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The IRT Flushing Line is a rapid transit route of the New York City Subway system, named for its eastern terminal in Flushing, Queens. It is operated as part of the A Division . The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), a private operator, had constructed the section of the line from Flushing , Queens , to Times Square , Manhattan between ...
Passageway between IRT Flushing Line and IND Sixth Avenue Line, opened in 1971 The NYCTA started constructing a 300-foot-long (91 m) passageway between the two stations in 1969. Workers dug a trench measuring 20 feet (6.1 m) wide and 35 feet (11 m) deep, then covered the trench with a 14-foot-deep (4.3 m) layer of fill.
IRT Dyre Avenue Line (5 train) – entire line; IRT Pelham Line (6 and <6> trains) – entire line; IRT Flushing Line (7 and <7> trains) – from 33rd Street–Rawson Street to Flushing–Main Street; IRT New Lots Line (2, 3, 4, and 5 trains) at Junius Street – center track is not usable in revenue service
After the end of BMT/IRT dual service, the New York City Board of Transportation announced that the Flushing Line platforms would be lengthened to 11 IRT car lengths; the platforms were only able to fit nine 51-foot-long IRT cars beforehand. [13] [14] The platforms at the station were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains. [15]
After the end of BMT/IRT dual service, the New York City Board of Transportation announced that the Flushing Line platforms would be lengthened to 11 IRT car lengths; the platforms were only able to fit nine 51-foot-long IRT cars beforehand. [12] [13] The platforms at the station were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains. [14]
The Flushing Line, its sole line in Queens, is entirely elevated except for a short portion approaching its East River tunnel and its terminal at Flushing–Main Street (the whole Manhattan portion of the line is underground). The Flushing Line has had no track connection to the rest of the IRT since 1942, when service on the Second Avenue El ...
The Hunters Point Avenue station is a station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway.Located at 49th Avenue (formerly Hunters Point Avenue) and 21st Street in the intersections of Hunters Point and Long Island City, Queens, it is served by the 7 train at all times and the <7> train during rush hours in the peak direction.
The Flushing–Main Street station (signed as Main Street on entrances and pillars, and Main St–Flushing on overhead signs) is the eastern (railroad north) terminal on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, located at Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Downtown Flushing, Queens. [5]