Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station

Roosevelt Avenue / 74th Street  ​​​​
New York City Subway station complex
The station complex and adjoining bus terminal as seen from Broadway and 75th Street
Station statistics
Address	Roosevelt Avenue, 74th Street & Broadway Queens, NY 11372
Borough	Queens
Locale	Jackson Heights
Division	A (IRT), B (IND)
Line	IRT Flushing Line IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	7  (all times)​    E  (all times) ​   F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, peak direction) ​   M  (weekdays during the day) ​   R  (all times except late nights)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Q32 MTA Bus: Q33, Q47, Q49, Q53, Q70 (all at Victor Moore Bus Terminal)
Levels	2
Other information
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Traffic
2023	14,348,691  21.1%
Rank	9 out of 423
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops weekdays during the day

Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue / 74th Street – Broadway (or simply Jackson Heights or Roosevelt Avenue / 74th Street) is a New York City Subway station complex served by the IRT Flushing Line and the IND Queens Boulevard Line. Located at 74th Street, Broadway, and Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens, it is served by the:

• 7, E, and F trains at all times
• R train at all times except late nights
• M train weekdays except late nights

Station layout

2F	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound local	← toward [[Template:S-line/NYCS left/Flushing (IRT Flushing Line)|Template:S-line/NYCS left/Flushing]] (69th Street)
	Peak-direction express	← does not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ toward [[Template:S-line/NYCS right/Flushing (IRT Flushing Line)|Template:S-line/NYCS right/Flushing]] (82nd Street–Jackson Heights) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
1F	Mezzanine	to Exits
G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance, station house fare control and bus loops Elevator after fare control in station house between 74th and 75th Streets
B1–2	Mezzanines	to Exits, fare control
B3	Southbound local	← toward Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue (65th Street) ← toward Bay Ridge – 95th Street (65th Street) ← toward World Trade Center late nights (65th Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound express	← toward World Trade Center (Queens Plaza) ← toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue (21st Street – Queensbridge)
	Northbound express	→ toward Jamaica Center (Forest Hills – 71st Avenue) → → toward Jamaica – 179th Street (Forest Hills – 71st Avenue) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Northbound local	→ toward Forest Hills – 71st Avenue (Elmhurst Avenue) → → toward Jamaica Center late nights (Elmhurst Avenue) →

IRT Flushing Line platforms

74th Street – Broadway
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Manhattan bound platform
Station statistics
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times)
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	April 21, 1917 (1917-04-21)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Broadway
Traffic
2023	14,348,691  21.1%
Rank	9 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times

74th Street – Broadway (originally Broadway) is a local station on the IRT Flushing Line that has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the rush hour peak direction <7> express service, but trains do not stop here, although there are crossovers at either side to let it stop there. It is served by the 7 train at all times.

The station has two fare control areas, both of which connect to the IND Queens Boulevard Line via five long escalators: three at 73rd Street and two at 74th. The 74th Street mezzanine has a wooden floor with windscreen on the stairs, a booth, and a crossunder. The 73rd Street mezzanine contains wooden stair walls, no windows, and no booth (the booth being in the IND entrance at street level). The canopy at the south end is different, having been added later than the original canopy. Construction on a new station building was completed in 2005. The 2004 artwork here is called Passage by Tom Patti.

Entrance at Roosevelt Avenue and 75th Street

IND Queens Boulevard Line platforms

Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue  ​​​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
An R160 M train leaving Roosevelt Avenue.
Station statistics
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	E  (all times) ​   F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, peak direction) ​   M  (weekdays during the day) ​   R  (all times except late nights)
Structure	Underground
Levels	2 (upper level unused)
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1933 (1933-08-19)
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Roosevelt Avenue – Jackson Heights
Traffic
2023	14,348,691  21.1%
Rank	9 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next Template:NYCS next Template:NYCS next
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops weekdays during the day

Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue (signed as Roosevelt Avenue – Jackson Heights on overhead signs) is an express station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line that has four tracks and two island platforms. The outer track walls have a blue color stripe with a black border and no name tablets. The platforms' I-beams columns are painted in blue. The fare control is in the center of the full-length mezzanine above the platforms and tracks.

West of the station, there are switches between both westbound tracks; the corresponding switches for the eastbound tracks are east of the station. On both sides, there are also switches between both express tracks.

The western switches were the site of a subway collision on May 2, 1970, in which an out-of-service GG train collided with another GG train in revenue service switching from the express track to the local track (it had been rerouted around the former train). Two people died and 71 were injured in the worst subway collision since the 1928 Times Square derailment. Following the 1970 accident, New York Magazine highlighted the state of the subway system in a lengthy expose.

