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The 21st Street–Queensbridge station 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 within Queensbridge in Long Island City, Queens, it is served by the F train at all times and the <F> train during rush hours in the reverse peak direction.
The 21st Street station (signed as 21st Street–Van Alst [2]) is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 21st Street and Jackson Avenue in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City, Queens , it is served by the G train at all times.
After running west through the Queens Plaza area, it turns north onto 21st Street, stopping at the 21st Street–Queensbridge station at the Queensbridge Houses, then making four more stops along the street. At the end of 21st Street in the Ditmars section of Astoria, the Q100 turns east onto 20th Avenue, making a single stop at 31st Street in ...
Queensbridge, the largest of 26 public housing developments in Queens, is located between Vernon Boulevard, which runs along the East River, and 21st Street. It is immediately south of the Ravenswood power plant and just north of the Queensboro Bridge, for which the complex is named. The complex is the largest housing project in North America.
The 21st Street–Queensbridge station. Plans for the 63rd Street Line were approved by the New York City Board of Estimate on June 3, 1969. [32] Groundbreaking ceremonies for the line took place on November 24, 1969, at Vernon Boulevard and 21st Street in Queensbridge Park, Long Island City.
An F shuttle train (operated by East New York Yard) ran between Lexington Avenue-63rd Street and 21st Street-Queensbridge, stopping at Roosevelt Island, at all times except late nights. Shuttle buses ran between Queens Plaza and 21st Street–Queensbridge during the day and between Queens Plaza and Roosevelt Island at night.
The 21st Street–Queensbridge station is located to the west at 21st Street and 41st Avenue. Numerous MTA Regional Bus Operations routes operate in the area, including the Q32 , Q60 , and Q101 operating across the Queensboro Bridge into Midtown Manhattan, and the Q102 to Roosevelt Island .
Ultimately, the 63rd Street Line was constructed only as far as 21st Street–Queensbridge with no connections to the stations at Queens Plaza. [41] In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system. [42]