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Hunters Point Avenue ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Address	49th Avenue & 21st Street Queens, New York
Borough	Queens
Locale	Hunters Point, Long Island City
Coordinates	40°44′32.57″N 73°56′57.33″W / 40.7423806°N 73.9492583°W / 40.7423806; -73.9492583
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times) <7>  (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)​
Transit	NYCT Bus: B62 (at Jackson Avenue) MTA Bus: Q67 LIRR Hunterspoint Avenue station
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	February 15, 1916; 108 years ago (1916-02-15)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	49th Avenue
Traffic
2023	1,039,399  0.1%
Rank	288 out of 423
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue7  <7> ​toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards Court Square7  <7> ​toward Flushing–Main Street
Location Show map of New York City SubwayShow map of New York CityShow map of New York
Track layout Legend to Court Square to Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

The Hunters Point Avenue station is a station on the IRT Flushing Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 49th Avenue (formerly Hunters Point Avenue) and 21st Street in the intersections of Hunters Point and Long Island City, Queens, it is served by the 7 train at all times and the <7> train during rush hours in the peak direction.

History

As part of its development, what is now the Flushing Line was extended one stop East, from Vernon–Jackson Avenues, which opened in 1915, to Hunters Point Avenue on February 15, 1916. Later that year it would again be extended to Court Square–23rd Street station.

The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940. The IRT routes were given numbered designations in 1948 with the introduction of "R-type" rolling stock, which contained rollsigns with numbered designations for each service. The route from Times Square to Flushing became known as the 7. In 1949, the New York City Board of Transportation announced that the Flushing Line platforms would be lengthened to 11 IRT car lengths; the platforms were only able to fit nine 51-foot-long IRT cars beforehand. The platforms at the station were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains. However, nine-car trains continued to run on the 7 route until 1962, when they were extended to ten cars.

Station layout

Ground	Street level	Entrances/exits
Mezzanine		Station agent, MetroCard vending machines
Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound	← toward 34th Street–Hudson Yards (Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue)
	Northbound	→ toward Flushing–Main Street (Court Square) →
	Side platform

This station is the easternmost (railroad north) underground station on the Flushing Line until the northbound terminal station (Flushing – Main Street). The tunnel portal is at the eastern end of the station. Just outside the portal is a diamond crossover linking the two tracks.

This station has two tracks and two side platforms. Its architecture is in an Italianate design of brown color. Tilework includes a trimline with "HP" tiles on it and name tablets reading "HUNTERS POINT AVE." in gold serif font. The platform columns also have a trim line with "HP" tiles below them.

Exits

This station has one fare control area above the platforms and tracks near the north end. Two staircases from each platform go up to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank and several exit–only turnstiles provide access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and one staircase going up to the north side of 49th Avenue with 21st Street several hundred yards to the west. Two other staircases to the east go up to the north side of the same street and is near the Long Island Rail Road's Hunterspoint Avenue station.

On October 29, 1982, a public hearing was scheduled concerning the planned closure of the entrance leading to the southeast corner of 49th Avenue and 21st Street as part of the New York City Transit Authority's Station Modernization Program.

References

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.
2. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
3. "SUBWAY EXTENSION OPEN.; Many Use New Hunters Point Avenue Station" (PDF). The New York Times. February 16, 1916. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
4. "City Transit Unity Is Now a Reality; Title to I.R.T. Lines Passes to Municipality, Ending 19-Year Campaign". The New York Times. June 13, 1940. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
5. "Transit Unification Completed As City Takes Over I. R. T. Lines: Systems Come Under Single Control After Efforts Begun in 1921; Mayor Is Jubilant at City Hall Ceremony Recalling 1904 Celebration". New York Herald Tribune. June 13, 1940. p. 25. ProQuest 1248134780.
6. Brown, Nicole (May 17, 2019). "How did the MTA subway lines get their letter or number? NYCurious". amNewYork. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
7. Friedlander, Alex; Lonto, Arthur; Raudenbush, Henry (April 1960). "A Summary of Services on the IRT Division, NYCTA" (PDF). New York Division Bulletin. 3 (1). Electric Railroaders' Association: 2–3. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
8. Bennett, Charles G. (November 20, 1949). "Transit Platforms On Lines In Queens To Be Lengthened; $3,850,000 Program Outlined for Next Year to Care for Borough's Rapid Growth New Links Are To Be Built 400 More Buses to Roll Also — Bulk of Work to Be on Corona-Flushing Route Transit Program In Queens Outlined". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
9. "37 Platforms On Subways To Be Lengthened: All Stations of B. M. T. and I.R.T.in Queens Included in $5,000,000 Program". New York Herald Tribune. November 20, 1949. p. 32. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1325174459.
10. Minutes and Proceedings of the New York City Transit Authority. New York City Transit Authority. 1955. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
11. "R17s to the Flushing Line". New York Division Bulletin. 5 (6). Electric Railroaders' Association: M-8. December 1962 – via Issuu.
12. ^ Dougherty, Peter (2020). Tracks of the New York City Subway 2020 (16th ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 1056711733.
13. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Long Island City" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
14. "Notice of Public Hearing". New York Daily News. September 21, 1982. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Media related to Hunters Point Avenue (IRT Flushing Line) at Wikimedia Commons
• nycsubway.org – IRT Flushing Line: Hunterspoint Avenue
• Station Reporter — 7 Train
• The Subway Nut — Hunters Point Avenue Pictures
• Hunters Point Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Flushing Local	34th Street–Hudson Yards Times Square–42nd Street Fifth Avenue Grand Central–42nd Street Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue Hunters Point Avenue Court Square Queensboro Plaza 33rd Street–Rawson Street 40th Street–Lowery Street 46th Street–Bliss Street 52nd Street 61st Street–Woodside 69th Street 74th Street–Broadway 82nd Street–Jackson Heights 90th Street–Elmhurst Avenue Junction Boulevard 103rd Street–Corona Plaza 111th Street Mets–Willets Point Flushing–Main Street
Flushing Express	34th Street–Hudson Yards Times Square–42nd Street Fifth Avenue Grand Central–42nd Street Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue Hunters Point Avenue Court Square Queensboro Plaza 61st Street–Woodside Junction Boulevard Mets–Willets Point Flushing–Main 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.

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)
Flushing Line ​	34th Street–Hudson Yards 10th Avenue (proposed) Times Square–42nd Street Fifth Avenue Grand Central–42nd Street Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue Hunters Point Avenue Court Square–23rd Street Queensboro Plaza 33rd Street–Rawson Street 40th Street–Lowery Street 46th Street–Bliss Street 52nd Street 61st Street–Woodside 69th Street 74th Street–Broadway 82nd Street–Jackson Heights 90th Street–Elmhurst Avenue Junction Boulevard 103rd Street–Corona Plaza 111th Street Mets–Willets Point Flushing–Main Street
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. Struck through passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

• IRT Flushing Line stations
• New York City Subway stations in Queens, New York
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1916
• 1916 establishments in New York City
• Long Island City