Jackson Heights-74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue (New York City Subway)
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| New York City Subway station Jackson Heights-74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue |
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| Services | 7 (IRT Flushing Line) E F G (345) R (1234) V (123) (IND Queens Boulevard Line) |
| Borough | Queens |
| Connections | Q33 bus to LaGuardia Airport (except Marine Air Terminal) Q47 bus to LaGuardia Airport (Marine Air Terminal only) |
Jackson Heights-74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue is a New York City Subway station transferpoint that connects the IRT Flushing Line and the IND Queens Boulevard Line. Located at 74th Street, Broadway, Queens Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue in the Queens neighborhood of Jackson Heights, it is served by the 7, E and F trains at all times, by the R train at all times except late nights, by the V train weekdays, and by the G train late nights and weekends.
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[edit] IRT Flushing Line
| Station Information | |
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| Line | IRT Flushing Line |
| Services | 7 |
| Connection | Q33 bus to LaGuardia Airport (except Marine Air Terminal) Q47 bus to LaGuardia Airport (Marine Air Terminal only) |
| Platforms | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks | 3 |
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| Opened | April 21, 1917 |
| Next North | 82nd Street-Jackson Heights 7 |
| Next South | 69th Street 7 |
74th Street-Broadway on the IRT Flushing Line has three tracks and two side platforms. The station has two exits, both of which connect to the IND Queens Boulevard Line via five long escalators: three at 73rd Street and two at 74th. The 74th Street mezzanine has a wooden floor with windscreen on the stairs. There is a booth with crossunder. The 73rd Street mezzanine contains wooden stair walls, no windows, and no booth (the booth being in the IND entrance at the street level). From the mezzanines, there are 54 steps to this entrance. The canopy at the south end is different and appears to have been added later than the original canopy.
In recent years, the area had been under heavy renovation, with construction on a new station building completed in 2005. The 2004 artwork here is called Passage by Tom Patti.
[edit] IND Queens Boulevard Line
| Station Information | |
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| Line | IND Queens Boulevard Line |
| Services | E F G (345) R (1234) V (123) |
| Transfer | 7 at 74th Street-Broadway  (IRT Flushing Line) |
| Connections | Q33 bus to LaGuardia Airport |
| Q47 bus to LGA Marine Air Terminal | |
| Platforms | 2 island platforms |
| Tracks | 4 |
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| Borough | Queens |
| Opened | August 19, 1933 |
| Next North | Local: Elmhurst Avenue E (5) G (345) R (1234) V (123) |
| Express: 71st-Continental Avenue-Forest Hills E (1234) F |
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| Next South | Local: 65th Street E (5) G (345) R (1234) V (123) |
| Express: Queens Plaza E (1234) |
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| 63rd Street Line via Express: 21st Street–Queensbridge F |
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Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue on the IND Queens Boulevard Line has four tracks and two island platforms. This station has a blue color stripe with black border and no name tablet. I-beams are painted gold. There is is a transfer to the elevated IRT Flushing Line. The fare control is in the center of the mezzanine which does have a free crossover. Exiting the north fare control in the mezzanine and following the passageway will take you to the built-but-never-used Roosevelt Avenue terminal station. There is an unused trackway for westbound local trains beginning at outer wall just east of the station, rises up to the same level as 2 trackways, making 3 trackways on the upper level. At 78th Street, 3 trackways on upper level curve to the south, ending at "temporary" wall at the edge of constructed subway. On the lower track in use, a fourth local trackway for eastbound local trains is seen also curving to the south and similarly ending on a wall. The 4-track subway running south was a plan for a line to the Rockaways and South Jamaica proposed in 1929.
[edit] Bus connections
- Q19B via 35th Avenue / 89th Street / Astoria Boulevard to East Elmhurst
- Q32 via 81st Street to Jackson Heights, or via Roosevelt Avenue / Queens Boulevard / Queensboro Bridge / Fifth Avenue to Pennsylvania Station , Manhattan
- Q33 via 83rd Street to LaGuardia Airport (except Marine Air Terminal)
- Q45 via 69th Street / Calamus Avenue / 80th Street to Juniper Valley
- Q47 via 74th Street to LaGuardia Airport (Marine Air Terminal only)
- Q53 via Broadway / Woodhaven Boulevard / Cross Bay Boulevard to Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (A (1a) S) subway station, or via Broadway to 61st Street–Woodside (7 <7> (1a2a3c)) subway station and Woodside LIRR station
[edit] External links
- nycsubway.org — IRT Flushing Line: 74th Street/Broadway
- nycsubway.org — IND Queens Boulevard Line: Roosevelt Avenue
- Station Reporter — 74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue Complex
