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[[File:NYC Subway R33 9075 on display at Queens Boro Hall.jpg|thumb|right|[[R33 (New York City Subway car)|R33 #9075]] just east of the station at Queens Borough Hall at 82nd Avenue]]
[[File:NYC Subway R33 9075 on display at Queens Boro Hall.jpg|thumb|right|[[R33 (New York City Subway car)|R33 #9075]] just east of the station at Queens Borough Hall at 82nd Avenue]]


The station is near the [[Queens Borough Hall]], the [[Queens Criminal Court]], and the [[The Kew-Forest School|Kew-Forest School]].<ref name=MTA-KewGardensMap-2015 /> It is also close to the [[Forest Hills Tower]], which has housed [[Plaza College]] since 2014 and also contains administrative offices for [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]]; it formerly housed the headquarters of [[JetBlue Airways]] and a [[public relations]] office for [[Consolidated Edison|Con Edison]], but the JetBlue office has since moved to the [[Brewster Building (Queens)|Brewster Building]] in [[Long Island City]].<ref name=DailyNews-JetBlue-FHTowers-2012>{{cite web |last1=Trapasso |first1=Clare |title=Forest Hills merchants struggling after JetBlue departure: Search is on for company to fill empty Forest Hills space |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/forest-hills-merchants-struggling-jetblue-departure-article-1.1057564 |website=[[Daily News (New York)|nydailynews.com]] |publisher=[[Daily News (New York)]] |accessdate=June 30, 2015 |date=April 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.hoovers.com/JetBlue/--ID__99674,target__business_directory--/free-co-samples-index.xhtml?cm_ven=PAID&cm_cat=GGL&cm_pla=CHQ&cm_ite=jet_blue_headquarters JetBlue Airways Corporation; Forest Hills, NY United States (Hoovers.com)]</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mosco |first1=Steve |title=Forest Hills enjoys boost in business with FEMA arrival |url=http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2012/47/femainfh_fh_2012_11_22_q.html |website=timesledger.com |publisher=Times Ledger |accessdate=July 5, 2015 |date=November 24, 2012}}</ref> At the east end of Queens Borough Hall on 82nd Avenue, a retired [[Redbird trains|IRT redbird]], [[R33 (New York City Subway car)|R33 car 9075]], is on display.<ref>{{cite web |author1=[[Gothamist]] |title=Visiting The Retired Redbird Subway Train In Queens |url=http://gothamist.com/2014/09/18/redbirds_museum_subway_queens.php#photo-1 |website=[[gothamist]].com |publisher=[[Gothamist]] |accessdate=June 30, 2015 |date=September 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Brown | first=Kim | title=The Last Redbird Subway Car Is Installed At Borough Hall | website=Queens Chronicle | date=February 3, 2005 | url=http://www.qchron.com/news/south/the-last-redbird-subway-car-is-installed-at-borough-hall/article_bbdd3931-f57b-55ff-a6a3-2c6a32233577.html | accessdate=July 1, 2016}}</ref> The Redbird car was formerly a visitor center for the Queens Borough Hall, but the visitor center closed in 2015 due to low patronage,<ref>{{cite web | title=Say Goodbye To The Queens Tourism Center That's Housed In An Old Subway Car | website=Gothamist | date=July 10, 2015 | url=http://gothamist.com/2015/07/10/queens_tourism_center_rip.php | accessdate=July 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Levy | first=Nicole | title=Five Possible Sites for a New Queens Tourism Center | website=DNAinfo New York | date=July 14, 2015 | url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150714/long-island-city/five-possible-sites-for-new-queens-tourism-center | accessdate=July 1, 2016}}</ref> and the car is now used as a landmark and for movie shoots.<ref>{{cite web | last=Ngu | first=Rebecca | last2=Small | first2=Eddie | last3=Kern-Jedrychowska | first3=Ewa | title='The Get Down' Filmed a Subway Scene in Queens' Retired Redbird | website=DNAinfo New York | date=March 25, 2016 | url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160325/melrose/get-down-filmed-subway-scene-queens-retired-redbird | accessdate=July 1, 2016}}</ref>
The station is near the [[Queens Borough Hall]], the [[Queens Criminal Court]], and the [[The Kew-Forest School|Kew-Forest School]].<ref name=MTA-KewGardensMap-2015 /> It is also close to the [[Forest Hills Tower]], which has housed [[Plaza College]] since 2014 and also contains administrative offices for [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]]; it formerly housed the headquarters of [[JetBlue Airways]] and a [[public relations]] office for [[Consolidated Edison|Con Edison]], but the JetBlue office has since moved to the [[Brewster Building (Queens)|Brewster Building]] in [[Long Island City]].<ref name=DailyNews-JetBlue-FHTowers-2012>{{cite web |last1=Trapasso |first1=Clare |title=Forest Hills merchants struggling after JetBlue departure: Search is on for company to fill empty Forest Hills space |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/forest-hills-merchants-struggling-jetblue-departure-article-1.1057564 |website=[[Daily News (New York)|nydailynews.com]] |publisher=[[Daily News (New York)]] |accessdate=June 30, 2015 |date=April 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.hoovers.com/JetBlue/--ID__99674,target__business_directory--/free-co-samples-index.xhtml?cm_ven=PAID&cm_cat=GGL&cm_pla=CHQ&cm_ite=jet_blue_headquarters JetBlue Airways Corporation; Forest Hills, NY United States (Hoovers.com)]</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mosco |first1=Steve |title=Forest Hills enjoys boost in business with FEMA arrival |url=http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2012/47/femainfh_fh_2012_11_22_q.html |website=timesledger.com |publisher=Times Ledger |accessdate=July 5, 2015 |date=November 24, 2012}}</ref> At the east end of Queens Borough Hall on 82nd Avenue, a retired [[Redbird trains|IRT redbird]], [[R33 (New York City Subway car)|R33 car 9075]], is on display.<ref>{{cite web |author1=[[Gothamist]] |title=Visiting The Retired Redbird Subway Train In Queens |url=http://gothamist.com/2014/09/18/redbirds_museum_subway_queens.php#photo-1 |website=[[gothamist]].com |publisher=[[Gothamist]] |accessdate=June 30, 2015 |date=September 18, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510020552/http://gothamist.com/2014/09/18/redbirds_museum_subway_queens.php#photo-1 |archivedate=May 10, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Brown | first=Kim | title=The Last Redbird Subway Car Is Installed At Borough Hall | website=Queens Chronicle | date=February 3, 2005 | url=http://www.qchron.com/news/south/the-last-redbird-subway-car-is-installed-at-borough-hall/article_bbdd3931-f57b-55ff-a6a3-2c6a32233577.html | accessdate=July 1, 2016}}</ref> The Redbird car was formerly a visitor center for the Queens Borough Hall, but the visitor center closed in 2015 due to low patronage,<ref>{{cite web | title=Say Goodbye To The Queens Tourism Center That's Housed In An Old Subway Car | website=Gothamist | date=July 10, 2015 | url=http://gothamist.com/2015/07/10/queens_tourism_center_rip.php | accessdate=July 1, 2016 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918073839/http://gothamist.com/2015/07/10/queens_tourism_center_rip.php | archivedate=September 18, 2015 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Levy | first=Nicole | title=Five Possible Sites for a New Queens Tourism Center | website=DNAinfo New York | date=July 14, 2015 | url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150714/long-island-city/five-possible-sites-for-new-queens-tourism-center | accessdate=July 1, 2016 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821184140/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150714/long-island-city/five-possible-sites-for-new-queens-tourism-center | archivedate=August 21, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> and the car is now used as a landmark and for movie shoots.<ref>{{cite web | last=Ngu | first=Rebecca | last2=Small | first2=Eddie | last3=Kern-Jedrychowska | first3=Ewa | title='The Get Down' Filmed a Subway Scene in Queens' Retired Redbird | website=DNAinfo New York | date=March 25, 2016 | url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160325/melrose/get-down-filmed-subway-scene-queens-retired-redbird | accessdate=July 1, 2016 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821182347/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160325/melrose/get-down-filmed-subway-scene-queens-retired-redbird | archivedate=August 21, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>


