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65th Street
65th Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
	R46 R train at the station.
Station statistics
Address	65th Street & Broadway; Queens, NY 11377
Borough	Queens
Locale	Woodside
Coordinates	40°44′58″N 73°53′50″W / 40.7494°N 73.8973°W
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	E (late nights); F (late nights); M (weekdays during the day); R (all times except late nights)
Transit	MTA Bus: Q53
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1936; 88 years ago
Opposite-; direction; transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	729,908 7.6%
Rank	345 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next
Location
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Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops weekdays during the day

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65th Street is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 65th Street and Broadway in Queens. It is served by the R train at all times except nights, when the E train takes over service. The M train provides additional service here on weekdays during middays and rush hours.

History

Track layout

Legend

					to Roosevelt Av






					to Northern Blvd

The Queens Boulevard Line was one of the first lines built by the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND),^[4]^[5]^[6] and stretches between the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan and 179th Street and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens.^[4]^[6]^[7] The Queens Boulevard Line was in part financed by a Public Works Administration (PWA) loan and grant of $25,000,000.^[8] One of the proposed stations would have been located at 65th Street.

The first section of the line, west from Roosevelt Avenue to 50th Street, opened on August 19, 1933. E trains ran local to Hudson Terminal (today's World Trade Center) in Manhattan, while the GG (predecessor to current G service) ran as a shuttle service between Queens Plaza and Nassau Avenue on the IND Crosstown Line.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Station layout

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent, MetroCard and OMNY machines
Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound local	← toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue weekdays (Northern Boulevard) ← toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (Northern Boulevard) ← toward World Trade Center late nights (Northern Boulevard) ← toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue late nights (Northern Boulevard)
	Southbound express	← do not stop here
	Northbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue weekdays (Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue) → → toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue) → → toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer late nights (Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue) → → toward Jamaica–179th Street late nights (Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue) →
	Side platform

This underground station has two side platforms and four tracks. The two center express tracks are used by the E train during daytime hours and the F train at all times.

Signs to the Forest Hills-bound platform are on the wall instead of hanging over the staircase. The reason for this was because the original 1933 IND tile sign read "Jamaica and Rockaway", anticipating construction of a never-built system expansion. These signs remained uncovered as late as 2001.^[15] The 1933 Manhattan-bound tile signs remain intact.

The station's tile bands are Puce with a black border. Some violet replacement tiles have been placed.

West of this station, the express tracks become depressed and break from the local tracks. The express tracks run underneath Northern Boulevard, while the local tracks continue under Broadway and then turn to Steinway Street before meeting up with the express trains underneath Northern and Steinway. The line was built in this fashion because Broadway and Steinway Street are too narrow to align four tracks side by side underneath them.

Exits

The full-time mezzanine is at the eastern end has three staircases to each platform and two staircases to the street, one to either eastern corner of Broadway and 65th Street.^[16] Both sides had fare controls and former booths at platform levels at the far western end, at the opposite end of the current mezzanine. They have since been sealed. Signs at the northeast exit as well as the Manhattan-bound platforms are for Rowan Street, the former name of 65th Street.^[17]^[18]

References

^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Duffus, R.L. (September 22, 1929). "OUR GREAT SUBWAY NETWORK SPREADS WIDER; New Plans of Board of Transportation Involve the Building of More Than One Hundred Miles of Additional Rapid Transit Routes for New York". The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
^ "QUEENS SUBWAY WORK AHEAD OF SCHEDULE: Completion Will Lead to Big Apartrnent Building, Says William C. Speers". The New York Times. April 7, 1929. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Queens Lauded as Best Boro By Chamber Chief". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 23, 1929. p. 40. Retrieved October 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ New York Times, New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000, March 21, 1925, page 1
^ "TEST TRAINS RUNNING IN QUEENS SUBWAY; Switch and Signal Equipment of New Independent Line Is Being Checked". The New York Times. December 20, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
^ Kramer, Frederick A. (1990). Building the Independent Subway. Quadrant Press. ISBN 978-0-915276-50-9.
^ Joseph B. Raskin (November 1, 2013). The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-5369-2. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
^ "Independent Subway Services Beginning in 1932". thejoekorner.com. August 21, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ "TWO SUBWAY UNITS OPEN AT MIDNIGHT; Links in City-Owned System in Queens and Brooklyn to Have 15 Stations". The New York Times. August 18, 1933. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
^ "New Queens Subway Service Will Be Launched Tonight; Tunnel From Manhattan Open to Jackson Heights; Service Will Eventually Be Extended Through To Jamaica". Long Island Daily Press. Fultonhistory.com. August 18, 1933. p. 20. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ "New Queens Tube To Open Saturday: Brooklyn-Long Island City Link of City Line Also to Be Put in Operation". New York Evening Post. Fultonhistory.com. August 17, 1933. p. 18. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^ Subway Signs to Nowhere (Forgotten New York)
^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Astoria" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
^ DanTD (March 16, 2017). 65th Street; Rowan Street Mosaic (photograph). Retrieved April 2, 2017. {{cite AV media}}: External link in |people= (help)
^ DanTD (March 16, 2017). 65th Street IND Queens; Rowan & B'Way Exit.jpg (photograph). Retrieved April 2, 2017. {{cite AV media}}: External link in |people= (help)

