Flushing

Flushing – Main Street   New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Main Street & Roosevelt Avenue Flushing, NY 11354
Borough	Queens
Locale	Flushing
Coordinates	40°45′34.28″N 73°49′49.14″W / 40.7595222°N 73.8303167°W / 40.7595222; -73.8303167Coordinates: 40°45′34.28″N 73°49′49.14″W / 40.7595222°N 73.8303167°W / 40.7595222; -73.8303167
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times) <7>(rush hours until 10:00 p.m., peak direction)
Connection	New York City Bus: Q12, Q13, Q15 Q15A, Q16, Q17 Q17LTD, Q20A/B, Q26, Q27 Q27LTD, Q44 Q44LTD, Q48, Q58 Q58LTD Long Island Bus: N20, N21 MTA Bus: Q19, Q25 Q25LTD, Q34, Q50LTD, Q65 Q65LTD, Q66 LIRR at Flushing Main Street
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	January 2, 1928
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	18,630,490[1]  1.9%
Rank	10 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	(Terminal): 7  <7>
Next south	Mets – Willets Point: 7  <7>
Next north	(none)
Next south	Junction Boulevard: 7  <7>
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Flushing – Main Street is the northern terminal station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, located at Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing, Queens. It is served by the 7 at all times and the <7> train rush hours in the peak direction.

Layout

It is a three track, two island platform station, completely renovated between 1999 and 2000, with ADA-compliant access added.Mosaic tiles read "MAIN STREET"; small tiles along the platforms read "M". The original street exit is in the middle of the platforms with a separate fare control mezzanine above the tracks. The new fare control area at the east end has an extremely high ceiling, approximately 40 feet (12 m) below the street level, and provides an elevator, three escalators, and a stairway to street level at Lippman Plaza. New artwork has been installed over the row of turnstiles.

There are two entrances at street level. The main entrance is located in the center of the platforms and leads to the station service mezzanine with a 24-hour station agent's booth. Exiting west from the station on Roosevelt Avenue and Main Street will take you to the Flushing Chinatown. The 2010 passenger count for this station was 18,630,490 – making it the 10th busiest station complex system-wide and busiest outside of Manhattan.^[1]

The new Lippmann Plaza entrance opened in 1999 and is located at the far east end of the station, beyond the bumper blocks at end of the tracks. Prior to 1999, the tracks went past where the current bumper blocks are, to a dead-end. The new entrance has stairs, an escalator, and an ADA-accessible elevator. Flushing–Main Street Station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004.^[2]

At the west end of the station platforms are the offices and dispatch tower for the Flushing Line. This is where the trains are dispatched, crews report, and the line is controlled from.

Gallery

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  Eastern entrance, refurbished in 1999

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  Another view of eastern entrance

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  Ticket hall

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  Platforms

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. http://www.mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annual.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-31. 
2. ^ Queens County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places -- (Structure #04001147)

Further reading

• Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics : A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0

External links

• nycsubway.org — IRT Flushing Line: Main Street/Flushing
• nycsubway.org — Happy World Artwork by Ik-Joong Kang (1998)
• Station Reporter — 7 Train
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Flushing – Main Street (IRT Flushing Line)
• Main Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Eastern entrance on Roosevelt Avenue from Google Maps Street View