33rd Street–Rawson Street station

Coordinates: 40°44′40.62″N 73°55′52.7″W / 40.7446167°N 73.931306°W / 40.7446167; -73.931306
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 33 Street–Rawson Street
 
Q39, Q60
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedApril 21, 1917; 106 years ago (1917-04-21)
Accessiblenot ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Former/other namesRawson Street
Traffic
20221,581,947[3]Increase 53.3%
Rank182 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Queensboro Plaza
Local
40th Street–Lowery Street
"7" express train does not stop here
Location
33rd Street–Rawson Street station is located in New York City Subway
33rd Street–Rawson Street station
33rd Street–Rawson Street station is located in New York City
33rd Street–Rawson Street station
33rd Street–Rawson Street station is located in New York
33rd Street–Rawson Street station
Track layout

Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

The 33rd Street–Rawson Street station (announced as the 33rd Street station on trains) is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway. It is located over Queens Boulevard on a concrete viaduct. It is served by the 7 train at all times.

History

Early history

The 1913 Dual Contracts called for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; later Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, or BMT) to build new lines in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Queens did not receive many new IRT and BRT lines compared to Brooklyn and the Bronx, since the city's Public Service Commission (PSC) wanted to alleviate subway crowding in the other two boroughs first before building in Queens, which was relatively undeveloped. The IRT Flushing Line was to be one of two Dual Contracts lines in the borough, along with the Astoria Line; it would connect Flushing and Long Island City, two of Queens' oldest settlements, to Manhattan via the Steinway Tunnel. When the majority of the line was built in the early 1910s, most of the route went through undeveloped land, and Roosevelt Avenue had not been constructed.[4]: 47  Community leaders advocated for more Dual Contracts lines to be built in Queens to allow development there.[5]

The Flushing Line was opened from Queensboro Plaza to

Alburtis Avenue (now 103rd Street–Corona Plaza) on April 21, 1917, with a local station at 33rd Street.[6]

Later years

The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.

rollsigns with numbered designations for each service.[9] The route from Times Square to Flushing became known as the 7.[10] On October 17, 1949, the joint BMT/IRT operation of the Flushing Line ended, and the line became the responsibility of the IRT.[11] After the end of BMT/IRT dual service, the New York City Board of Transportation announced that the Flushing Line platforms would be lengthened to 11 IRT car lengths; the platforms were only able to fit nine 51-foot-long IRT cars beforehand.[12][13] The platforms at the station were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.[14] However, nine-car trains continued to run on the 7 route until 1962, when they were extended to ten cars.[15] With the opening of the 1964 New York World's Fair, trains were lengthened to eleven cars.[16][17]

The present-day 33rd, 40th, and 46th Streets were originally respectively known as Rawson, Lowery, and Bliss Streets until the 1930s, when they were given numbered street names.[18] To avoid confusion, the 33rd Street–Rawson Street, 40th Street–Lowery Street, and 46th Street–Bliss Street stations displayed both the new and old names of the respective street.[19] Since a New York City Transit Authority rule prohibited subway stations from being named after nonexistent streets, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) removed the old names of each street from station signs and subway maps in 1998. Local residents opposed the renaming and unsuccessfully attempted to persuade the MTA to restore the old names. The New York City Council passed a law in July 2003, giving both the old and new names to all three streets; after new street signs were installed in September 2003, the MTA agreed to restore the old names of each station.[18]

In December 2019, the MTA announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[20] A contract for two elevators at the station was awarded in December 2023.[21]

Station layout

Platform level
Side platform
Southbound local "7" train"7" express train toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards (Queensboro Plaza)
Peak-direction express No regular service
Northbound local "7" train"7" express train toward Flushing–Main Street (40th Street–Lowery Street)
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground Street level Entrances/exits

The station has two

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express trains during rush hours.

Exits

Both exits are under the tracks in the median of Queens Boulevard. The full-time exit is at 33rd Street, with two stairs from each platform, and the part-time exit is at 34th Street, also with two stairs from each platform. The part-time exit has a crossunder to allow free transfers between opposite directions while the full-time one does not, even though it has the layouts that could allow one.[22]

Image gallery

  • View of Queens Boulevard from the 33rd Street station
    View of Queens Boulevard from the 33rd Street station
  • Mezzanine
    Mezzanine
  • 7 train stopped at the platform
    7 train stopped at the platform

References

  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. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2017–2022)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  4. .
  5. ^ "Move for Rapid Transit" (PDF). Newtown Register. December 2, 1909. p. 1. Retrieved September 30, 2017 – via Fultonhistory.com.
  6. ^ "Transit Service on Corona Extension of Dual Subway System Opened to the Public". The New York Times. April 22, 1917. p. RE1. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  7. from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  8. .
  9. ^ Brown, Nicole (May 17, 2019). "How did the MTA subway lines get their letter or number? NYCurious". amNewYork. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  10. ^ Friedlander, Alex; Lonto, Arthur; Raudenbush, Henry (April 1960). "A Summary of Services on the IRT Division, NYCTA" (PDF). New York Division Bulletin. 3 (1). Electric Railroaders' Association: 2–3. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  11. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  12. . Retrieved April 29, 2018.
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  14. ^ Minutes and Proceedings of the New York City Transit Authority. New York City Transit Authority. 1955. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  15. ^ "R17s to the Flushing Line". New York Division Bulletin. 5 (6). Electric Railroaders' Association: M-8. December 1962 – via Issuu.
  16. ^ "TA to Show Fair Train". Long Island Star – Journal. August 31, 1963. Retrieved August 30, 2016 – via Fulton History.
  17. ProQuest 895766286
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  18. ^ . Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  19. . Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  20. ^ "MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". MTA (Press release). December 19, 2019. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  21. ^ https://new.mta.info/document/112391
  22. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Long Island City" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.

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