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{{Short description|New York City Subway station in Queens}}
{{distinguish|Hunts Point Avenue station|Hunterspoint Avenue station (LIRR)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox NYCS
| name = Hunters Point Avenue
| former = 49th Avenue
| image = Hunters Point Avenue - Flushing bound platform.jpg
| image_caption = 
| address = 49th Avenue &amp; [[New York State Route 25A|21st Street]]<br>Queens, New York
| borough = [[Queens]]
| locale = [[Hunters Point, Queens|Hunters Point]], [[Long Island City]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40|44|32.57|N|73|56|57.33|W|display=inline,title}}
| division = IRT
| line = [[IRT Flushing Line]]
| service = Flushing south
| connection = {{Unbulleted list
   | {{bus icon}} [[NYCT Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|B62}} (at Jackson Avenue)
   | {{bus icon}} [[MTA Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|Q67}}
   | {{rint|rail|size=12}} [[Long Island Rail Road|LIRR]] [[Hunterspoint Avenue (LIRR station)|Hunterspoint Avenue station]]
   }}
| platforms = 2 [[side platform]]s
| tracks = 2
| structure = Underground
| open_date = {{start date and age|1916|February|15}}
| adjacent_stations = {{Adjacent stations|system=New York City Subway
|line=Flushing|left=Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue|right=Court Square|note-left={{NYCS Flushing|time=1}}|note-right={{NYCS Flushing|time=1}}}}
| legend = {{NYCS infobox legend|alltimes}}{{NYCS infobox legend|rushpeak}}
| layout = {{Routemap|inline=y
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The '''Hunters Point Avenue station''' is a [[Metro station|station]] on the [[IRT Flushing Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. Located at 49th Avenue (formerly Hunters Point Avenue) and 21st Street in the intersections of [[Hunters Point, Queens|Hunters Point]] and [[Long Island City, Queens]], it is served by the {{NYCS|7}} train at all times and the [[7d (New York City Subway service)|&lt;7&gt;]] train during rush hours in the peak direction.

== History ==
[[File:Hunters_Point_Av_from_outside_vc.jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|View from outside]]
As part of its development, what is now the Flushing Line was extended one stop East, from [[Vernon–Jackson Avenues (IRT Flushing Line)|Vernon–Jackson Avenues]], which opened in 1915, to Hunters Point Avenue on February 15, 1916.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 16, 1916|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/02/16/100192409.pdf|title=SUBWAY EXTENSION OPEN.; Many Use New Hunters Point Avenue Station.|website=The New York Times|access-date=August 31, 2016}}</ref> Later that year it would again be extended to [[Court Square–23rd Street station]].

The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1940-06-13 |title=City Transit Unity Is Now a Reality; Title to I.R.T. Lines Passes to Municipality, Ending 19-Year Campaign |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/13/archives/city-transit-unity-is-now-a-reality-title-to-irt-lines-passes-to.html |access-date=2022-05-14 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107193115/https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/13/archives/city-transit-unity-is-now-a-reality-title-to-irt-lines-passes-to.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="p1248134780">{{cite news |date=June 13, 1940 |title=Transit Unification Completed As City Takes Over I. R. T. Lines: Systems Come Under Single Control After Efforts Begun in 1921; Mayor Is Jubilant at City Hall Ceremony Recalling 1904 Celebration |page=25 |work=New York Herald Tribune |id={{ProQuest|1248134780}}}}</ref> The IRT routes were given numbered designations in 1948 with the introduction of [[List of New York City Subway R-type contracts|"R-type" rolling stock]], which contained [[rollsign]]s with numbered designations for each service.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Nicole |date=May 17, 2019 |title=How did the MTA subway lines get their letter or number? NYCurious |url=https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-subway-name-1-31116195/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302020704/https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-subway-name-1-31116195/ |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |access-date=January 27, 2021 |website=amNewYork}}</ref> The route from Times Square to Flushing became known as the [[7 (New York City Subway service)|7]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Friedlander |first1=Alex |last2=Lonto |first2=Arthur |last3=Raudenbush |first3=Henry |date=April 1960 |title=A Summary of Services on the IRT Division, NYCTA |url=https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/1960/1960-01-bulletin.pdf |url-status=live |journal=New York Division Bulletin |publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=2–3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914232631/https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/1960/1960-01-bulletin.pdf |archive-date=September 14, 2020 |access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> In 1949, the [[New York City Board of Transportation]] announced that the Flushing Line platforms would be lengthened to 11 IRT car lengths; the platforms were only able to fit nine 51-foot-long IRT cars beforehand.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bennett |first=Charles G. |date=November 20, 1949 |title=Transit Platforms On Lines In Queens To Be Lengthened; $3,850,000 Program Outlined for Next Year to Care for Borough's Rapid Growth New Links Are To Be Built 400 More Buses to Roll Also — Bulk of Work to Be on Corona-Flushing Route Transit Program In Queens Outlined |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/11/20/archives/transit-platforms-on-lines-in-queens-to-be-lengthened-3850000.html |access-date=April 29, 2018 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="p1325174459">{{cite news |date=20 Nov 1949 |title=37 Platforms On Subways To Be Lengthened: All Stations of B. M. T. and I.R.T.in Queens Included in $5,000,000 Program |page=32 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1325174459}}}}</ref> The platforms at the station were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MrAjAQAAMAAJ&q=%22111th%22 |title=Minutes and Proceedings of the New York City Transit Authority |date=1955 |publisher=New York City Transit Authority |language=en |access-date=August 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913172339/https://books.google.com/books?id=MrAjAQAAMAAJ&dq=dyre+avenue+line&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22111th%22 |archive-date=September 13, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, nine-car trains continued to run on the 7 route until 1962, when they were extended to ten cars.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=December 1962 |title=R17s to the Flushing Line |url=https://issuu.com/erausa/docs/1962-06-dec-bulletin |journal=New York Division Bulletin |publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association |volume=5 |issue=6 |pages=M-8 |via=Issuu}}</ref>

