46th Street station (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

Coordinates: 40°45′24″N 73°54′51″W / 40.756685°N 73.914256°W / 40.756685; -73.914256
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For other uses, see 46th Street (disambiguation).

 46 Street
 
Q104
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedAugust 19, 1933; 90 years ago (1933-08-19)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		No
Traffic
20231,662,115[2] Increase 4.4%
Rank189 out of 423[2]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
Steinway Street
E late nights ​F late nights ​M weekdays during the day ​R all times except late nights
via Queens Plaza
Local 		Northern Boulevard
E late nights ​F late nights ​M weekdays during the day ​R all times except late nights
toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue
Location
46th Street station (IND Queens Boulevard Line) is located in New York City Subway
46th Street station (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
46th Street station (IND Queens Boulevard Line) is located in New York City
46th Street station (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
46th Street station (IND Queens Boulevard Line) is located in New York
46th Street station (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
Track layout

Legend
to Northern Boulevard
to Steinway Street
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times except late nights Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only Stops late nights only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day

The 46th Street station is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 46th Street and Broadway in Astoria, Queens, it is served by the M train on weekdays, the R train at all times except nights, and the E and F trains at night.

History

Entrance to the Queens-bound platform

The Queens Boulevard Line was one of the first lines built by the city-owned

179th Street and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens.[4][6][7] The Queens Boulevard Line was in part financed by a Public Works Administration (PWA) loan and grant of $25 million.[8]
One of the proposed stations would have been located at 46th Street.

The first section of the line, west from

Nassau Avenue on the IND Crosstown Line.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

The station entrances to 48th Street did not open until some time after October 1933, when the Astoria Heights Taxpayers Association circulated petitions demanding that these entrances be opened.[15]

The station was closed in June 2023 for structural improvements.

Station layout

Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Platform level Side platform
Southbound local ← "M" train toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue weekdays (Steinway Street)
← "R" train toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (Steinway Street)
← "E" train toward World Trade Center, "F" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue late nights (Steinway Street)
Northbound local → "M" train toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue weekdays (Northern Boulevard) →
→ "R" train toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Northern Boulevard) →
→ "E" train toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer, "F" train toward Jamaica–179th Street late nights (Northern Boulevard) →
Side platform
Mosaic name tablet

This underground station has two tracks and two

Northern Boulevard to the east.[20]
The express tracks on the IND Queens Boulevard Line, used by the E and F trains during daytime hours, run via a separate routing under Northern Boulevard.

Both platforms have a purple tile band with a black border and mosaic name tablets reading "46TH ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a black background and purple border. Small tile captions reading "46TH ST" in white on black run below the tile band, and directional signs in the same style are present under some of the name tablets.[citation needed] The tile band was part of a color-coded

Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue, the next express station to the east. Purple tiles are similarly used at the other local stations between Queens Plaza and Roosevelt Avenue.[22][23]

Royal purple I-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals, alternating ones having the standard black station name plate with white lettering.[citation needed] The I-beam piers are located every 15 feet (4.6 m) and support girders above the platforms. The roof girders are also connected to columns in the platform walls.[24]: 3  The tunnel is covered by a U-shaped trough that contains utility pipes and wires. The outer walls of this trough are composed of columns, spaced approximately every 5 feet (1.5 m) with concrete infill between them. There is a 1-inch (25 mm) gap between the tunnel wall and the platform wall, which is made of 4-inch (100 mm)-thick brick covered over by a tiled finish. The columns between the tracks are also spaced every 5 feet (1.5 m), with no infill.[24]: 3 

Exits

Fare control area on the Queens-bound platform

Both platforms have one same-level

High Entry-Exit Turnstiles providing access to and from the station at all times) and one staircase to the southwest corner of 46th Street and Broadway.[25]

The fare control area on the east (railroad north) end of the Manhattan-bound platform has a turnstile bank (with two High Entry-Exit Turnstiles providing access to and from the station at all times) and one staircase going up to the north side of Newtown Road between Broadway and 48th Street. The fare control area on this end of the Forest Hills-bound also contains full height turnstiles, as well as one staircase going up to the southeast corner of Broadway and 48th Street.[25]

Old token booths at this station were located at the center of both platforms.[26][27] Both token booths have since been repurposed; the Forest Hills-bound platform has a set of doors leading into an employee-only facility while the Manhattan-bound platform has a wide fenced off area.[28]

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. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Duffus, R.L. (September 22, 1929). "OUR GREAT SUBWAY NETWORK SPREADS WIDER; New Plans of Board of Transportation Involve the Building of More Than One Hundred Miles of Additional Rapid Transit Routes for New York". The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  5. ^ "QUEENS SUBWAY WORK AHEAD OF SCHEDULE: Completion Will Lead to Big Apartrnent Building, Says William C. Speers". The New York Times. April 7, 1929. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  6. ^
    Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    . September 23, 1929. p. 40. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  7. ^ "New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000" (PDF). The New York Times. March 21, 1925. p. 1.
  8. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  9. ISBN 978-0-915276-50-9
    .
  10. ISBN 978-0-82325-369-2
    .
  11. ^ "Independent Subway Services Beginning in 1932". thejoekorner.com. August 21, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  12. ^ "TWO SUBWAY UNITS OPEN AT MIDNIGHT; Links in City-Owned System in Queens and Brooklyn to Have 15 Stations" (PDF). The New York Times. August 18, 1933. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  13. ^ "New Queens Subway Service Will Be Launched Tonight; Tunnel From Manhattan Open to Jackson Heights; Service Will Eventually Be Extended Through To Jamaica". Long Island Daily Press. Fultonhistory.com. August 18, 1933. p. 20. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  14. ^ "New Queens Tube To Open Saturday: Brooklyn-Long Island City Link of City Line Also to Be Put in Operation". New York Evening Post. Fultonhistory.com. August 17, 1933. p. 18. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  15. ^ "Astoria Asks 2 Tube Entrances". New York Daily News. October 15, 1933. Archived from the original on February 28, 2022.
  16. ^ "E Subway Timetable, Effective December 4, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  17. ^ "F Subway Timetable, Effective August 28, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  18. ^ "M Subway Timetable, Effective August 28, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  19. ^ "R Subway Timetable, Effective August 28, 2023". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  20. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  21. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived
    from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  22. ^ Carlson, Jen (February 18, 2016). "Map: These Color Tiles In The Subway System Used To Mean Something". Gothamist. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  23. ^ Gleason, Will (February 18, 2016). "The hidden meaning behind the New York subway's colored tiles". Time Out New York. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  24. ^ a b "New York MPS Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND)". Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006, Series: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 - 2017, Box: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: New York, ID: 05000672. National Archives.
  25. ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Astoria" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  26. ^ "Elevate Transit: Zoning for Accessibility Queens, Community District 1" (PDF). nyc.gov. October 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  27. ^ "datanews/subway-stair-closures". GitHub. November 12, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  28. ^ "R Train". www.stationreporter.net. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

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