IND Archer Avenue Line) December 11, 1988 N/A
B (IND) Archer Avenue Lines 3 (2 shared with BMT Archer Avenue Line) December 11, 1988 N/A
B (BMT) Astoria Line 7 (1 shared with Flushing Line) February 1, 1917 Manhattan
B (IND)      Crosstown Line 2 (1 part of a station complex) August 19, 1933 Brooklyn
A (IRT)      Flushing Line   18 (4 express-local stations, 1 shared with Astoria Line, 2 part of station complexes) June 22, 1915 Manhattan
B (IND) Fulton Street Line 6 April 29, 1956 Brooklyn
B (BMT) Jamaica Line 6 (1 express-local station)[^ 1] May 28, 1917 Brooklyn
B (BMT) Myrtle Avenue Line 4 February 22, 1915 Brooklyn
B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line 21 (4 express-local stations, 2 part of station complexes) August 19, 1933 Manhattan
B (IND) Rockaway Line 14 June 28, 1956 N/A

Stations

Permanently closed subway stations, including those that have been demolished, are not included in the list below. Numerically named stations that are attached with a geographic location before them (61st Street – Woodside, Forest Hills – 71st Avenue, and Jamaica – 179th Street) are listed under the geographic location name.

Station service legend
Stops all times
Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only
Stops weekdays only
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction
Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Time period details
* Station is part of a station complex
** Transfer stations either between local and express services or that involve the terminus of a service on the same line; may also be part of a station complex as defined above
*** Multi-level or adjacent-platform transfer stations on different lines considered to be one station as classified by the MTA
Terminal of a service
*†, **† or ***† Transfer stations and terminals
Last station in Queens before service continues to Brooklyn or Manhattan
*‡, **‡, or ***‡ Last station in Queens and a transfer station
*†‡, **†‡, or ***†‡ Last station in Queens, a transfer station and a terminal
Station is handicapped-accessible per the Americans with Disabilities Act[1]
(N) and (S) Station is handicapped-accessible in either the northbound or southbound direction only
Station Division Line Services Opened [2] [3] [4]
021st Street 1 B (IND) Crosstown Line       G  August 19, 1933[4]
021st Street – Queensbridge 0 B (IND) 63rd Street Line       F  October 29, 1989[5]
030th Avenue 1 B (BMT) Astoria Line       N 
      Q 
February 1, 1917[3]
033rd Street – Rawson Street 1 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  April 21, 1917[2]
036th Avenue 1 B (BMT) Astoria Line       N 
      Q 
February 1, 1917[3]
036th Street 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      M 
      R 
August 19, 1933[4]
039th Avenue 1 B (BMT) Astoria Line       N 
      Q 
February 1, 1917[3]
040th Street – Lowery Street 1 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  April 21, 1917[2]
046th Street 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      M 
      R 
August 19, 1933[4]
046th Street – Bliss Street 1 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  April 21, 1917[2]
052nd Street 1 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  April 21, 1917[2]
063rd Drive – Rego Park 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      M 
      R 
December 31, 1936[4]
065th Street 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      M 
      R 
August 19, 1933[4]
067th Avenue 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      M 
      R 
December 31, 1936[4]
069th Street 1 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  April 21, 1917[2]
074th Street – Broadway*[^ 2] 0 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  April 21, 1917[2]
075th Avenue 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      F 
December 31, 1936[4]
075th Street – Elderts Lane 1 B (BMT) Jamaica Line       J 
      Z 
May 28, 1917[3]
080th Street 1 B (IND) Fulton Street Line       A  April 29, 1956[4]
082nd Street – Jackson Heights 1 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  April 21, 1917[2]
085th Street – Forest Parkway 1 B (BMT) Jamaica Line       J  May 28, 1917[3]
088th Street 1 B (IND) Fulton Street Line       A  April 29, 1956[4]
090th Street – Elmhurst Avenue 1 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  April 21, 1917[2]
103rd Street – Corona Plaza 1 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  April 21, 1917[2]
104th Street 1 B (IND) Fulton Street Line       A  April 29, 1956[4]
104th Street 1 B (BMT) Jamaica Line       J 
      Z 
May 28, 1917[3]
111th Street 1 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  October 13, 1925[2]
111th Street 1 B (IND) Fulton Street Line       A  April 29, 1956[4]
111th Street 1 B (BMT) Jamaica Line       J  May 28, 1917[3]
121st Street 1 B (BMT) Jamaica Line       J 
      Z 
July 3, 1918[3]
169th Street 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       F  April 24, 1937[4]
Aqueduct Racetrack[^ 3] 1 B (IND) Rockaway Line       A  June 28, 1956[4]
Aqueduct – North Conduit Avenue 1 B (IND) Rockaway Line       A  June 28, 1956[4]
Astoria Boulevard 1 B (BMT) Astoria Line       N 
      Q 
February 1, 1917[3]
Astoria – Ditmars Boulevard 1 B (BMT) Astoria Line       N 
      Q 
February 1, 1917[3]
Beach 025Beach 25th Street 1 B (IND) Rockaway Line       A  June 28, 1956[4]
Beach 036Beach 36th Street 1 B (IND) Rockaway Line       A  June 28, 1956[4]
Beach 044Beach 44th Street 1 B (IND) Rockaway Line       A  June 28, 1956[4]
