page_title: Flushing–Main Street station (IRT Flushing Line)
section_title: Attractions and points of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Flushing–Main Street station (IRT Flushing Line) / Attractions and points of interest
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking southeast at new Flushing Public Library branch at dusk.
context_page_description: Flushing–Main Street is the eastern terminal on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, located at Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue in downtown Flushing, Queens. It is served by the 7 local train at all times and the <7> express train during rush hours in the peak direction.
  The Flushing–Main Street station was originally built as part of the Dual Contracts between the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation. It opened on January 21, 1928, completing the segment of the Flushing Line in Queens. Although plans existed for the line to be extended east of the station, such an extension was never built. The station was renovated in the 1990s. In 2018, it was the busiest single subway station in Queens, the busiest station outside of Manhattan, and the 11th busiest subway station in the system.
context_section_description: The station is located in Downtown Flushing, also known as Flushing Chinatown, one of New York City's largest Asian enclaves.
  Several city and national landmarks are located on the Queens Historical Society's Freedom Mile, which runs around downtown Flushing:
  Flushing Armory, on Northern Boulevard between Linden Place and Union Street
  Flushing High School on Northern Boulevard between Union and Bowne Streets
  Flushing Town Hall, at Northern Boulevard and Linden Place
  John Bowne House, at 37th Avenue and Bowne Street
  Kingsland Homestead and the Weeping Beech, at 37th Avenue west of Parsons Boulevard,
  Lewis H. Latimer House, at 137th Street and Leavitt Street
  Old Quaker Meeting House, at Northern Boulevard and Linden Place
  St. George's Church, on Main Street between 38th and 39th Avenues
  Other points of interest include:
  Bowne Street Community Church, at Bowne Street and Roosevelt Avenue
  Flushing Main Post Office, on Main Street between Sanford and Maple Avenues
  Free Synagogue of Flushing, at Kissena Boulevard and Sanford Avenue
  Lippmann Plaza, between 39th Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue east of Main Street. Named after longtime Flushing businessman Paul Lippmann.
  Queens Library, Flushing Branch, at Main Street and Kissena Boulevard, the successor to the original Queens Library branch.
caption: Queens Library in Flushing
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