21st Street–Queensbridge (IND 63rd Street Line)

Infobox NYCS
name = 21st Street–Queensbridge
accessible = yes

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bg_color = #FF6E1A
line = IND 63rd Street Line
service = 63rd IND
platforms = 2 side platforms
tracks = 2
borough = Queens
open_date = October 29, 1989
north_local_station = 36th Street
north_line=IND Queens Boulevard Line
north_local_service=63rd IND local
north_express_station = Roosevelt Avenue–Jackson Heights
north_express_service=63rd IND express
north_express_station_acc=yes
south_station = Roosevelt Island
south_station_acc = yes
south_line = IND 63rd Street Line
south_service = 63rd IND

21st Street–Queensbridge 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 in the Queens neighborhood of Queensbridge, Queens, it is served by the NYCS|F train at all times.

This was the line's northern terminal until the 63rd Street Connector to the IND Queens Boulevard Line opened in December 2001. The tunnel had gained notoriety as the "tunnel to nowhere," as the line only had one stop in Queens before the connection to the Queens Boulevard Line was completed, which was almost thirty years after construction of the 63rd Street Tunnel began.

The station's only mezzanine is towards the east end of station. It has two street stairs at the northeast corner of 21st Street and 41st Avenue. Elevator and escalators are at northwest corner of the same intersection. A tower remains on west end of Manhattan-bound platform and can be used if necessary. Double crossover switches remain to the west of the station, reflecting its former use as a terminal station. The platform edge does not have the yellow tactile strip with bumps, characteristic of newly renovated stations.

Bus connections

*Q66
*Q69
*Q100
*Q102
*Q103

External links

*NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?221:152|IND 6th Avenue|21st Street/Queensbridge
*Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/ftrain.htm F Train]