List of New York City Subway stations in Queens
Lines and services
Table:
Division

Line

Services

Stations in Queens

Opened

Continues to

B (IND)

63rd Street Line

F

01

October 29, 1989

Manhattan

B (BMT)

Archer Avenue Lines

J Z​

02 (1 express-local station,[^ 1] both shared with IND Archer Avenue Line)

December 11, 1988

—

B (IND)

Archer Avenue Lines

E

03 (2 shared with BMT Archer Avenue Line)

December 11, 1988

—

B (BMT)

Astoria Line

N Q​

07 (1 shared with Flushing Line)

February 1, 1917

Manhattan

B (IND)

Crosstown Line

G

02 (1 part of a station complex)

August 19, 1933

Brooklyn

A (IRT)

Flushing Line

7​

18 (4 express-local stations, 1 shared with Astoria Line, 2 part of station complexes)

June 22, 1915

Manhattan

B (IND)

Fulton Street Line

A

06

April 29, 1956

Brooklyn

B (BMT)

Jamaica Line

J Z​

06 (1 express-local station)[^ 1]

May 28, 1917

Brooklyn

B (BMT)

Myrtle Avenue Line

M

04

February 22, 1915

Brooklyn

B (IND)

Queens Boulevard Line

E F M R​​​

21 (4 express-local stations, 2 part of station complexes)

August 19, 1933

Manhattan

B (IND)

