Crosses East River Location Manhattan | Opened 19 August 1933 Body of water East River | |
Carries 2 tracks of the IND Queens Boulevard Line (E M trains) of the New York City Subway Locale Manhattan and Queens, New York City Maintained by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Similar 60th Street Tunnel, Joralemon Street Tunnel, 63rd Street Tunnel, Steinway Tunnel, Rikers Island Bridge | ||
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The 53rd Street Tunnel carries the IND Queens Boulevard Line (currently the E M trains) of the New York City Subway under the East River and Roosevelt Island between Manhattan and Queens, New York City.
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- Railfanning through the 53rd street tunnel
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The tunnel begins under 53rd Street in Manhattan and runs under the East River to 50th Avenue in Queens. Although it passes under Roosevelt Island, there is no station stop in this tunnel. It carries the Queens Boulevard Line, feeding from the IND Eighth Avenue and Sixth Avenue lines, to Long Island City, where it meets trains from the BMT 60th Street Tunnel Connection and the IND Crosstown Line west of Queens Plaza station.
Prior to the completion of the 63rd Street-Queens Boulevard Connection on December 17, 2001, the E and F trains traveled through the 53rd Street Tunnel.