Briarwood station

 Briarwood
 "E" train"F" train"F" express train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Southbound platform
Station statistics
AddressMain Street & Queens Boulevard
Queens, New York
BoroughQueens
LocaleBriarwood
Coordinates40°42′35″N 73°49′11″W / 40.70969°N 73.8196°W / 40.70969; -73.8196
DivisionB (IND)[1]
LineIND Queens Boulevard Line
Services   E nights after 9:00 p.m., weekends, and limited a.m. rush hour trips (nights after 9:00 p.m., weekends, and limited a.m. rush hour trips)
   F all times (all times) <F> two rush hour trains, peak direction (two rush hour trains, peak direction)
Transit
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedApril 24, 1937; 87 years ago (1937-04-24)[2]
AccessibleThe mezzanine is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, but the platforms are not compliant ADA-accessible to mezzanine only; accessibility to platforms planned
AccessibilitySame-platform wheelchair transfer available
Opposite-
direction
transfer
No
Former/other namesVan Wyck Boulevard (1937–1998)
Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard (1998–2015)
Traffic
20231,046,884[3]Increase 8.1%
Rank286 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike
E nights after 9:00 p.m., weekends, and limited a.m. rush hour tripsF all times <F> two rush hour trains, peak direction

Local
Jamaica–Van Wyck
E nights after 9:00 p.m. and weekends
Archer Ave
Sutphin Boulevard
F all times <F> two rush hour trains, peak direction
Location
Briarwood station is located in New York City Subway
Briarwood station
Briarwood station is located in New York City
Briarwood station
Briarwood station is located in New York
Briarwood station
Track layout

Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service) Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service)
Stops late nights and weekends Stops late nights and weekends

The Briarwood station (formerly Briarwood–Van Wyck Boulevard station or Van Wyck Boulevard station) is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 84th Drive, Main Street, Queens Boulevard, and the Van Wyck Expressway, in Briarwood, Queens, bordering Kew Gardens, it is served by the F train at all times, the E train at all times except rush hours and middays, and the <F> train during rush hours in the reverse peak direction.

This station opened on April 24, 1937, as part of an extension of the Independent Subway System's Queens Boulevard Line. It has been renovated multiple times to accommodate the construction of and modifications to the Van Wyck Expressway.

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYTimes-JamaicaExtension-1937 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.