===Mezzanines===
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 Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike
 "E" train"F" train"F" express train
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
The Jamaica bound platform at Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike, with the two parts of the station name printed in reverse order on the overhead sign.
Station statistics
AddressUnion Turnpike & Queens Boulevard
Queens, NY 11415
BoroughQueens
LocaleKew Gardens, Forest Hills
Coordinates40°42′51″N 73°49′51″W / 40.714151°N 73.830786°W / 40.714151; -73.830786
DivisionB (IND)[1]
LineIND Queens Boulevard Line
Services   E all times (all times)
   F all times (all times) <F> two rush hour trains, peak direction (two rush hour trains, peak direction)
TransitBus transport NYCT Bus: Q46, X63, X64, X68
Bus transport MTA Bus: Airport transportation via Q10 bus Q10, Q37, Q60, QM18, QM21
Railway transportation LIRR: City Terminal Zone (at Kew Gardens)
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 island platforms
cross-platform interchange
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedDecember 31, 1936; 87 years ago (1936-12-31)
AccessibleThis station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ADA-accessible
Opposite-
direction
transfer
Yes
Former/other namesUnion Turnpike–Kew Gardens
Traffic
20235,016,215[2]Increase 12.8%
Rank53 out of 423[2]
Station succession
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Location
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike station is located in New York City Subway
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike station
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike station is located in New York City
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike station
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike station is located in New York
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike station
Street map

