Queensboro Plaza station

Queensboro Plaza  ​​​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Upper-level platform
Station statistics
Address	27th Street & Queens Plaza Long Island City, New York
Borough	Queens
Locale	Long Island City
Coordinates	40°45′2.35″N 73°56′25.24″W / 40.7506528°N 73.9403444°W / 40.7506528; -73.9403444
Division	A (IRT), B (BMT)[1]
Line	BMT Astoria Line IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times) <7>  (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)​​    N  (all times) ​   W  (weekdays)
Transit	NYCT Bus: B62, Q32 MTA Bus: Q39, Q60, Q66, Q67, Q69, Q100, Q101, Q102
Structure	Elevated
Levels	2
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 on each level) cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened	November 16, 1916; 108 years ago (1916-11-16) (Flushing Line)[2] February 1, 1917; 107 years ago (1917-02-01) (Astoria Line)[3]
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; currently undergoing renovations for ADA access
Accessibility	Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	3,573,523[4]  14.7%
Rank	88 out of 423[4]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Court Square 7  <7> ​ toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards Express 61st Street–Woodside <7> toward Flushing–Main Street Local 33rd Street–Rawson Street 7  toward Flushing–Main Street Lexington Avenue–59th Street N  ​W  via 34th Street–Herald Square Local 39th Avenue N  ​W  toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard
Non-revenue services and lines Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 57th Street 2nd Ave; demolished no service Astoria Boulevard Astoria express
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to 61st Street–Woodside to 33rd Street–Rawson Street to Astoria Boulevard ​ to 39th Avenue to lower level from lower level ​ to Court Square ​ to Lexington Av 59th Street Lower level from upper level to upper level Tracks used by the ​ Tracks used by the Tracks not in service
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops weekdays during the day

The Queensboro Plaza station (originally named Queensboro Bridge Plaza station or simply Bridge Plaza station) is an elevated New York City Subway station at Queens Plaza (originally called Queensboro Bridge Plaza or simply Bridge Plaza) in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens.^[5][6] It is near the east end of the Queensboro Bridge, with Queens Boulevard running east from the plaza. The station is served by the 7 and N trains at all times, the W train on weekdays, and the <7> train rush hours in the peak direction.

Queensboro Plaza was originally built in 1916–1917 as part of the Dual Contracts between New York City and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT). The station initially had eight tracks to allow BMT and IRT passengers to transfer between the Astoria, Flushing, and Second Avenue elevated lines. The northern section of the station was closed in the late 1940s and demolished in 1964. Queensboro Plaza now contains only four tracks: two each for the IRT Flushing Line (7 and <7>​ trains) and the BMT Astoria Line (N and ​W trains).

Today, Queensboro Plaza is the only station in the entire system to provide cross-platform transfers between "A" Division (7 and <7>​) and "B" Division (N and ​W) trains. While the station is near the Queens Plaza underground subway station, which serves the IND Queens Boulevard Line, the two stations are separate and do not offer free transfers. West of the station, the Astoria Line descends into the 60th Street Tunnel under the East River into Manhattan, while the Flushing Line turns south before descending into the Steinway Tunnel past Court Square.