Flushing – Main Street (IRT Flushing Line)

Flushing – Main Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue Queens, NY 11354
Borough	Queens
Locale	Flushing
Coordinates	40°45′34.28″N 73°49′49.14″W / 40.7595222°N 73.8303167°W / 40.7595222; -73.8303167Coordinates: 40°45′34.28″N 73°49′49.14″W / 40.7595222°N 73.8303167°W / 40.7595222; -73.8303167
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times) <7> (rush hours until 10:00 p.m., peak direction)
Connection	New York City Bus: Q12, Q13, Q15/A, Q16, Q17, Q20A/B, Q26, Q27, Q44, Q48 to LaGuardia Airport, Q58 MTA Bus: Q19, Q25, Q34, Q50, Q65, Q66 NICE bus: n20, n21 LIRR at Flushing Main Street
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	January 2, 1928 (1928-01-02)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	19,085,948[1]  0.1%
Rank	12 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	(Terminal): 7  <7>
Next south	Mets – Willets Point: 7  <7>
Next north	none: 7  <7>
Next south	Junction Boulevard: 7  <7>
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)
Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference #	04001147[2]
Added to NRHP	October 14, 2004

Flushing – Main Street is the northern terminal station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, located at Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing, Queens. It is served by the 7 at all times and the <7> train rush hours in the peak direction.

Station layout

G	Street level	Entrances/Exits to Main Street
M	Concourse	Lobby, MetroCard vending machines, station agent
P Platforms	Track 1	← toward Times Square (Mets – Willets Point)	Lippmann Plaza entrance Lobby, MetroCard vending machines, escalator to Roosevelt Avenue (Elevator on Roosevelt Avenue east of Main Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Track M	← off-peak hours ( peak hours) toward Times Square (Mets – Willets Point)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Track 2	← off-peak hours ( peak hours) toward Times Square (Mets – Willets Point)

It is a three track, two island platform station, completely renovated between 1999 and 2000, with ADA-compliant access added. Mosaic tiles read "MAIN STREET"; small tiles along the platforms read "M". The original street exit is in the middle of the platforms with a separate fare control mezzanine above the tracks. The new fare control area at the east end has an extremely high ceiling, approximately 40 feet (12 m) below the street level, and provides an elevator, three escalators, and a stairway to street level at Lippman Plaza. New artwork has been installed over the row of turnstiles.

There are six entrances at street level. The main entrance can be accessed through four of these and is located in the center of the platforms and leads to the station service mezzanine with a 24-hour station agent's booth. The other two entrances are located on opposite sides of Roosevelt Avenue. The 2013 passenger count for this station was 19,102,434 – making it the 11th busiest station system-wide and the busiest station outside of Manhattan.^[1]

The new Lippmann Plaza entrance opened in 1999 and is located at the far east end of the station, beyond the bumper blocks at end of the tracks. Prior to 1999, the tracks went past where the current bumper blocks are, to a dead-end. The new entrance has stairs, an escalator, and an ADA-accessible elevator. Flushing–Main Street Station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004.^[3]

At the west end of the station platforms are the offices and dispatch tower for the IRT Flushing Line. This is where the trains are dispatched, crews report, and the line is controlled from.

Gallery

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  Eastern entrance, refurbished in 1999

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  Another view of eastern entrance

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  Ticket hall

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  Platforms

References

Further reading

• Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics : A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0

External links

Media related to Flushing – Main Street (IRT Flushing Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org—IRT Flushing Line: Main Street/Flushing
• nycsubway.org — Happy World Artwork by Ik-Joong Kang (1998)
• Station Reporter — 7 Train
• The Subway Nut — Main Street-Flushing Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Flushing – Main Street (IRT Flushing Line)
• Main Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Eastern entrance on Roosevelt Avenue from Google Maps Street View

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