Rockaway Line

A S

14

June 28, 1956

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The New York City Subway 's B Division consists of the lines that operate with lettered services ( A , B , C , D , E , F , G , J , L , M , N , Q , R , W , and Z ) , as well as the Franklin Avenue and Rockaway Park Shuttles . These lines and services were operated by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation ( BMT ) and city-owned Independent Subway System ( IND ) before the 1940 city takeover of the BMT . B Division rolling stock is wider , longer , and heavier than those of the A Division , measuring 10 or 9.75 ft ( 3,048 or 2,972 mm ) by 60 or 75 ft ( 18.29 or 22.86 m ) . The B Division is broken down into two subdivisions , B1 ( BMT ) and B2 ( IND ) , for chaining purposes . The two former systems are still sometimes referred to as the BMT Division and IND Division .
The Independent Subway System ( IND or ISS ) , formerly known as the Independent City-Owned Subway System ( ICOS ) or the Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad , was a rapid transit rail system in New York City that is now part of the New York City Subway . It was first constructed as the Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan in 1932 . One of three rail networks that became part of the modern New York City subway , the IND was intended to be fully owned and operated by the municipal government , in contrast to the privately operated or jointly funded Interborough Rapid Transit Company ( IRT ) and Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation ( BMT ) companies . It was merged with these two networks in 1940 . The original IND service lines are the modern subway 's A , B , C , D , E , F , G and M services . In addition , the BMT 's N , Q and R now run partly on IND trackage . The Rockaway Park Shuttle supplements the A service . For operational purposes , the IND and BMT lines and services are referred to jointly as the B Division .
The IND 63rd Street Line and BMT 63rd Street Line , also referred to as the 63rd Street Crosstown , Crosstown Route , or Route 131-A , are two rapid transit lines of the IND and BMT divisions of the New York City Subway system . The two lines run under 63rd Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan , with a cross-platform interchange at the Lexington Avenue-63rd Street station . The IND line is served by F trains at all times ; it connects the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan to the IND Queens Boulevard Line in Queens . It uses the upper level of the bi-level 63rd Street Tunnel to travel under the East River between Manhattan and Queens . The BMT line is served by the Q train at all times , although a limited number of N and R trains also serve the BMT line during rush hours . Also known as the Second Avenue Connection , :128 it links the BMT Broadway Line to the Second Avenue Subway , both in Manhattan . Under the current service plan , the M crosses between the two lines at Lexington Avenue during weekends and weekday evenings . This connection has also been used in the past during service disruptions as well as during the Manhattan Bridge closures in the late 1990s . These lines were conceived as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority 's 1968 expansion plans , and along with the Archer Avenue lines and a small section of the Second Avenue Subway , they were the only portions of the plan to be completed before it was scaled back due to fiscal issues . The IND 63rd Street Line was originally planned to be extended further east into Queens as a super-express bypass of the IND Queens Boulevard Line . After these plans were abandoned in the mid-1970s , it was commonly referred to as a subway to nowhere because it ended one stop into Queens , without any infrastructure connecting to other subway lines in Queens . The 63rd Street Tunnel lay unused for over a decade , and its lower level , intended for future Long Island Rail Road ( LIRR ) service , was completed solely to support the subway line above it .
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 seventh busiest in the world , with 5.225 million daily riders . The system 's 472 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 Manhattan .
The Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation ( BMT ) was an urban transit holding company , based in Brooklyn , New York City , United States , and incorporated in 1923 . The system was sold to the city in 1940 . Today , together with the IND subway system , it forms the B Division of the modern New York City Subway . The original BMT routes currently form the J/Z , L , M , N , Q , R and W trains , as well as the Franklin Avenue Shuttle , with the IND B , D , and F using BMT trackage in Brooklyn . The M train enters the IND via the Chrystie Street Connection after crossing the Williamsburg Bridge , the Q , along with some rush-hour N trains enter the IND from the BMT 63rd Street Line and the R train enters the IND via the 60th Street Tunnel Connection . The Z train supplements the J in the peak direction during rush hours only .
The Archer Avenue lines are two rapid transit lines of the New York City Subway , mostly running under Archer Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens . The two lines are built on separate levels : trains from the IND Queens Boulevard Line ( E train ) serve the upper level , and trains from the BMT Jamaica Line ( J and ​Z trains ) serve the lower . The two lines are separate , and do not share track connections , and therefore have different chainings and radio frequencies . The B2 ( IND Division ) Archer Avenue line uses the upper level , and the B1 ( BMT Division ) Archer Avenue line uses the lower level . These lines were conceived as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA ) 's 1968 expansion plans , and along with the 63rd Street lines and a small section of the Second Avenue Subway , they were the only portions of the plan to be completed before it was scaled back due to fiscal issues . These lines were originally planned to be extended further east into Queens . Construction on the line started in 1973 , and the project was expected to be completed in 1980 . However , due to financial issues and concern about the quality of the construction , the lines did not open until December 11 , 1988 . On that date , several bus routes serving the 169th Street station were diverted to the new bus terminal at Jamaica Center . This line is also used by passengers transferring to or from the Long Island Rail Road and the AirTrain JFK .
The BMT Astoria Line ( formerly the IRT Astoria Line ) is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway , serving the Queens neighborhood of Astoria . It runs south from Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria to 39th Avenue in Long Island City above 31st Street . It then turns west and serves Queensboro Plaza over Queens Plaza . The entire line is served by the N train at all times , joined by the W train on weekdays . It was built as part of the Dual Contracts and jointly operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company ( IRT ) and Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation ( BMT ) using IRT-sized cars until 1949 , when the platforms were shaved to accept the wider BMT cars and joint service was discontinued .
The IND Crosstown Line or Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn and Queens , New York City , United States . It provides crosstown service between western Brooklyn and northwestern Queens and is the only trunk line that does not carry trains to and from Manhattan .
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 seventh busiest in the world , with 5.225 million daily riders . The system 's 472 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 Brooklyn .
The A Division , also known as the IRT Division , is a division of the New York City Subway , consisting of the lines operated with services designated by numbers ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) and the 42nd Street Shuttle . These lines and services were operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company before the 1940 city takeover . A Division cars are narrower , shorter , and lighter than those of the B Division , measuring 8.6 by 51 feet ( 2.6 by 15.5 m ) .
