Queensboro Plaza est une station aérienne du métro de New York, située sur deux lignes (au sens de tronçons du réseau), l'IRT Flushing Line et la BMT Astoria Line. Elle est située dans le prolongement du Pont de Queensboro dans le quartier de Long Island City dans l'arrondissement de Queens. Elle dessert un quartier industriel, en cours de réhabilitation.
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The Queensboro Plaza station is an elevated New York City Subway express station at Queens Plaza in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. It is near the east end of the Queensboro Bridge, with Queens Boulevard running east from the plaza. The station is served by the 7 and N trains at all times, the W train on weekdays, and the <7> train during rush hours in the peak direction.
Queensboro Plaza was originally built in 1916–1917 as part of the Dual Contracts between New York City and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. The station initially had eight tracks to allow BMT and IRT passengers to transfer between the Astoria, Flushing, and Second Avenue elevated lines. The northern section of the station was closed in the late 1940s and demolished in 1964. Queensboro Plaza now contains only four tracks: two each for the IRT Flushing Line and the BMT Astoria Line.
Today, Queensboro Plaza is the only station in the entire system to provide cross-platform transfers between "A" Division and "B" Division trains. While the station is near the Queens Plaza underground subway station, which serves the IND Queens Boulevard Line, the two stations are separate and do not offer free transfers. West of the station, the Astoria Line descends into the 60th Street Tunnel under the East River into Manhattan, while the Flushing Line turns south before descending into the Steinway Tunnel past Court Square.
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Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to the south. Its name refers to its location on the western tip of Long Island.
Incorporated as a city in 1870, Long Island City was originally the seat of government of the Town of Newtown, before becoming part of the City of Greater New York in 1898. In the early 21st century, Long Island City became known for its rapid and ongoing residential growth and gentrification, its waterfront parks, and its thriving arts community. The area has a high concentration of art galleries, art institutions, and studio space. Long Island City is the eastern terminus of the Queensboro Bridge, the only non-tolled automotive route connecting Queens and Manhattan. Northeast of the bridge are the Queensbridge Houses, a development of the New York City Housing Authority and the largest public housing complex in the Western Hemisphere.
Long Island City is part of Queens Community District 1 to the north and Queens Community District 2 to the south. It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 108th Precinct. Politically, Long Island City is represented by the New York City Council's 26th District.
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Brewster & Company was an American custom carriage and motorcar coachbuilder. James Brewster established the company in 1810 which operated for approximately 130 years. Brewster got its start in New Haven, Connecticut, and quickly gained a reputation for producing the best carriages in the country. In 1827, he set his shop at 52 Broad Street in New York City.
The earliest known automotive bodywork done by Brewster was on an electric vehicle in 1896, followed by a Delaunay-Belleville chassis with a gasoline engine in 1905. They eventually constructed bodywork on a variety of chassis, winning a special partnership with Rolls-Royce America Inc. in Springfield, Massachusetts
Brewster built a series of elegant and pricey cars at their Long Island City facility between 1915 and 1925. In 1929, the Great Depression started, and sales of high-end vehicles decreased. In 1934–35, they built and sold luxury bodies on 135 Ford V8 chassis, but bankruptcy proceedings began in mid-1935 and the last of Brewster's assets were sold by auction in 1937.
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The Brewster Building is a 400,000-square-foot building at 27-01 Queens Plaza North in Long Island City, Queens, New York City. Once an assembly plant for Rolls-Royce automobiles, Brewster automobiles, and Brewster airplanes, in particular the Brewster F2A Buffalo fighter and the SB2A Buccaneer light bomber, it later became the corporate headquarters for JetBlue Airways.
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Tower 28 is a 637-foot, 57-story skyscraper in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York City. It is the fourth tallest residential building in Queens and the sixth tallest residential building in New York City outside of Manhattan.
The building includes around 450 residential units. The building has an observation deck on the 60th floor.
In 2019, the developer secured a $215 million loan from Morgan Stanley, replacing a $154 million construction loan from PNC Bank.
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Au total, la station regroupe quatre services:
Les métros N et 7 y transitent 24/7 La desserte <7> y circule pendant les heures de pointe dans la direction la plus encombrée Les métros W s'y arrêtent uniquement en semaine.
La station au cinéma
Dans le film Le Secret de la planète des singes, (deuxième volet de la saga La planète des singes ) le héros comprend qu'il est de retour sur terre en découvrant l'inscription en mosaïque de la station de métro : Queensboro Plaza.
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