Division B (IND) Opened 24 April 1937 Locale Jamaica | Structure Underground Borough Queens Tracks 4 | |
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Line IND Queens Boulevard Line Services E (rush hours)
F (all times) Transit connections NYCT Bus: Q43, Q83
MTA Bus: Q25, Q34, Q65, Q110, Q111, Q112, Q113, Q114 Platforms 2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange Address Queens, NY 11432, United States Similar 75th Avenue, 169th Street, Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer, Jamaica–179th Street, Briarwood | ||
Parsons Boulevard is an express station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Parsons Boulevard and Hillside Avenue in Queens, it is served by F service at all times. Limited rush hour E service also stops here due to capacity constraints at its usual terminal of Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer, which is four blocks to the south of here.
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Station layout
This underground station, opened on April 24, 1937, served as one of the line's two terminal stations (the other being 169th Street) until the current 179th Street terminal opened in 1950. It has four tracks and two island platforms. F trains stop on the outer local tracks at all times while infrequent rush hour E trains stop on the center express ones. The platform and mezzanine columns are I-beams painted maroon-red and the wall tiles along the tracks have an orange trim-line with a black border and name tiles underneath them consisting of "PARSONS" in white lettering on a black background.
Above the platforms is a full-length mezzanine that connects the two station entrances at either ends. It has more staircases to the Jamaica-bound platform than the Manhattan-bound one due to a crew office built on the Manhattan-bound side.
Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, will undergo a complete overhaul and would be entirely closed for up to 6 months. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting.
Exits
The full-time entrance is at the north end of the station. It has a turnstile bank and token booth, with two street stairs leading to either southern corner of Parsons Boulevard and Hillside Avenue, and a single staircase to the northwest corner.
The entrance at the south end is unstaffed, containing HEET turnstiles and three street stairs to the intersection of 153rd Street and Hillside Avenue – one each at the northern, southwest, and southeast corners of the intersection. Its booth was removed in 2003.