21st Street – Queensbridge (IND 63rd Street Line)

21st Street – Queensbridge
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	21st Street & 41st Avenue Queens, NY 11101
Borough	Queens
Locale	Queensbridge and Long Island City
Coordinates	40°45′14″N 73°56′33″W / 40.753954°N 73.942451°W / 40.753954; -73.942451Coordinates: 40°45′14″N 73°56′33″W / 40.753954°N 73.942451°W / 40.753954; -73.942451
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND 63rd Street Line
Services	F  (all times)
Connection	MTA Bus: Q66, Q69, Q100, Q102, Q103
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	October 29, 1989 (1989-10-29)[1]
Accessible
Wireless service	[2][3]
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	2,683,624[4]  2%
Rank	185 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	36th Street (local): no regular service Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue (express): F
Next south	Roosevelt Island: F
Next north	Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue: F
Next south	Roosevelt Island: F
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekdays only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekends and weekend late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

21st Street – Queensbridge is a station on the IND 63rd Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 21st Street and 41st Avenue in the Queens neighborhood of Queensbridge, it is served by the F train at all times.

This station opened on October 29, 1989 with the entire IND 63rd Street Line and was the line's northern terminal until the connector to the IND Queens Boulevard Line opened in December 2001.^[1][5] The tunnel had gained notoriety as the "tunnel to nowhere," being the line's only stop in Queens before the connection to the Queens Boulevard Line was completed, which was almost thirty years after construction of the 63rd Street Tunnel began.^[1] Until the connection opened, this station shared the characteristic of a two side platformed terminal station with Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line. This is an inefficient terminal setup, requiring passengers to know which track the next train will depart from before going to the platform level. As a terminal from 1989 to 2001, the station had tail tracks that continued eastward as far as 29th Street, ending at bumper blocks. Also, this station has punch boxes, a tower on the west end of Manhattan-bound platform that can be used if necessary, and a diamond crossover switch to the west.

East of the station, before the line connects to the IND Queens Boulevard Line, the tracks veer left while the tunnel wall goes straight. The bellmouth is part of an intended super-express bypass of the IND Queens Boulevard Line running along the LIRR mainline between Queens Boulevard and Forest Hills planned in 1968.^[6]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines, crossover (Elevator at NW corner of 21st Street and 41st Avenue)
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (Roosevelt Island)
	Northbound	→ toward Jamaica – 179th Street (Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue) → (No regular service: 36th Street)
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

This underground station's only mezzanine is at the east end of station via an overpass above the platforms. It has two street stairs at the northeast corner of 21st Street and 41st Avenue. Elevator and escalators are at northwest corner of the same intersection. The two side platforms do not have yellow tactile strip with bumps or columns, characteristics of newly renovated and ADA-accessible New York City Subway stations. There are also no columns between the two tracks.

Gallery

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  Street elevator

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  Street escalators

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 21st Street – Queensbridge (IND 63rd Street Line).

• nycsubway.org—IND 6th Avenue: 21st Street/Queensbridge
• Station Reporter — F Train
• The Subway Nut — 21st Street – Queensbridge Pictures
• 21st Street entrance from Google Maps Street View