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The 46th Street station is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 46th Street and Broadway in Astoria, Queens, it is served by the M train on weekdays, the R train at all times except nights, and the E train at night.

46 Street  ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
View of northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	46th Street & Broadway Queens, NY 11103
Borough	Queens
Locale	Astoria
Coordinates	40.756685°N 73.914256°W / 40.756685; -73.914256
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	E  (late nights) ​   M  (weekdays until 11 p.m.) ​   R  (all hours except late nights)
Transit	MTA Bus: Q104
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1933; 89 years ago (1933-08-19)
Opposite- direction transfer	No
Traffic
2019	2,609,445[2]  3.7%
Rank	187 out of 424[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Steinway Street E  ​M  ​R  via Queens Plaza Local Northern Boulevard E  ​M  ​R  toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend to Northern Blvd to Steinway St
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops weekdays only

History

The Queens Boulevard Line was one of the first lines built by the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND),[3][4][5] and stretches between the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan and 179th Street and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens.[3][5][6] The Queens Boulevard Line was in part financed by a Public Works Administration (PWA) loan and grant of $25 million.[7] One of the proposed stations would have been located at 46th Street.

The first section of the line, west from Roosevelt Avenue to 50th Street, opened on August 19, 1933. E trains ran local to Hudson Terminal (today's World Trade Center) in Manhattan, while the GG (predecessor to current G service) ran as a shuttle service between Queens Plaza and Nassau Avenue on the IND Crosstown Line.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

The station entrances to 48th Street did not open until some time after October 1933, when the Astoria Heights Taxpayers Association circulated petitions demanding that these entrances be opened.[14]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
P Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound local	← toward Metropolitan Avenue weekdays (Steinway Street) ← toward 95th Street (Steinway Street) ← toward World Trade Center late nights (Steinway Street)
	Northbound local	→ toward 71st Avenue weekdays (Northern Boulevard) → → toward 71st Avenue (Northern Boulevard) → → toward Jamaica Center late nights (Northern Boulevard) →
	Side platform

This underground station has two tracks and two side platforms. The express tracks on the IND Queens Boulevard Line, used by the E train during daytime hours and the F train at all times, run via a separate routing under Northern Boulevard.

Both platforms have a Grape trim line with a black border and mosaic name tablets reading "46TH ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a black background and Grape border. Small tile captions reading "46TH ST" in white on black run below the trim line, and directional signs in the same style are present under some of the name tablets. Royal purple I-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals, alternating ones having the standard black station name plate with white lettering.

Exits

Both platforms have one same-level fare control area at either ends and there are no crossovers or crossunders. The full-time side is at the west (railroad south) end of the Manhattan-bound platform. It has a turnstile bank, token booth, and one staircase to the northwest corner of 46th Street and Broadway. The fare control area on the same end of Forest Hills-bound platform has a part-time turnstile bank and token booth (with two High Entry-Exit Turnstiles providing access to and from the station at all times) and one staircase to the southwest corner of 46th Street and Broadway.[15]

The fare control area on the east (railroad north) end of the Manhattan-bound platform has a part-time turnstile bank and customer assistance booth (with two High Entry-Exit Turnstiles providing access to and from the station at all times) and one staircase going up to the north side of Newtown Road between Broadway and 48th Street. The fare control area on this end of the Forest Hills-bound platform is un-staffed, containing full height turnstiles and one staircase going up to the southeast corner of Broadway and 48th Street.[15]

There is evidence of a provisional fare control area at the center of both platforms leading to 47th Street.[16][17] The Forest Hills-bound platform has a set of doors leading to an employee-only facility while the Manhattan-bound platform has a wide fenced off area. Stairs to the street were never constructed.[18]

References

External links

• nycsubway.org – IND Queens Boulevard Line: 46th Street
• Station Reporter — R Train
• Station Reporter — M Train
• The Subway Nut — 46th Street Pictures Archived January 28, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
• 46th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 48th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Newton Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

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