Newly renovated tiles at Roosevelt Avenue

Unused upper level

Exiting the northern fare control and following the passageway leads to the unused and uncompleted Roosevelt Avenue terminal station for the IND Second System. This terminal has an island platform with a trackway on each side. There are no rails in the trackbeds, but tiles depicting the station name on the tile walls are present. The signs hanging over the platform, however, are blank. East of the station lies a long, dark section of a 3-block-long tunnel with provisions for a crossover and a ramp down to the Manhattan-bound local track of the active mainline below. The unused tunnel has about 750 feet (230 m) of trackway. Along these trackways, trains from the lower level tracks can be seen. The never-used upper level platform was only long enough for 8 (60 ft (18 m)) cars rather than the IND maximum of 10. It is currently used for storage. The platform itself has been converted to offices and storage.

There is a trackway just east of Roosevelt Avenue that diverges away from the Manhattan-bound local track. The trackway ramps up to the same level as the two trackways coming from the never-used Roosevelt Avenue Terminal, making three trackways on the upper level. The ramp flies over the mainline tracks along with the two other trackways. Between 78th and 79th Streets, the three trackways on upper level curve towards the south and ending at the wall at the edge of constructed subway. There is a diverging bellmouth next to the Jamaica-bound local track several hundred feet north of the station just at the location where the three upstairs trackways are crossing over. This bellmouth also curves towards the south and similarly ends on a concrete wall shortly after the start of the bellmouth. At the end of the unused tunnel there is an emergency exit that opens out to the south side of Broadway across the street from Elmhurst Hospital. The four-track subway running south was a plan for a line along the Long Island Rail Road right-of-way to Garfield Avenue and 65th Place. The line would have turned along 65th Place to Fresh Pond Road and then along Fresh Pond Road to Cypress Hills Street. The line would have merged with the Myrtle Avenue – Central Avenue Line to the Rockaways proposed in 1929. All four trackways end at a concrete wall where they begin to diverge from the excavation for the existing line.

East of this station, next to the southbound track, the bellmouth with the ramp ascending to the upper level once had a layup track on it. On the Roosevelt Avenue interlocking machine in the station tower, there are spare levers for the necessary signals and switches. On the southbound local track, there is a homeball signal, "D1-1415", which has the lower portion lenses covered over and now functions as an automatic signal. A look at the interlocking machine shows it just the right way with certain lighting to see faint indentations of where the Winfield spur was to have turned off from the D1 track and the D2 track.

Victor Moore Bus Terminal

See also: List of bus routes in Queens

Inside the Victor A. Moore Bus Terminal attached to the station

The subway complex has been integrated into the Victor A. Moore Bus Terminal. Originally an art deco-type structure also known as the Victor Moore Arcade, it was a streamlined local landmark, where passengers could transfer from the new IND subway to buses for distant neighborhoods and LaGuardia Airport. The bus terminal and arcade, located at the triangle formed by Broadway, Roosevelt Avenue, and 75th Street, were officially opened on December 11, 1941. The structure was named after Victor Moore, a notable Broadway actor and Queens resident. It served as a hub for the operations of Triboro Coach. The "arcade" was closed in 2001 and replaced during the 2005 reconstruction of the IRT Flushing Line platforms. It includes one of the first green buildings in the MTA system, which is partially powered by solar panels built into the roof.

Six bus lines served in and near the terminal provide easier transfer to the subway and bus connections. Lanes 1 through 3 are located inside the terminal.

All buses from the terminal are operated by MTA Bus Company, successors to the Triboro Coach routes, except one. The Q32 is operated by MTA New York City Transit.

Lane	Route	Destination
1	Q33	East Elmhurst Ditmars Boulevard and 94th Street
2	Q49	East Elmhurst Astoria Boulevard and 102nd Street
3	Q47	Northbound: LaGuardia Airport, Marine Air Terminal
Broadway at 74th Street		Southbound: Glendale The Shops at Atlas Park mall
Roosevelt Avenue at 74th Street	Q32	Westbound: Penn Station, Midtown Manhattan West 32nd Street and 7th Avenue
		Eastbound: Jackson Heights Northern Boulevard and 81st Street
	Q70 Limited-stops	Northbound: LaGuardia Airport, All terminals except Marine Air Terminal
		Southbound: Woodside 61st Street and Roosevelt Avenue
Broadway at 75th Street	Q53 Limited-stops	Northbound: Woodside 61st Street and Roosevelt Avenue
		Southbound: Rockaway Park Beach 116th Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard

External links

• nycsubway.org – IRT Flushing Line: 74th Street/Broadway
• nycsubway.org – IND Queens Boulevard Line: Roosevelt Avenue
• nycsubway.org — Passage Artwork by Tom Patti (2004)
• Station Reporter — 74th Street/Roosevelt Avenue Complex
• Abandoned Stations — Roosevelt Avenue Upper Level
• The Subway Nut — Roosevelt Avenue – Jackson Heights (E,F,M,R) Pictures
• The Subway Nut — 74th Street – Broadway (7) Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — Jackson Heights – Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street - Broadway
• Broadway and 73rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 37th Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Broadway and 74th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Broadway entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Roosevelt Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Broadway and 75th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Roosevelt Avenue and 75th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Mezzanine from Google Maps Street View
• IND platforms from Google Maps Street View