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Queensboro Plaza

Boro	Queens	Lines Served
Year Opened	1916	Lines Served
Street Location	Queens Plaza - 27th St	Transfers
Platform Layout	2 island platform, 1 on each level	Right-of-Way	Elevated
# of Tracks	4 tracks, 2 on each level	Former Name(s)	Willets Point Blvd, World's Fair, Willets-Point - Shea Stadium
Points of Interest	This station at one time had 8 tracks with 4 island platforms. Trains at one time crossed the Queenboro Bridge to the 2nd Ave El. This is still a busy station, and the only place in the subway system with cross-platform transfer between the former IRT (numbers) and BMT/IND (letters). Sunnysie yards is here. The IND Queens Plaza station is a block away, but no free transfers. Several hotels are within walking distance.

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Flushing bound train leaving Queens Blvd. (6/19/04)

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#7 crossing over a NJ Transit train at Sunnyside. (10/29/04)

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N-Train leaving Queens Plaza on the left, #7 train to the right. (6/19/04)

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Astoria Bound train entering Queens Plaza Station. (10/29/04)

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W-train negotiating the high curve into Queens Plaza. (10/29/04)

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Looking east from Queens Plaza with 3 trains in view. Left is a N train to Astoria, right a #7 to Flushing, ducking underneath is a #7 to Times Square. (6/19/04)

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