21st Street–Queensbridge station
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Structure | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | October 29, 1989[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | ADA-accessible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | 1,579,379[3] 29.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 200 out of 423[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 21st Street–Queensbridge station is a
The station contains two tracks and two side platforms, connected by an overhead mezzanine. It opened in October 1989 with the opening of the 63rd Street Line. From its opening until 2001, this was the terminal of the line, although it was not originally intended as a terminal station. The 63rd Street Line was originally part of a plan for a Queens Bypass Line running along the Long Island Rail Road Main Line. However, due to a lack of funds, the line terminated here, with layup tracks going up to 29th Street. As a result, the tunnel became known as the "tunnel to nowhere."
In December 2001, the 63rd Street Tunnel Connection opened, allowing trains from the IND Queens Boulevard Line to use the line. This station then became a through station, serving express F trains since then.
History
The current
The station was placed at 21st Street, serving the Queensbridge Houses to the west, and commercial and industrial buildings to the east. The station was added to the plans following lobbying from the local community.[14][15][16] During construction, a large amount of disturbance was created along 41st Avenue, which runs through the heart of Queensbridge.[14]
The project faced extensive delays. As early as 1976, the Program for Action had been reduced to seven stations on the Archer Avenue and 63rd Street lines and was not projected to be complete for another decade.[17] By October 1980, officials considered stopping construction on the 63rd Street line.[18][19] Usage estimates for the 21st Street–Queensbridge station were calculated in 1984 at 220 passengers per hour unless a connection was made to the rest of the system.[20] The MTA voted in 1984 to connect the tunnel to the local tracks of the IND Queens Boulevard Line at a cost of $222 million. The section of the line up to Long Island City was projected to open by the end of 1985,[21] but flooding in the tunnel caused the opening to be delayed indefinitely.[22] The MTA's contractors concluded in February 1987 that the tunnel was structurally sound,[23] and the federal government's contractors affirmed this finding in June 1987.[24]
This station opened on October 29, 1989,
The MTA completed a refurbishment of the station in May 2023. The project included repairing the platforms and stairways, adding lighting, fixing the canopy above the main entrance, and renovating employee rooms.
Station layout
Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
Basement 1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines Elevator at northwest corner of 21st Street and 41st Avenue |
Basement 2 Platform level |
Side platform | |
Southbound | ← toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (Roosevelt Island) | |
Northbound | toward Jamaica–179th Street (36th Street late nights, Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue other times) → | |
Side platform | ||
Basement 3 East Side Access |
Track 1 | ← City Terminal Zone |
Track 2 | City Terminal Zone → |
The 21st Street–Queensbridge station has two tracks and two
This underground station's only
As with other stations constructed as part of the Program for Action, the 21st Street–Queensbridge station contained technologically advanced features such as air-cooling, noise insulation,
Exits
Outside of
Track layout
Until the connection to the Queens Boulevard Line opened, this station shared the characteristic of a two side platformed terminal station with
Stub tracks east of the station
East of the station, before the line connects to the
The current bellmouth, built along with the Queens Boulevard connection, is two levels deep with two additional stub-end subway tracks named T1A and T2A.[50] It is viable for future construction of the bypass or the Northern Boulevard transfer station. The original bellmouth stopped at 29th Street.[44][50] The lower level of the bellmouth was excavated in 2003 for the LIRR East Side Access project, which also extended the subway stub tracks farther east towards Sunnyside Yard;[50][52][53][54] the lower-level tracks opened in 2023.[55] Just above the connection sits the 29th Street Ventilation Complex, built with the connector, in the site of a former parking lot.[44][47][48][50] West of the station, a second ventilation complex lies in Queensbridge Park between Vernon Boulevard and the East River.[50]
Ridership
In 2019, the station had 3,516,992 boardings, making it the 144th most used station in the 423-station system. This amounted to an average of 11,184 passengers per weekday.[3]
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