65th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
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| New York City Subway station 65th Street |
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| Line | IND Queens Boulevard Line |
| Services | E(5) G(345) R(1234) V(123) |
| Platforms | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks | 4 |
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| Borough | Queens |
| Opened | August 19, 1936 |
| Next north | Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights  E(5) G(345) R(1234) V(123) |
| Next south | Northern Boulevard E(5) G(345) R(1234) V(123) |
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 (all times except late nights), the V train (weekdays), the G train (evenings, weekends, and late nights), and the E train (late nights).
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 the never-built IND Second System. These signs remained uncovered at late as 1998. The 1933 Manhattan-bound tile signs remain intact. The tile band is purple. The full-time mezzanine is at the eastern end has three staircases to each platform and two staircases to the street. 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.
West of this station, the express tracks become depressed and break from the local tracks. Express run underneath Northern Boulevard, while the local continue under Broadway and then turn to Steinway Street before meeting up with the express trains underneath Northern and Steinway. The line was built this way because Broadway and Steinway Street are too narrow to align four tracks side by side underneath them.
[edit] External links
- nycsubway.org — IND Queens Boulevard Line: 65th Street
- Station Reporter — R Train
