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Text pasted from the IND article, might be useful to merge if there are details not covered already. Kaisershatner 15:24, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
This subway is a four-tracked subway that begins at Queens Plaza Station in Long Island City, Queens, the meeting point of the Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Subway from Brooklyn, and the 53 St. Crosstown subway from Manhattan. From here the line is 4 tracks under Northern Blvd. to 37 Av., where the line splits into two, with the two local tracks swinging north under Steinway St. (not a coincidence!), and then east under Broadway to for several dozens of blocks to Queens Blvd. The two express tracks continue under Northern Blvd. until this thoroughfare intersects with Broadway. At this point the express tracks and local tracks rejoin once again forming a 4-track subway under Broadway and Queens Blvd. The line continues under Queens Blvd. to Van Wyck Blvd. (now the Van Wyck Expressway and its service roads). Here the line splits into two branches, one as a 4-track subway under Hillside Av. and runs to 179 St., and the other to the new Archer Av. Subway (opened in 1988). This branch to the Archer Av. Subway was originally a dead end known as the Van Wyck Stub. The Queens Blvd line today is New York City's second most crowded subway line.
[1] should help with the effect of the line. -- NE2 08:12, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Various things to see on the Queens Blvd line, from Manhattan: QUEENS PLAZA express 5th track between express tracks. Used to turn G train in offpeak.
36TH STREET local Express tracks dive down, continue along Northern Blvd as local tracks turn into Steinway Street and then Broadway. The express run is thereby shorter and straighter, at a point where narrow streets would have forced two levels for 4 tracks anyway.
STEINWAY STREET local 46TH STREET local NORTHERN BOULEVARD local Notice heavy columns across one part of Northern Blvd station, where N Y Connecting Railroad to Hell Gate Bridge crosses over.
Above 3 are local only, 2 tracks. Express actually comes under local tracks in western half of Northern Blvd station, and can be seen rising back up shortly east of station.
65TH STREET local ROOSEVELT AVENUE - JACKSON HEIGHTS express Unused 2-track terminal station on upper (mezzanine level) starting at east end of operated station, 2 trackways run out to east above main track level in use. Terminal rebuilt mainly into transit police station.
Unused trackway for westbound local trains begins at outer wall just east of station, rises up to same level as 2 trackways mentioned above making 3 trackways on upper level.
At 78th St, 3 trackways on upper level curve to south, ending at "temporary" wall at edge of constructed subway. On lower track level in use, a fourth local trackway for eastbound local trains is seen also curving to south and similarly ending at a wall.
The 4-track subway running south was a plan for a line to the Rockaways and south Jamaica proposed in 1929. Get out the atlases: via private property at 78th St now used as a playground, west in Garfield Ave, south in 65th Place, private property, Fresh Pond Road, then east in the LIRR, etc.
ELMHURST AVENUE local GRAND AVENUE - NEWTOWN local WOODHAVEN BOULEVARD - SLATTERY PLAZA local Designed for conversion to an express station. Outer walls curve out so the local track could be rerouted if desired.
63D DRIVE - REGO PARK local Unused trackway for westbound local trains begins at outer wall just east of station, rises up to an upper level. Crosses over tracks to curve south, ends at edge of construction. At that curve, another unused trackway for eastbound local trains curves off outer wall. This was another way to get to the Rockaways and south Queens in the 1929 plan, running right to the LIRR Rockaway line.
67TH AVENUE local 71ST AVENUE - CONTINENTAL AVENUE - FOREST HILLS express Longest station name on the subway. East of the station 2 tracks start, between local and express pairs, dive to a lower level, and widen to 4 tracks. So two levels of 4 tracks each run to past next station (station on upper level only!).
75TH AVENUE - PURITAN AVENUE local Lower level back to 2 tracks east of station, curves to northeast (right angle to main line) just before next station, coming alongside 2 other tracks curving from another lower level from the east, making a 4 track line to Jamaica Yard.
UNION TURNPIKE express Mezzanine cut in two by Union Turnpike itself crossing under Queens Boulevard. 2 track lower level curves in from yard lead within station limits and runs under main level. East of station, yard tracks come up between local and express pairs, whole line reduces to one 4-track level.