External links

nycsubway.org – IND Queens Boulevard Line: 65th Street
Station Reporter — R Train
Station Reporter — M Train
The Subway Nut — 65th Street Pictures
65th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View

[SASDEIS-DIVISION-1] "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[riderref-2] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[2016-rider-3] "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[NYTimes-OurGreatSubway-IND2ndSystem-1929-4] Duffus, R.L. (September 22, 1929). "OUR GREAT SUBWAY NETWORK SPREADS WIDER; New Plans of Board of Transportation Involve the Building of More Than One Hundred Miles of Additional Rapid Transit Routes for New York". The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2015.

[NYTimes-QBL-AheadSched-1929-5] "QUEENS SUBWAY WORK AHEAD OF SCHEDULE: Completion Will Lead to Big Apartrnent Building, Says William C. Speers". The New York Times. April 7, 1929. Retrieved September 1, 2015.

[BklynEagle-QnsBestBoro-1929-6] "Queens Lauded as Best Boro By Chamber Chief". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 23, 1929. p. 40. Retrieved October 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

[NYTimes-HylanSubway-CulverCrstwnQBL-1925-7] New York Times, New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000, March 21, 1925, page 1

[8] "TEST TRAINS RUNNING IN QUEENS SUBWAY; Switch and Signal Equipment of New Independent Line Is Being Checked". The New York Times. December 20, 1936. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 26, 2016.

[:03-9] Kramer, Frederick A. (1990). Building the Independent Subway. Quadrant Press. ISBN 978-0-915276-50-9.

[Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013-10] Joseph B. Raskin (November 1, 2013). The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-5369-2. Retrieved August 12, 2015.

[INDServicesChart-11] "Independent Subway Services Beginning in 1932". thejoekorner.com. August 21, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2015.

[NYTimes-INDQBLCrstwnOpen-1933-12] "TWO SUBWAY UNITS OPEN AT MIDNIGHT; Links in City-Owned System in Queens and Brooklyn to Have 15 Stations". The New York Times. August 18, 1933. Retrieved November 7, 2015.

[LIDaily-QBL-CrosstownOpen-Aug1933-13] "New Queens Subway Service Will Be Launched Tonight; Tunnel From Manhattan Open to Jackson Heights; Service Will Eventually Be Extended Through To Jamaica". Long Island Daily Press. Fultonhistory.com. August 18, 1933. p. 20. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[NYPost-QBLOpen-Aug171933-14] "New Queens Tube To Open Saturday: Brooklyn-Long Island City Link of City Line Also to Be Put in Operation". New York Evening Post. Fultonhistory.com. August 17, 1933. p. 18. Retrieved July 27, 2016.

[15] Subway Signs to Nowhere (Forgotten New York)

[maps-16] "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Astoria" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.

[17] DanTD (March 16, 2017). 65th Street; Rowan Street Mosaic (photograph). Retrieved April 2, 2017. {{cite AV media}}: External link in |people= (help)

[18] DanTD (March 16, 2017). 65th Street IND Queens; Rowan & B'Way Exit.jpg (photograph). Retrieved April 2, 2017. {{cite AV media}}: External link in |people= (help)

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-* Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/rtrain.htm R Train]
+* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20150113014240/http://www.stationreporter.net/rtrain.htm R Train]
-* Station Reporter — [http://www.stationreporter.net/mxtrain.htm M Train]
+* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20100922060746/http://www.stationreporter.net/mxtrain.htm M Train]
 * The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/ind/65r/index.php 65th Street Pictures]
 * [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.749232,-73.897423&spn=0,359.986235&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.749192,-73.89733&panoid=wJ7l9SlLM2jtjNFGLMrNgg&cbp=12,2.18,,0,8.86 65th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Queens Boulevard/ Sixth Avenue Local	Forest Hills–71st Avenue 67th Avenue 63rd Drive–Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard Grand Avenue–Newtown Elmhurst Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street Northern Boulevard 46th Street Steinway Street 36th Street Queens Plaza Court Square–23rd Street Lexington Avenue–53rd Street Fifth Avenue/53rd Street 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Essex Street Marcy Avenue Hewes Street Lorimer Street Flushing Avenue Myrtle Avenue Central Avenue Knickerbocker Avenue Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues Seneca Avenue Forest Avenue Fresh Pond Road Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
Broadway Local	Forest Hills–71st Avenue 67th Avenue 63rd Drive–Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard Grand Avenue–Newtown Elmhurst Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street Northern Boulevard 46th Street Steinway Street 36th Street Queens Plaza Lexington Avenue–59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street–Union Square Eighth Street–New York University Prince Street Canal Street City Hall Cortlandt Street Rector Street Whitehall Street–South Ferry Court Street Jay Street–MetroTech DeKalb Avenue Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Union Street Ninth Street Prospect Avenue 25th Street 36th Street 45th Street 53rd Street 59th Street Bay Ridge Avenue 77th Street 86th Street Bay Ridge–95th Street
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.