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company ( IRT ) was the private operator of the original underground New York City Subway line that opened in 1904 , as well as earlier elevated railways and additional rapid transit lines in New York City . The IRT was purchased by the city in June 1940 . The former IRT lines ( the numbered routes in the current subway system ) are now the A Division or IRT Division of the Subway .
The IRT Flushing Line is a rapid transit route of the New York City Subway system , named for its eastern terminal in Flushing , Queens . It is operated as part of the A Division . The Interborough Rapid Transit Company ( IRT ) , a private operator , had constructed the section of the line from Flushing , Queens , to Times Square , Manhattan between 1915 and 1928 . A western extension was opened to Hudson Yards in western Manhattan in 2015 , and the line now stretches from Flushing to Chelsea , Manhattan . It carries trains of the 7 local service , as well as the express < 7 > during rush hours in the peak direction . It is the only currently-operational IRT line to serve Queens . It is shown in the color purple on station signs , the official subway map , and internal route maps in R188 cars . Before the line was opened all the way to Flushing in 1928 , it was known as the Corona Line or Woodside and Corona Line . Prior to the discontinuation of BMT services in 1949 , the portion of the IRT Flushing Line between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza was known as the Queensboro Line . Since the mid-2010s , the line 's signal system has been converted to an automated system . The Flushing Line has various styles of architecture , which range from steel girder elevated structures to European-style concrete viaducts . The underground stations have some unique designs as well .
The IND Fulton Street Line is a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway , running from the Cranberry Street Tunnel under the East River through all of central Brooklyn to a terminus in Ozone Park , Queens . The IND Rockaway Line branches from it just east of Rockaway Boulevard . The A train runs express during daytime hours and local at night on the underground portion of the line ; it runs local on the elevated portion of the line at all times . The C train runs local on the underground portion of the line at all times except late nights . The line runs primarily along Fulton Street , Pitkin Avenue , and Liberty Avenue . The underground portion , which constitutes the majority of the line , was built for the city-owned Independent Subway System ( IND ) , opening between 1936 and 1956 . The elevated portion in Queens was originally part of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation ( BMT ) 's Fulton Street elevated line ; the Elevated in Brooklyn was closed and demolished in stages with the opening of the subway line .
The BMT Jamaica Line ( also known as the Broadway Line or Broadway ( Brooklyn ) Line to distinguish it from the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan ) is an elevated rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway , in Brooklyn and Queens , New York City , United States . It runs from the Williamsburg Bridge southeast over Broadway to East New York , Brooklyn , and then east over Fulton Street and Jamaica Avenue to Jamaica , Queens . In western Jamaica , the line goes into a tunnel , becoming the lower level of the Archer Avenue Line in central Jamaica . The J and Z trains serve the entire length of the Jamaica Line , and the M serves the line west of Myrtle Avenue . The longest elevated line in the system , the Jamaica Line includes the oldest existing elevated structure in the subway system - the original 1885 line of the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad , the former BMT Lexington Avenue Line between Gates Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue , as well as the newest elevated structure , the 1988 ramp into the underground Archer Avenue Line . The Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation ( BMT ) originally operated the line with westbound trains heading toward Manhattan and eastbound trains heading toward Canarsie , Middle Village , or Jamaica , generally in agreement with compass direction . However , NYCT 's railroad directions , which are north and south , replaced the BMT 's west and east railroad directions , respectively . This reclassification resulted in services which ran through the BMT Nassau Street Line to Downtown Brooklyn having two south ends . To eliminate any confusion , the directions of train services in the eastern division were switched , with trains running towards Jamaica being considered Northbound . The KK ( later K ) and current M services were an exception to this , with Jamaica , Broadway Junction , or Metropolitan Avenue remaining the south terminal , since they used the Chrystie Street Connection from the Jamaica Line to the IND Sixth Avenue Line .
The Myrtle Avenue Line , also called the Myrtle Avenue Elevated , is a fully elevated line of the New York City Subway as part of the BMT division . The line is the last surviving remnant of one of the original Brooklyn elevated railroads . The remnant line operates as a spur branch from the Jamaica Line to Bushwick , Ridgewood and Middle Village , terminating at its original Eastern terminal across the street from Lutheran Cemetery . Until 1969 , the line continued west into Downtown Brooklyn and , until 1944 , over the Brooklyn Bridge to a terminal at Park Row in Manhattan .
The IND Queens Boulevard Line , sometimes abbreviated as QBL , is a line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan and Queens , New York City , United States . The line , which is underground throughout its entire route , contains 23 stations . The core section between 50th Street in Hell 's Kitchen , Manhattan , and 169th Street in Jamaica , Queens , was built by the Independent Subway System ( IND ) in stages between 1933 and 1940 , with the Jamaica-179th Street terminus opening in 1950 . As of 2015 [ update ] , it is among the system 's busiest lines , with a weekday ridership of over 460,000 people . The Queens Boulevard Line 's eastern terminus is the four-track 179th Street station . The line continues westward then northwest as a four-track line with the local tracks to the outside of the express tracks . The Queens Boulevard Line merges with the IND Archer Avenue Line east of Briarwood and with Jamaica Yard spurs west of Briarwood and east of Forest Hills-71st Avenue . The express tracks and the local tracks diverge at 65th Street in Jackson Heights and merge again at 36th Street in Sunnyside . West of 36th Street , the IND 63rd Street Line splits off both pairs of tracks , entering Manhattan via the 63rd Street Tunnel . At Queens Plaza in Long Island City , the line narrows to two tracks , with the local tracks splitting into the 60th Street Tunnel Connection and the IND Crosstown Line . From there , the express tracks of the line provide crosstown service across Manhattan under 53rd Street before turning southwest at Eighth Avenue , ending at the 50th Street station . The two-track section west of Queens Plaza is also known as the IND 53rd Street Line .
The IND Rockaway Line is a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway , operating in Queens . It branches from the IND Fulton Street Line at Rockaway Boulevard , extending over the Jamaica Bay , into the Rockaways . The A train serves the line on the Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue branch and north of Hammels Wye . The Rockaway Park Shuttle runs between Broad Channel and Rockaway Park-Beach 116th Street . Five rush hour A trains provide service between Rockaway Park and Manhattan in the peak direction . The line was built in 1880 as the New York , Woodhaven and Rockaway Railroad . Incorporated in 1877 , the line was built to better serve the beach resorts in the Rockaways , cutting travel times by 30 minutes over the existing South Side Railroad route . Long Island Rail Road ( LIRR ) trains began using the branch that year by operating over its Montauk Division . The railroad was sold to the LIRR in 1887 , and trains using the branch began serving Far Rockaway via a new connection to the old Far Rockaway Branch . The line south of Woodhaven Junction was electrified in 1905 . The wooden trestle through Jamaica Bay was subjected to numerous fires , and when combined , they took a severe toll on it . A fire on May 7 , 1950 , cut service on the middle of the line , but as the LIRR was bankrupt , it did not seek to restore service on the line .