VAN WYCK BOULEVARD local East of station, 2 tracks start between express and local pairs. These are original trackways built for yet another line to south Queens in the 1929 plan, but they were actually put into use in 1988 when the Archer Ave line opened.
SUTPHIN BOULEVARD local PARSONS BOULEVARD express 169TH STREET local
179TH STREET express East of station, local tracks dive to lower level. Both levels open out to 4 tracks and run to 185th Street. Original plan was to go to the city line, maybe with 4 tracks. -- 96.250.192.111 ( talk) 21:39, 4 January 2010 (UTC) Barry
If the IND Queens Boulevard Line is the second most crowded, where does that leave the IRT Flushing Line? ---- DanTD ( talk) 14:29, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
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-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 20:39, 5 February 2017 (UTC)I have fixed all of the Fulton History links.
@ Kew Gardens 613 and Epicgenius: Many thanks for fixing those issues. There are two remaining areas of concern:
-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 11:30, 6 February 2017 (UTC)That link has been fixed.
-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 12:38, 6 February 2017 (UTC) Now there are no places where there are more than 3 references that are not bundled next to each other. I hope that this fixes the problem.
There is one remaining issue before I can finish my Review. I went to the MTA website expecting to find the cited figure but realized that the numbers have been all added together for the entire line.
Keeping in mind the GA criteria, this does not seem to be a problem to me however I think an explanatory note needs to be added to the article, stating that the total number consisted of adding together the following ridership numbers: [and then perhaps list the stations, lines etc that make up the overall total. If you said something like "The total "consists of all the stations' ridership listed within the IND Queens Boulevard Line Template" I think that would do the trick. I realize that listing the 20+ stations individually might just add "busy noise" to the article.]. If the goal is to make the information as accessible to Wikipedia's general readers as possible then the reader should know the stations' figures that were added up to get to the total of 467,779.
If you wish to discuss this here, that's fine.
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I fixed that. I think that you might find this link of interest.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 01:35, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
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Text pasted from the IND article, might be useful to merge if there are details not covered already. Kaisershatner 15:24, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
This subway is a four-tracked subway that begins at Queens Plaza Station in Long Island City, Queens, the meeting point of the Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Subway from Brooklyn, and the 53 St. Crosstown subway from Manhattan. From here the line is 4 tracks under Northern Blvd. to 37 Av., where the line splits into two, with the two local tracks swinging north under Steinway St. (not a coincidence!), and then east under Broadway to for several dozens of blocks to Queens Blvd. The two express tracks continue under Northern Blvd. until this thoroughfare intersects with Broadway. At this point the express tracks and local tracks rejoin once again forming a 4-track subway under Broadway and Queens Blvd. The line continues under Queens Blvd. to Van Wyck Blvd. (now the Van Wyck Expressway and its service roads). Here the line splits into two branches, one as a 4-track subway under Hillside Av. and runs to 179 St., and the other to the new Archer Av. Subway (opened in 1988). This branch to the Archer Av. Subway was originally a dead end known as the Van Wyck Stub. The Queens Blvd line today is New York City's second most crowded subway line.
[1] should help with the effect of the line. -- NE2 08:12, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Various things to see on the Queens Blvd line, from Manhattan: QUEENS PLAZA express 5th track between express tracks. Used to turn G train in offpeak.
36TH STREET local Express tracks dive down, continue along Northern Blvd as local tracks turn into Steinway Street and then Broadway. The express run is thereby shorter and straighter, at a point where narrow streets would have forced two levels for 4 tracks anyway.
STEINWAY STREET local 46TH STREET local NORTHERN BOULEVARD local Notice heavy columns across one part of Northern Blvd station, where N Y Connecting Railroad to Hell Gate Bridge crosses over.
Above 3 are local only, 2 tracks. Express actually comes under local tracks in western half of Northern Blvd station, and can be seen rising back up shortly east of station.
65TH STREET local ROOSEVELT AVENUE - JACKSON HEIGHTS express Unused 2-track terminal station on upper (mezzanine level) starting at east end of operated station, 2 trackways run out to east above main track level in use. Terminal rebuilt mainly into transit police station.
Unused trackway for westbound local trains begins at outer wall just east of station, rises up to same level as 2 trackways mentioned above making 3 trackways on upper level.
