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Steinway Street ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
34th Avenue exit stairs on northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Steinway Street & Broadway Queens, New York
Borough	Queens
Locale	Astoria
Coordinates	40°45′31″N 73°55′08″W / 40.758668°N 73.918934°W / 40.758668; -73.918934
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: Q66, Q101, Q104
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1933; 91 years ago (1933-08-19)
Accessible	not ADA-accessible; currently undergoing renovations for ADA access
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	2,730,057  3.8%
Rank	125 out of 423
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station 36th StreetE  ​F  ​M  ​R via Queens Plaza Local 46th StreetE  ​F  ​M  ​R toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue
Location Show map of New York City SubwayShow map of New York CityShow map of New York
Track layout Legend to 46th Street to 36th Street
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops weekdays during the day

The Steinway Street station is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located under Steinway Street between Broadway and 34th Avenue, it is served by the M train on weekdays, the R train at all times except nights, and the E and F trains at night.

History

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

In 2019, as part of an initiative to increase the accessibility of the New York City Subway system, the MTA announced that it would install elevators at the Steinway Street station as part of the MTA's 2020–2024 Capital Program. In November 2022, the MTA announced that it would award a $965 million contract for the installation of 21 elevators across eight stations, including Steinway Street. A joint venture of ASTM and Halmar International would construct the elevators under a public-private partnership.

Station layout

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Mezzanine	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound local	← toward Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue weekdays (36th Street) ← toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (36th Street) ← toward World Trade Center, toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue late nights (36th Street)
	Northbound local	→ toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue weekdays (46th Street) → → toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (46th Street) → → toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer, toward Jamaica–179th Street late nights (46th Street) →
	Side platform

This underground station has two tracks and two side platforms. The E and F trains serve the station at night, the M train serves the station on weekdays during the day, and the R train serves the station at all times except late nights. The station is between 36th Street to the west and 46th Street to the east.

Both platform walls have a purple tile band with a black border and mosaic name tablets reading "STEINWAY ST." in white sans-serif lettering on a black background and purple border. Small tile captions reading "STEINWAY" in white on black run below the tile band, and directional signs in the same style are present under some of the name tablets. The tile band was part of a color-coded tile system used throughout the IND. The tile colors were designed to facilitate navigation for travelers going away from Lower Manhattan. As such, the purple tiles used at the Steinway Street station were originally also used at Queens Plaza, the next express station to the west, while a different tile color is used at Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue, the next express station to the east. Purple tiles are similarly used at the other local stations between Queens Plaza and Roosevelt Avenue.

Royal purple I-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals, alternating ones having the standard black station name plate with white lettering. The I-beam piers are located every 15 feet (4.6 m) and support girders above the platforms. The roof girders are also connected to columns in the platform walls. The tunnel is covered by a U-shaped trough that contains utility pipes and wires. The outer walls of this trough are composed of columns, spaced approximately every 5 feet (1.5 m) with concrete infill between them. There is a 1-inch (25 mm) gap between the tunnel wall and the platform wall, which is made of 4-inch (100 mm)-thick brick covered over by a tiled finish. The columns between the tracks are also spaced every 5 feet (1.5 m), with no infill.

South of this station, the express tracks rejoin the local tracks and the line becomes four tracks again.

Exits

There are two separate mezzanines, one at each end of the station, and crossover is allowed on both of them. The side on Steinway Street near Broadway has two street stairs and has a token booth, and used to be the full-time side to the station. This side has two small staircases to the southbound side and a single platform-wide staircase on the northbound side. The part-time side at 34th Avenue and Steinway Street currently has no booth (it had been completely dismantled for asbestos abatement), and is HEET turnstile access at all times. This side has two stairs to the street to the northeast and southwest corners, and one to each platform.

In 2003, the hours for this token booth were 6:10 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. The entrances on this side, at the time, were only open 6:10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Mondays through Fridays, 6:10 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. Saturdays, and 4:20 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. Sundays. In 2009, the MTA proposed closing the part-time booth, which was then open 6:10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Access to this entrance has been added through HEET access between 2003 and 2009.

References

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External links

• nycsubway.org – IND Queens Boulevard Line: Steinway Street
• Station Reporter — R Train
• Station Reporter — M Train
• The Subway Nut — Steinway Street Pictures
• Broadway entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 34th 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
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.

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)
Queens Blvd. Line ​​​	[← to 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal, Eighth Ave. Line] 50th Street Seventh Avenue [← to 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center, Sixth Ave. Line] Fifth Avenue/53rd Street Lexington Avenue–53rd Street Court Square–23rd Street [← to Lexington Avenue/59th Street, Broadway Line via 60th Street Tunnel and connection / ← to Court Square, Crosstown Line] Queens Plaza [← to 21st Street–Queensbridge, 63rd St. lines] 36th Street Steinway Street 46th Street Northern Boulevard 65th Street Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue Elmhurst Avenue Grand Avenue–Newtown Woodhaven Boulevard 63rd Drive–Rego Park 67th Avenue 71st Avenue 75th Avenue Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike Briarwood [to Jamaica–Van Wyck, Archer Ave. lines →] Sutphin Boulevard Parsons Boulevard 169th Street Jamaica–179th 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.

• Future accessible New York City Subway stations
• IND Queens Boulevard Line stations
• 1933 establishments in New York City
• New York City Subway stations in Queens, New York
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1933
• Astoria, Queens