Flushing – Main Street (IRT Flushing Line)

Flushing – Main Street

New York City Subway rapid transit station
Flushing – Main Street;
	New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Main Street & Roosevelt Avenue; Flushing, NY 11354
Borough	Queens
Locale	Flushing
Coordinates	40°45′34.28″N 73°49′49.14″W / 40.7595222°N 73.8303167°WCoordinates: 40°45′34.28″N 73°49′49.14″W / 40.7595222°N 73.8303167°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7 (all times) <7> (rush hours until 10:00 p.m., peak direction)
Connection	New York City Bus: Q12, Q13, Q15/A, Q16, Q17, Q20A/B, Q26, Q27, Q44, Q48 to LaGuardia Airport, Q58; MTA Bus: Q19, Q25, Q34, Q50, Q65, Q66; NICE bus: n20, n21; LIRR at Flushing Main Street;
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	January 2, 1928; 85 years ago
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	19,034,789 0.4%
Rank	11 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	(Terminal): 7 <7>
Next south	Mets – Willets Point: 7 <7>
Next north	(none)
Next south	Junction Boulevard: 7 <7>
	Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS:	New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP Reference#:	04001147
Added to NRHP:	October 14, 2004
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops in station at all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops late nights and weekends only
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
	Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
	Station is closed
	(Details about time periods)

Flushing – Main Street is the northern terminal station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway, located at Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing, Queens. It is served by the 7 at all times and the <7> train rush hours in the peak direction.

Station layout [edit]

Street level
Mezzanine	Concourse	Entrance/Exit, lobby, MetroCard vending machines, station agent
2B
	Westbound local	← toward Times Square (Mets-Willets Point)
	Island platform, Doors will open on the left, right
	Peak-direction express	← toward Times Square (Mets-Willets Point)
	Island platform, Doors will open on the left, right
	Eastbound local	← toward Times Square (Mets-Willets Point)

It is a three track, two island platform station, completely renovated between 1999 and 2000, with ADA-compliant access added. Mosaic tiles read "MAIN STREET"; small tiles along the platforms read "M". The original street exit is in the middle of the platforms with a separate fare control mezzanine above the tracks. The new fare control area at the east end has an extremely high ceiling, approximately 40 feet (12 m) below the street level, and provides an elevator, three escalators, and a stairway to street level at Lippman Plaza. New artwork has been installed over the row of turnstiles.

There are six entrances at street level. The main entrance can be accessed through four of these and is located in the center of the platforms and leads to the station service mezzanine with a 24-hour station agent's booth. The other two entrances are located on opposite sides of Roosevelt Avenue. Exiting west from the station on Roosevelt Avenue and Main Street will take you to the Flushing Chinatown. The 2012 passenger count for this station was 19,034,789 – making it the 11th busiest station system-wide and busiest outside of Manhattan.^[1]

The new Lippmann Plaza entrance opened in 1999 and is located at the far east end of the station, beyond the bumper blocks at end of the tracks. Prior to 1999, the tracks went past where the current bumper blocks are, to a dead-end. The new entrance has stairs, an escalator, and an ADA-accessible elevator. Flushing–Main Street Station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004.^[3]

At the west end of the station platforms are the offices and dispatch tower for the Flushing Line. This is where the trains are dispatched, crews report, and the line is controlled from.