At 78th St, 3 trackways on upper level curve to south, ending at "temporary" wall at edge of constructed subway. On lower track level in use, a fourth local trackway for eastbound local trains is seen also curving to south and similarly ending at a wall.
The 4-track subway running south was a plan for a line to the Rockaways and south Jamaica proposed in 1929. Get out the atlases: via private property at 78th St now used as a playground, west in Garfield Ave, south in 65th Place, private property, Fresh Pond Road, then east in the LIRR, etc.
ELMHURST AVENUE local GRAND AVENUE - NEWTOWN local WOODHAVEN BOULEVARD - SLATTERY PLAZA local Designed for conversion to an express station. Outer walls curve out so the local track could be rerouted if desired.
63D DRIVE - REGO PARK local Unused trackway for westbound local trains begins at outer wall just east of station, rises up to an upper level. Crosses over tracks to curve south, ends at edge of construction. At that curve, another unused trackway for eastbound local trains curves off outer wall. This was another way to get to the Rockaways and south Queens in the 1929 plan, running right to the LIRR Rockaway line.
67TH AVENUE local 71ST AVENUE - CONTINENTAL AVENUE - FOREST HILLS express Longest station name on the subway. East of the station 2 tracks start, between local and express pairs, dive to a lower level, and widen to 4 tracks. So two levels of 4 tracks each run to past next station (station on upper level only!).
75TH AVENUE - PURITAN AVENUE local Lower level back to 2 tracks east of station, curves to northeast (right angle to main line) just before next station, coming alongside 2 other tracks curving from another lower level from the east, making a 4 track line to Jamaica Yard.
UNION TURNPIKE express Mezzanine cut in two by Union Turnpike itself crossing under Queens Boulevard. 2 track lower level curves in from yard lead within station limits and runs under main level. East of station, yard tracks come up between local and express pairs, whole line reduces to one 4-track level.
VAN WYCK BOULEVARD local East of station, 2 tracks start between express and local pairs. These are original trackways built for yet another line to south Queens in the 1929 plan, but they were actually put into use in 1988 when the Archer Ave line opened.
SUTPHIN BOULEVARD local PARSONS BOULEVARD express 169TH STREET local
179TH STREET express East of station, local tracks dive to lower level. Both levels open out to 4 tracks and run to 185th Street. Original plan was to go to the city line, maybe with 4 tracks. -- 96.250.192.111 ( talk) 21:39, 4 January 2010 (UTC) Barry
If the IND Queens Boulevard Line is the second most crowded, where does that leave the IRT Flushing Line? ---- DanTD ( talk) 14:29, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Shearonink ( talk · contribs) 06:49, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
I am going to Review this article for possible GA status. Please be patient as I work through the Review - this article is massive and it will take me a while. Shearonink ( talk) 06:49, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
Thank you for taking it.--
Kew Gardens 613 (
talk) 19:21, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 20:39, 5 February 2017 (UTC)I have fixed all of the Fulton History links.
@ Kew Gardens 613 and Epicgenius: Many thanks for fixing those issues. There are two remaining areas of concern:
-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 11:30, 6 February 2017 (UTC)That link has been fixed.
-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 12:38, 6 February 2017 (UTC) Now there are no places where there are more than 3 references that are not bundled next to each other. I hope that this fixes the problem.
There is one remaining issue before I can finish my Review. I went to the MTA website expecting to find the cited figure but realized that the numbers have been all added together for the entire line.
Keeping in mind the GA criteria, this does not seem to be a problem to me however I think an explanatory note needs to be added to the article, stating that the total number consisted of adding together the following ridership numbers: [and then perhaps list the stations, lines etc that make up the overall total. If you said something like "The total "consists of all the stations' ridership listed within the IND Queens Boulevard Line Template" I think that would do the trick. I realize that listing the 20+ stations individually might just add "busy noise" to the article.]. If the goal is to make the information as accessible to Wikipedia's general readers as possible then the reader should know the stations' figures that were added up to get to the total of 467,779.
If you wish to discuss this here, that's fine.
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talk) 22:49, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
I fixed that. I think that you might find this link of interest.-- Kew Gardens 613 ( talk) 01:35, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
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