The IRT Flushing Line is a rapid transit route of the New York City Subway system, named for its eastern terminal in Flushing, Queens. It is operated as part of the A Division. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), a private operator, had constructed the section of the line from Flushing, Queens, to Times Square, Manhattan between 1915 and 1928. A western extension was opened to Hudson Yards in western Manhattan in 2015, and the line now stretches from Flushing to Chelsea, Manhattan. It carries trains of the 7 local service, as well as the express <7> during rush hours in the peak direction. It is the only currently operational IRT line to serve Queens.
Queens Boulevard viaduct
Grand Central deep vault
The IRT Flushing Line at 33rd Street–Rawson Street, seen in 1920
Queensboro Subway Service Extended To Times Square station 1927
Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central portion of the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is the fourth-largest central business district in New York City. Downtown Flushing is a major commercial and retail area, and the intersection of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue at its core is the third-busiest in New York City, behind Times Square and Herald Square.
Aerial view of the neighborhood
The intersection of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue
Old Flushing Burial Ground, used in the 17th and 18th centuries, now a park
View of Flushing, John Bowne House, 1825