169th Street station (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

169 Street
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	169th Street & Hillside Avenue Queens, NY
Borough	Queens
Locale	Jamaica
Coordinates	40°42′38″N 73°47′35″W / 40.710638°N 73.793063°W / 40.710638; -73.793063
Division	B (IND)[1]
Line	IND Queens Boulevard Line
Services	F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, peak direction)
Transit	NYCT Bus: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q17, Q30, Q31, Q36, Q43, Q76, Q77 NICE Bus: n1, n6, n6X, n22, n22X, n24, n26
Structure	Underground
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	April 24, 1937 (87 years ago) (1937-04-24)[2][3]
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	1,627,817[4]  6.8%
Rank	200 out of 423[4]
Services Preceding station New York City Subway Following station Parsons Boulevard F  <F> toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue Local Jamaica–179th Street F  <F> Terminus
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Track layout Legend to Jamaica–179th Street to Parsons Boulevard
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only (limited service)

The 169th Street station is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 169th Street and Hillside Avenue in Queens, it is served by the F train at all times, the <F> train during rush hours in the reverse peak direction, and a few rush-hour E trains to Jamaica–179th Street during p.m. rush hours.^[5]

169th Street station opened on April 24, 1937, as the terminal station of the Independent Subway System's Queens Boulevard Line. This station was once heavily used because of the many bus connections available for riders heading further east within Queens. It became the closest subway station to the 165th Street Bus Terminal after the closure and demolition of the nearby 168th Street BMT station on Jamaica Avenue in 1977. Ridership at 169th Street station declined significantly following the opening of the Archer Avenue lines in 1988.