The 33rd Street–Rawson Street station (announced as the 33rd Street station on trains) is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway. It is located over Queens Boulevard on a concrete viaduct. It is served by the 7 train at all times.

33 Street–Rawson Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Platform view
Station statistics
Address	33rd Street & Queens Boulevard Long Island City, NY 11101
Borough	Queens
Locale	Sunnyside
Coordinates	40°44′40.62″N 73°55′52.7″W
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Q32 MTA Bus: Q39, Q60
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	April 21, 1917; 105 years ago (1917-04-21)
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Rawson Street
Traffic
2019	2,907,388[2]  4.1%
Rank	171 out of 424[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Queensboro Plaza toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards Local 40th Street–Lowery Street toward Flushing–Main Street does not stop here
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to 40 St–Lowery St to Queensboro Plz
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

History

The Flushing Line was opened from Queensboro Plaza to Alburtis Avenue (now 103rd Street–Corona Plaza) on April 21, 1917, with a local station at 33rd Street.[3]

The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.[4][5] The IRT routes were given numbered designations in 1948 with the introduction of "R-type" rolling stock, which contained rollsigns with numbered designations for each service.[6] The route from Times Square to Flushing became known as the 7.[7] On October 17, 1949, the joint BMT/IRT operation of the Flushing Line ended, and the line became the responsibility of the IRT.[8] 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.[9][10] The platforms at the station were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.[11] However, nine-car trains continued to run on the 7 route until 1962, when they were extended to ten cars.[12] With the opening of the 1964 New York World's Fair, trains were lengthened to eleven cars.[13][14]

The present-day 33rd, 40th, and 46th Streets were originally respectively known as Rawson, Lowery, and Bliss Streets until the 1930s, when they were given numbered street names.[15] To avoid confusion, the 33rd Street–Rawson Street, 40th Street–Lowery Street, and 46th Street–Bliss Street stations displayed both the new and old names of the respective street.[16] Since a New York City Transit Authority rule prohibited subway stations from being named after nonexistent streets, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) removed the old names of each street from station signs and subway maps in 1998. Local residents opposed the renaming and unsuccessfully attempted to persuade the MTA to restore the old names. The New York City Council passed a law in July 2003, giving both the old and new names to all three streets; after new street signs were installed in September 2003, the MTA agreed to restore the old names of each station.[15]

In December 2019, the MTA announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[17]

Station layout

P Platform level
	Side platform
	Southbound local	← toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards (Queensboro Plaza)
	Peak-direction express	← AM rush does not stop here ← PM rush/evenings does not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ toward Flushing–Main Street (40th Street–Lowery Street) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G	Street level	Entrances/exits

The station has two side platforms and three tracks. The center track is used by peak-direction <7> express trains during rush hours.

Exits

Both exits are under the tracks in the median of Queens Boulevard. The full-time exit is at 33rd Street, with two stairs from each platform, and the part-time exit is at 34th Street, also with two stairs from each platform. The part-time exit has a crossunder to allow free transfers between opposite directions while the full-time one does not, even though it has the layouts that could allow one.[18]

Image gallery

• 
  View of Queens Boulevard from the 33rd Street station
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  Mezzanine
• 
  7 train stopped at the platform

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 33rd Street – Rawson Street (IRT Flushing Line).

• nycsubway.org – IRT Flushing Line: 33rd Street/Rawson Street
• Station Reporter — 7 Train
• The Subway Nut — 33rd Street–Rawson Street Pictures Archived July 6, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 33rd Street–Rawson Street (IRT Flushing Line)
• 33rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 34th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

На других языках

[ru] 33-я улица — Росон-стрит (линия Флашинг, Ай-ар-ти)