Division A (IRT) Structure Underground Borough Queens Tracks 2 | Line IRT Flushing Line Opened 15 February 1916 Locale Long Island City | |
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Address Hunters Point Avenue/49th Avenue & 21st Street
Queens, NY 11101 Services 7 (all times) <7> (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction) Transit connections MTA Bus: Q67
LIRR: City Terminal Zone (at Hunterspoint Avenue) Similar Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue, 33rd Street–Rawson Street, 69th Street, Queensboro Plaza, Junction Boulevard | ||
Hunters Point Avenue is a station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 49th Avenue (Hunters Point Avenue) and 21st Street in Long Island City, Queens, it is served by the 7 train at all times and the <7> train during rush hours in the peak direction.
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History
The Flushing Line was extended one stop from Vernon–Jackson Avenues to Hunters Point Avenue on February 15, 1916.
The platforms at Hunters Point Avenue were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.
Station layout
This station is the eastern-most (railroad north) underground station on the Flushing Line until the northbound terminal station (Flushing – Main Street). The tunnel portal is at the eastern end of the station. Just outside the portal is a diamond crossover linking the two tracks.
This station has two tracks and two side platforms. Its architecture is in an Italianate design of brown color. Tilework includes a trimline with "HP" tiles on it and name tablets reading "HUNTERS POINT AVE." in gold serif font. The platform columns also have a trim line with "HP" tiles below them.
Exits
This station has one fare control area above the platforms and tracks near the north end. Two staircases from each platform go up to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank and several exit–only turnstiles provide access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and one staircase going up to the north side of 49th/Hunters Point Avenue with 21st Street several hundred yards to the west. Two other staircases to the east go up to the north side of the same street and is near the Long Island Rail Road's Hunterspoint Avenue station.