Ind Queens Boulevard Line Stations - Roosevelt Avenue]74th Street, 63rd Drive - Rego Park, Forest Hills - 71st Avenue, 50th Street (Paperback)


Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: 169th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), 36th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), 46th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), 50th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line), 63rd Drive - Rego Park (IND Queens Boulevard Line), 65th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), 67th Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line), 75th Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Briarwood - Van Wyck Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Court Square (New York City Subway), Elmhurst Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Forest Hills - 71st Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Grand Avenue - Newtown (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Jamaica - 179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Kew Gardens - Union Turnpike (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Lexington Avenue / 51st - 53rd Streets (New York City Subway), Northern Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Parsons Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Queens Plaza (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Roosevelt Avenue / 74th Street (New York City Subway), Seventh Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Steinway Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Sutphin Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Woodhaven Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line). Excerpt: Court Square is a station complex on the IND Crosstown Line, the IRT Flushing Line and the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. The complex is located in the vicinity of One Court Square in Long Island City, Queens and served by the: The complex comprises three separate stations, formerly known as 23rd Street - Ely Avenue (Queens Boulevard Line), Long Island City - Court Square (Crosstown Line), and 45th Road - Court House Square (Flushing Line). Following the opening of the Citibank office tower at One Court Square, a passageway was built underneath connecting the Queens Boulevard and Crosstown stations. On December 16, 2001, service on the Queens Boulevard Line was increased by the connection of the IND 63rd Street Line, requiring G trains to terminate at Court Square on weekdays. To compensate Crosstown riders going into Queens, a free out-of-system transfer to the Flushing Line station was created. On June 3, 2011, a $47 million ADA-accessible connection between the Crosstown Line and Flushing Line stations was opened and the two stations were renamed "Court Square." In kind, the Queens Boulevard Line station, which is not ADA-compliant, was renamed "Court Square - 23rd Street." NYCT president Thomas Prendergast opens the complex. Court Square on the IND Crosstown Line is the northern terminal for G trains at all times. Although G service terminates here, the tracks themselves continue north and feed into the Queens Boulevard main line just south of Queens Plaza. This section of track is not used in regular service. Until April 19, 2010, trains traveled over this connection to continue to Forest Hills - 71st Avenue at various times of the day. This underground station, opened on August 19, 1933, has one island platform between two tracks. Each track wall has a green trim line with a black border and small "COURT SQ" signs below it in white lettering on black background. Green I-beam columns run along both sides of the platform at regular interv

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: 169th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), 36th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), 46th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), 50th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line), 63rd Drive - Rego Park (IND Queens Boulevard Line), 65th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), 67th Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line), 75th Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Briarwood - Van Wyck Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Court Square (New York City Subway), Elmhurst Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Forest Hills - 71st Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Grand Avenue - Newtown (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Jamaica - 179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Kew Gardens - Union Turnpike (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Lexington Avenue / 51st - 53rd Streets (New York City Subway), Northern Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Parsons Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Queens Plaza (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Roosevelt Avenue / 74th Street (New York City Subway), Seventh Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Steinway Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Sutphin Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Woodhaven Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line). Excerpt: Court Square is a station complex on the IND Crosstown Line, the IRT Flushing Line and the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. The complex is located in the vicinity of One Court Square in Long Island City, Queens and served by the: The complex comprises three separate stations, formerly known as 23rd Street - Ely Avenue (Queens Boulevard Line), Long Island City - Court Square (Crosstown Line), and 45th Road - Court House Square (Flushing Line). Following the opening of the Citibank office tower at One Court Square, a passageway was built underneath connecting the Queens Boulevard and Crosstown stations. On December 16, 2001, service on the Queens Boulevard Line was increased by the connection of the IND 63rd Street Line, requiring G trains to terminate at Court Square on weekdays. To compensate Crosstown riders going into Queens, a free out-of-system transfer to the Flushing Line station was created. On June 3, 2011, a $47 million ADA-accessible connection between the Crosstown Line and Flushing Line stations was opened and the two stations were renamed "Court Square." In kind, the Queens Boulevard Line station, which is not ADA-compliant, was renamed "Court Square - 23rd Street." NYCT president Thomas Prendergast opens the complex. Court Square on the IND Crosstown Line is the northern terminal for G trains at all times. Although G service terminates here, the tracks themselves continue north and feed into the Queens Boulevard main line just south of Queens Plaza. This section of track is not used in regular service. Until April 19, 2010, trains traveled over this connection to continue to Forest Hills - 71st Avenue at various times of the day. This underground station, opened on August 19, 1933, has one island platform between two tracks. Each track wall has a green trim line with a black border and small "COURT SQ" signs below it in white lettering on black background. Green I-beam columns run along both sides of the platform at regular interv

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November 2012

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978-1-155-70652-8

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