Beach 060Beach 60th Street 1 B (IND) Rockaway Line       A  June 28, 1956[4]
Beach 067Beach 67th Street 1 B (IND) Rockaway Line       A  June 28, 1956[4]
Beach 090Beach 90th Street 1 B (IND) Rockaway Line       A 
      S 
June 28, 1956[4]
Beach 098Beach 98th Street 1 B (IND) Rockaway Line       A 
      S 
June 28, 1956[4]
Beach 105Beach 105th Street 1 B (IND) Rockaway Line       A 
      S 
June 28, 1956[4]
Briarwood 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      F 
April 24, 1937[4]
Broad Channel**† 1 B (IND) Rockaway Line       A 
      S 
June 28, 1956[4]
Broadway 1 B (BMT) Astoria Line       N 
      Q 
February 1, 1917[3]
0Court Square*‡[^ 4] 0 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  <7> November 5, 1916[2]
Court Square*†[^ 4] 0 B (IND) Crosstown Line       G  August 19, 1933[4]
0Court Square – 23rd Street*‡[^ 4] 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      M 
August 28, 1939[6]
Elmhurst Avenue 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      M 
      R 
December 31, 1936[4]
Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue 0 B (IND) Rockaway Line       A  January 16, 1958[4]
Flushing – Main Street 0 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  <7> January 21, 1928[2]
Forest Avenue 1 B (BMT) Myrtle Avenue Line       M  February 22, 1915[3]
Forest Hills – 71st Avenue**† 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      F 
      M 
      R 
December 31, 1936[4]
Fresh Pond Road 1 B (BMT) Myrtle Avenue Line       M  February 22, 1915[3]
Grand Avenue – Newtown 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      M 
      R 
December 31, 1936[4]
Howard Beach – JFK Airport 0 B (IND) Rockaway Line       A  June 28, 1956[4]
Hunters Point Avenue 1 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  <7> February 15, 1916[2]
Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue**[^ 2] 0 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      F 
      M 
      R 
August 19, 1933[4]
Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer***† 0 Archer Avenue Lines       E 
      J 
      Z 
December 11, 1988[5][7]
Jamaica – 179th Street 0 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      F 
December 10, 1950[4]
Jamaica – Van Wyck 0 B (IND) Archer Avenue Line       E  December 11, 1988[5]
Junction Boulevard** 0 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  <7> April 21, 1917[2]
Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike** 0 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      F 
December 31, 1936[4]
Mets – Willets Point**† 0
(N)[^ 5]
A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  <7> May 14, 1927[2]
Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue 0 B (BMT) Myrtle Avenue Line       M  February 22, 1915[3]
Northern Boulevard 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      M 
      R 
August 19, 1933[4]
Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard 1 B (IND) Fulton Street Line       A  April 29, 1956[4]
Parsons Boulevard** 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      F 
April 24, 1937[4]
Queens Plaza** 0 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      M 
      R 
August 19, 1933[4]
Queensboro Plaza***‡ 1 A (IRT),
B (BMT)
Astoria Line (BMT), Flushing Line (IRT)       7  <7>
      N 
      Q 
November 5, 1916[2]
Rockaway Boulevard*[^ 6] 1 B (IND) Fulton Street Line       A  April 29, 1956[4]
Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street 0 B (IND) Rockaway Line       A 
      S 
June 28, 1956[4]
Seneca Avenue 1 B (BMT) Myrtle Avenue Line       M  February 22, 1915[3]
Steinway Street 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      M 
      R 
August 19, 1933[4]
Sutphin Boulevard 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       F  April 24, 1937[4]
Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport*** 0 Archer Avenue Lines       E 
      J 
      Z 
December 11, 1988[5][7]
Vernon Boulevard – Jackson Avenue 1 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  <7> June 22, 1915[2]
Woodhaven Boulevard** 1 B (BMT) Jamaica Line       J 
      Z 
May 28, 1917[3]
Woodhaven Boulevard 1 B (IND) Queens Boulevard Line       E 
      M 
      R 
December 31, 1936[4]
61st Street – Woodside** 0 A (IRT) Flushing Line       7  <7> April 21, 1917[2]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 As the J/Z combined in a skip-stop service, an "express-local" station in this sense means both services stop at the station during the hours of skip-stop operation.
  2. 1 2 The 2 platform sets of the Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue / 74th Street – Broadway station complex counts as one station when compared to international standards.
  3. The platform is on the northbound side only.
  4. 1 2 3 The 3 platform sets of the Court Square station complex counts as one station when compared to international standards.
  5. The Mets – Willets Point station is disability-accessible on the northbound side platform only. Northbound local trains will open their doors on this platform during New York Mets game days and special events only.
  6. The transfer at Rockaway Boulevard is between A trains going to/from Ozone Park – Lefferts Boulevard and A trains going to/from Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue or Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street.

References

Further reading

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