Map

Station service legend
Symbol Description
Stops all times Stops all times
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekdays during the day
Stops weekends during the day Stops weekends during the day

Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike (signed as Union Turnpike–Kew Gardens on overhead and entrance signs) is an express station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Union Turnpike and Queens Boulevard on the border of Kew Gardens and Forest Hills, Queens, it is served by the E and F trains at all times. Despite the station's name, Union Turnpike forms the border between Kew Gardens and Forest Hills, and the station straddles that border, with multiple entrances located in each neighborhood.[4]

The station opened on December 31, 1936 as the new terminal for the Independent Subway System's Queens Boulevard Line. The opening of the station brought significant growth to the adjacent communities of Forest Hills and Kew Gardens, transforming them from quiet residential communities to active population centers. Today, the station serves as a major transfer point between the subway and local buses. Bus service to eastern Queens or southern-central Queens is provided by the Q46, and the Q10 and Q37, respectively.

History

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Track layout

The Queens Boulevard Line was one of the first lines built by the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND),[5][6][7] and stretches between the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan and 179th Street and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens.[5][7][8] The Queens Boulevard Line was in part financed by a Public Works Administration (PWA) loan and grant of $25,000,000.[9] One of the proposed stations would have been located at Union Turnpike. A map from June 1925[10] shows a proposed alternate routing for the Queens Boulevard Line, that would have had the line turn via Kew Gardens Road after the Union Turnpike station instead of continuing via Queens Boulevard.[11][12] After proceeding via Kew Gardens Road the line would have turned via Hillside Avenue.[11][12] If this route were used, then Kew Gardens Road would have had to been widened to accommodate the four track line. This alternate routing would have provided for better access to Richmond Hill.[13] In 1930, in anticipation of growth due to the building of the Queens Boulevard Line, several blocks of land along Queens Boulevard were rezoned so that fifteen-story apartment buildings could be built.[14]

On December 31, 1936, the IND Queens Boulevard Line was extended by eight stops, and 3.5 miles (5.6 km), from its previous terminus at Roosevelt Avenue to Union Turnpike.[15][16][17][18][19][20] The construction of the extension to Kew Gardens brought significant growth to Queens, specifically in Forest Hills and Kew Gardens.[21][22] New apartment buildings were being built as a result of the subway line, and it transformed both Forest Hills and Kew Gardens from quiet residential communities of one-family houses to active population centers.[23][24][25] Following the line's completion, there was an increase in the property values of buildings around Queens Boulevard.[26][27] On April 24, 1937, the IND Queens Boulevard Line was extended four stops to 169th Street, with 169th Street and Parsons Boulevard serving as terminals.[28][29]

On November 23, 1941, the Q37 bus operated by Green Bus Lines was extended to the station to provide a transfer to the subway.[30]

In the 1970s, when the New York City Subway was at an all-time low, following the general trend of a decrease in ridership, the amount of passengers using the Union Turnpike station decreased by 2,700,000 passengers.[31][32] As part of the MTA's 1975–1981 transit program, station lighting at Kew Gardens was improved.[33] In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.[34]

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
B1 Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
Disabled access Elevator at southeast corner of Union Turnpike and Kew Gardens Road
B2
Platform level
Southbound local "E" train toward World Trade Center evenings, late nights & weekends (75th Avenue)
"F" train toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (75th Avenue)
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right Disabled access
Southbound express "E" train toward World Trade Center weekdays (Forest Hills–71st Avenue)
Northbound express "E" train toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer weekdays (Jamaica–Van Wyck)
"E" train toward Jamaica–179th Street rush hours (Parsons Boulevard)
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right Disabled access
Northbound local "E" train toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer evenings, late nights & weekends (Briarwood)
"F" train toward Jamaica–179th Street (Briarwood)
B3
Lower level tracks
[35][36][37]
Yard track No passenger service
Yard track No passenger service

This express station has four tracks and two island platforms. The F train stops on the outer local tracks at all times while the E stops on the center express tracks weekdays (Manhattan-bound from approximately 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Jamaica-bound from 7:30 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.) and on the outer tracks at all other times.[38] During weekdays this is the easternmost transfer point between the E and F trains before they branch off toward their eastern terminals.[35][39]

