40th Street–Lowery Street station

Coordinates: 40°44′37.72″N 73°55′27.04″W / 40.7438111°N 73.9241778°W / 40.7438111; -73.9241778
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 40 Street–Lowery Street
 
MTA Bus: Q60
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Other information
OpenedApril 21, 1917; 106 years ago (1917-04-21)
Opposite-
direction
transfer
No
Former/other namesLowery Street
Traffic
20222,013,903[3]Increase 30.8%
Rank154 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
33rd Street–Rawson Street
Local
46th Street–Bliss Street
"7" express train does not stop here
Location
40th Street–Lowery Street station is located in New York City Subway
40th Street–Lowery Street station
40th Street–Lowery Street station is located in New York City
40th Street–Lowery Street station
40th Street–Lowery Street station is located in New York
40th Street–Lowery Street station
Track layout

Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times

The 40th Street–Lowery Street station (announced as simply 40th Street station on trains) is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 7 local 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 40th 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]

Station layout

Platform level
Side platform
Southbound local "7" train"7" express train toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards (33rd Street–Rawson Street)
Peak-direction express No regular service
Northbound local "7" train"7" express train toward Flushing–Main Street (46th Street–Bliss Street)
Side platform
Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
Ground Street level Entrances/exits
Street view

The station has two

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express trains during rush hours.

The 1999 artwork featured at the station is called Q is for Queens by Yumi Heo.

Exit

The exit is under the tracks in the median of Queens Boulevard. The exit is at 40th Street with two stairs from each platform. Since

Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue
) to not have a crossover or crossunder, as well as the only elevated station on the line that does not allow for free transfers between directions.

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.
  13. .
  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 Neighborhood Maps: Long Island City" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.

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