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View of southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	36th Street & Northern Boulevard Queens, New York
Borough	Queens
Locale	Long Island City
Coordinates	40°45′07″N73°55′40″W / 40.752036°N 73.927903°W /40.752036; -73.927903
Division	B (IND)[1]
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:Q63,Q101
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	August 19, 1933; 92 years ago (1933-08-19)
Traffic
2024	766,587[2]  0.3%
Rank	335 out of 423[2]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Queens Plaza E  ​M  ​R  services split Local Steinway Street E  ​F  ​M  ​R  towardForest Hills–71st Avenue 21st Street–Queensbridge F  IND 63rd St Future services (Dec 2025) 21st Street–Queensbridge F  ​M  towardMiddle Village–Metropolitan Avenue Steinway Street E  ​F  ​M  ​R  towardForest Hills–71st Avenue Queens Plaza towardBay Ridge–95th Street Local
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York
Track layout Legend toSteinway Street shortcut to65th Street under Northern Boulevard to21st Street–Queensbridge toQueens Plaza
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops weekdays during the day

The36th Street station is a localstation on theIND Queens Boulevard Line of theNew York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 36th Street andNorthern Boulevard inQueens, it is served by theM train on weekdays, theR train at all times except nights, and theE andF trains at night. The <F> train skips this station when it operates.

The Queens Boulevard Line was one of the first lines built by the city-ownedIndependent Subway System (IND),^[3][4][5] and stretches between theIND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan and179th Street and Hillside Avenue inJamaica, Queens.^[3][5][6] The Queens Boulevard Line was in part financed by aPublic Works Administration (PWA) loan and grant of $25 million.^[7] One of the proposed stations would have been located at 36th Street.

The first section of the line, west fromRoosevelt Avenue to50th Street, opened on August 19, 1933.E trains ran local toHudson Terminal (today's World Trade Center) in Manhattan, while theGG (predecessor to current G service) ran as a shuttle service between Queens Plaza andNassau Avenue on theIND Crosstown Line.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13]}

The station's northbound platform was temporarily closed in June 2023 for structural improvements.^[14]

Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance
Mezzanine		Fare control, station agent,OMNY machines
Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound local	← towardMiddle Village–Metropolitan Avenue weekdays(Queens Plaza) ← towardBay Ridge–95th Street(Queens Plaza) ← towardWorld Trade Center late nights(Queens Plaza) ← towardConey Island–Stillwell Avenue late nights(21st Street–Queensbridge)
	Southbound express	← do not stop here
	Northbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Northbound local	→ towardForest Hills–71st Avenue(Steinway Street) → → towardJamaica Center–Parsons/Archer late nights(Steinway Street) → → towardJamaica–179th Street late nights(Steinway Street) →
	Side platform

This underground station has four tracks and twoside platforms. The two center express tracks are used by theE andF trains during daytime hours.^[15] The E and F trains serve the station at night,^[16][17] theM train serves the station on weekdays during the day,^[18] and theR train serves the station at all times except late nights.^[19] The next stop to the west isQueens Plaza for most trains,^[20] and21st Street–Queensbridge for late-night F trains.^[21] The next stop to the east isSteinway Street.^[20]

The station's tile band is purple with a black border and name tablets have "36TH ST." in white lettering on a black background and purple border. Small directional and name signs are tiled in white lettering on a black background under the tile band and name tablets.^{[citation needed]}The tile band was part of a color-codedtile system used throughout the IND.^[22] The tile colors were designed to facilitate navigation for travelers going away fromLower Manhattan. As such, the purple tiles used at the 36th Street station were originally also used atQueens Plaza, the next express station to the west, while a different tile color is used atJackson 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.^[23][24]

Both platforms have royal purple I-beam columns at regular intervals with every other one having the standard black station sign plate with white lettering.^{[citation needed]} The I-beampiers are located every 15 feet (4.6 m) and supportgirders above the platforms. The roof girders are also connected to columns in the platform walls.^[25]: 3 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.^[25]: 3

This is one of two stations on theR route that is named "36th Street"; the other is36th Street on theBMT Fourth Avenue Line inBrooklyn.^[26]

Each platform has twofare control areas and there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfer between directions. The fare control areas on theManhattan-bound side are on platform level. The full-time one is at the middle and has aturnstile bank, token booth, and two staircases going up to the three-way intersection of Northern Boulevard, 36th Street, and 35th Street, one to the northeast corner and the other to the island formed by these three streets. The Manhattan-bound platform has another un-staffed entrance/exit at the extreme east (railroad north) end. It has twoHigh Entry/Exit Turnstiles and a single staircase going up to the northeast corner of 36th Street and Northern Boulevard. Connecting these two fare control areas is a passageway that was formerly part of the platform as only a full-height fence separates them and it has the platform's trim line and name tablets.^[27]

The fare control areas on the Forest Hills-bound side are un-staffed and on small mezzanines above the platforms that are connected to each other. One is at the extreme west (railroad south) end and has one staircase to the platform, two HEET turnstiles, a part-time bank of regular turnstiles, and one street stair going up to the south side of Northern Boulevard east of 34th Street. The other fare control area has one staircase to the platform, one HEET turnstile and one exit-only turnstile, and one street stair going up to the south side of Northern Boulevard between 36th and 37th Streets.^[27]

There are route selectorpunch boxes on the southbound platform, for the connection to theIND 63rd Street Line (currently used by the F train from the express tracks) west of the station. In normal revenue service, all trains that stop at this station continue along the IND Queens Boulevard Line toQueens Plaza, except for late night F trains which continue along the IND 63rd Street Line to21st Street–Queensbridge.

East of this station, the express tracks dive down to a lower level and make a direct route to Roosevelt Avenue along Northern Boulevard while the local tracks turn north into Steinway Street and then east under Broadway. This is because Broadway and Steinway Street are not wide enough to hold four tracks underneath them. The only other line in the system where the express tracks split away from the mainline and make a shortcut is on theIND Culver Line betweenSeventh Avenue andChurch Avenue inBrooklyn.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to36th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line).

• nycsubway.org –IND Queens Boulevard Line: 36th Street
• Station Reporter —R Train
• Station Reporter —M Train
• The Subway Nut —36th Street PicturesArchived July 6, 2020, at theWayback Machine
• 36th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 35th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 34th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

• 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
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