The platforms have dark blue columns, with yellow and black borders, as well as "Union Turnpike" text posted underneath on the platform walls.[40]

R33 #9075 just east of the station at Queens Borough Hall at 82nd Avenue

The station is near the Queens Borough Hall, the Queens Criminal Court, and the Kew-Forest School.[4] It is also close to the Forest Hills Tower, which has housed Plaza College since 2014 and also contains administrative offices for FEMA; it formerly housed the headquarters of JetBlue Airways and a public relations office for Con Edison, but the JetBlue office has since moved to the Brewster Building in Long Island City.[41][42][43] At the east end of Queens Borough Hall on 82nd Avenue, a retired IRT redbird, R33 car 9075, is on display.[44][45] The Redbird car was formerly a visitor center for the Queens Borough Hall, but the visitor center closed in 2015 due to low patronage,[46][47] and the car is now used as a landmark and for movie shoots.[48]

Mezzanines

JFK Airport-bound Q10 entering service near the station

This station is unusual in that its mezzanine is split in two halves. This is because at this location, Union Turnpike and the Jackie Robinson Parkway cross under Queens Boulevard but over the Queens Boulevard Line tracks; the mezzanine is at the level of Union Turnpike, one half on either side, with no connection between the two outside of fare control.[49]

Previously a grade-level intersection, the underpass was constructed simultaneously with the subway station costing $250,000.[50][51] The construction of the underpass with a subway station underneath was a massive undertaking. Three levels were required in order for the underpass and the subway station to be built. The upper level that was built was Queens Boulevard, which carries traffic east and west. The second level is an underpass that carries four lanes of Union Turnpike (and now also the Jackie Robinson Parkway) under the Boulevard. The tunnel is in between the two mezzanines and it would rest atop the roof of the subway station platform.[52]

Exits

Several stairs lead down from sidewalk level to walkways on either side of the turnpike, which themselves lead to one of the mezzanines.[4] Automobiles and buses were formerly allowed to drop off and pick up passengers along those walkways (similar to stations on the IND Concourse Line), but car access is currently blocked. This was stopped because the cars caused traffic backups.[35][53][54][55][56] The underpass is graded east to allow for natural drainage. The lower level contains the subway tracks, which are located about 20 feet (6.1 m) below the underpass that carries the turnpike.[52]

The eastern (railroad north) half of the mezzanine contains the station's full-time token booth. In the late 2000s, the MTA undertook a $13.9 million refurbishment of the station, which was completed in July 2008; during that time, the station was upgraded with cube-glass walls, as well as an elevator and ramp in this part of the mezzanine, which serves riders of the Q10 and Q37 buses.[4] The elevator and ramp make the station wheelchair-accessible and compliant with the guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[40] Other improvements that were part of the project included the addition of station agent booths that catered to wheelchair users, as well as new railings, station signs, station payphones, tactile yellow strips along the platforms, and platform fillings to reduce gaps between trains and platforms.[57]

The southwestern stairway and elevator (left), and the new ramp and passageway between the elevator and eastern mezzanine (right), both completed in 2008

However, the western (railroad south) half, which serves riders of the heavily used Q46 bus line that runs along Union Turnpike,[4] had its token booth closed and removed (with signage indicating asbestos condemnation). A piece of artwork, Underground Skies-Cloud Forest, that was designed by artist Krystyna Spisak-Madejczyk and architect Anna Chmura was installed in this half of the station mezzanine. This was a project of the Polish American Artist Society, and it was sponsored by the MTA Arts for Transit/Creative Stations Program.[40][58]

Track layout

A signal and switch tower is located at the north end of the northbound platform and is active only on weekdays.[35]

There are two diamond crossovers near this station: one is located at the eastern end, for eastbound trains, and the other is located at the western end, for westbound trains. Each switch allow trains to cross-over between the local and express tracks in the same direction.[59] There is a punch box located at the eastern end of the Jamaica-bound platform, allowing trains to continue along the Queens Boulevard line to 179th Street or to switch to the IND Archer Avenue Line.[35]

East of the station there is a flying junction that connects to the Jamaica Yard via a wye that curves east from the yard towards Briarwood. A second side of the wye curves west to become a lower level of the subway just west of the station.[59][60] The yard itself is situated just north of the station in the southern portion of Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, between the Grand Central Parkway and the Van Wyck Expressway.[4][61]

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Front view of the Civic Statue near Queens Borough Hall