Queens Boulevard Line

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The Queens Boulevard Line is a major trunk line of the New York City Subway in Queens, carrying multiple services through some of the borough’s busiest residential and commercial corridors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New York City Subway line
rapid transit line
borough Queens
character open-cut and embankment segments in eastern Queens
underground
city New York City
connectsBorough Manhattan
Queens
connectsTo 63rd Street Line
Archer Avenue Line
IND Crosstown Line
IND Eighth Avenue Line
linked to: Eighth Avenue Line

IND Sixth Avenue Line via 63rd Street connection
Jamaica Line via Archer Avenue
country United States
division IND Division
fareControl part of unified fare system of New York City Subway
hasService E
F
M
R
hasServicePattern local tracks and express tracks
hasServiceType express service
local service
hasStation 46th Street–Bliss Street
63rd Drive–Rego Park
75th Avenue
Briarwood
Court Square–23rd Street
Elmhurst Avenue
Forest Hills–71st Avenue
Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue
Jamaica–179th Street
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike
Northern Boulevard
Queens Plaza
Steinway Street
Sutphin Boulevard
Woodhaven Boulevard
hasTerminal Court Square–23rd Street via Crosstown Line connection
Forest Hills–71st Avenue
Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer via Archer Avenue Line
Jamaica–179th Street
locale Manhattan, New York City
Queens, New York City
linked to: Queens
notableFeature four-track express-local configuration for high capacity
one of the busiest subway corridors in Queens
opened 1933
openedSegment 75th Avenue–Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike segment opened 1936
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike–Parsons Boulevard segment opened 1937
Parsons Boulevard–169th Street segment opened 1937
Queens Plaza–Roosevelt Avenue segment opened 1933
Roosevelt Avenue–75th Avenue segment opened 1936
operator New York City Transit Authority
planningEra IND Second System era planning
primaryCorridor Queens Boulevard
purpose to carry multiple services through busy residential and commercial corridors in Queens
system New York City Subway
trackConfiguration four-track trunk line for most of its length

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E (New York City Subway service) queensMainLine Queens Boulevard Line
subject linked to: E
Port Authority Bus Terminal servedBy New York City Subway E line
linked to: Queens Boulevard Line
M train usesLine Queens Boulevard Line
M train hasRouteThrough Queens Boulevard Line (local tracks)
linked to: Queens Boulevard Line
Eighth Avenue Line connectsTo Queens Boulevard Line
Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer isEasternTerminalOf Queens Boulevard Line E service
linked to: Queens Boulevard Line
Jamaica Line connectsWith Queens Boulevard Line
Sixth Avenue Line connectsWith Queens Boulevard Line
R line trunkLineInQueens Queens Boulevard Line
Archer Avenue Lines connectsWith Queens Boulevard Line
63rd Drive–Rego Park openedAsPartOf IND Queens Boulevard Line extension
linked to: Queens Boulevard Line
Archer Avenue Line connectsWith Queens Boulevard Line
Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station partOfLine IND Queens Boulevard Line (Archer Avenue extension)
linked to: Queens Boulevard Line
Steinway Street isOnTrunkLine Queens Boulevard Line
New York City Subway M line trunkLineUsed Queens Boulevard Line