== Station layout ==
{{NYCS Platform Layout IRT Flushing Line}}
This station is the easternmost ([[Railroad directions|railroad north]]) underground station on the Flushing Line until the northbound terminal station ([[Flushing–Main Street (IRT Flushing Line)|Flushing – Main Street]]). The tunnel portal is at the eastern end of the station. Just outside the portal is a [[diamond crossover]] linking the two tracks.<ref name=tracks>{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook}}</ref>

This station has two tracks and two [[side platform]]s.<ref name=tracks/> Its architecture is in an [[Italianate]] design of brown color. Tilework includes a trimline with "HP" tiles on it and name tablets reading "HUNTERS POINT AVE." in gold [[serif]] font. The platform columns also have a trim line with "HP" tiles below them.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

===Exits===
[[File:Hunterspoint Av IRT Stair jeh.JPG|thumb|left|250px|East stair]]
This station has one fare control area above the platforms and tracks near the north end. Two staircases from each platform go up to a waiting area/crossover, where a turnstile bank and several exit–only turnstiles provide access to and from the station. Outside [[fare control]], there is a token booth and one staircase going up to the north side of 49th Avenue with 21st Street several hundred yards to the west. Two other staircases to the east go up to the north side of the same street and is near the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Hunterspoint Avenue (LIRR station)|Hunterspoint Avenue]] station.<ref name="MTAMaps-LICQnsBdg-RsvltIs-2015">{{cite web|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: Long Island City|url=http://web.mta.info/maps/neighborhoods/qns/Q3-LIC_2015.pdf|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=September 27, 2015|date=2015}}</ref>

On October 29, 1982, a public hearing was scheduled concerning the planned closure of the entrance leading to the southeast corner of 49th Avenue and 21st Street as part of the New York City Transit Authority's Station Modernization Program.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26281836/daily_news/|title=Notice of Public Hearing|date=September 21, 1982|work=New York Daily News|access-date=December 16, 2018|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|Hunters Point Avenue (IRT Flushing Line)}}
* {{NYCS ref|http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?195:1614|IRT Flushing Line|Hunterspoint Avenue}}
* Station Reporter — [https://web.archive.org/web/20140811064122/http://www.stationreporter.net/7train.htm 7 Train]
* The Subway Nut — [http://www.subwaynut.com/flushing_line/hunters_point/index.php Hunters Point Avenue Pictures]
* [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.742404,-73.948503&spn=0.003845,0.013433&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.742333,-73.948158&panoid=GNXz2Otj4Btam_LmAv4UDw&cbp=12,1.55,,0,5.86 Hunters Point Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [http://www.google.com/maps/@40.742363,-73.9485168,3a,75y,148.7h,89.38t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-pEogsGSawKI%2FV42aBqa4S9I%2FAAAAAAAAK5A%2FSylUz0zSnps8o5HJPALOZJOJEZ5aOIChQCLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh6.googleusercontent.com%2F-pEogsGSawKI%2FV42aBqa4S9I%2FAAAAAAAAK5A%2FSylUz0zSnps8o5HJPALOZJOJEZ5aOIChQCLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i9728!8i4864!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1 Platforms from Google Maps Street View]

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[[Category:IRT Flushing Line stations]]
[[Category:New York City Subway stations in Queens, New York]]
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