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The 53rd Street Tunnel carries the IND Queens Boulevard Line
IND Queens Boulevard Line

The Queens Boulevard Line is a fully underground line of






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The 53rd Street Tunnel carries the IND Queens Boulevard Line
IND Queens Boulevard Line

The Queens Boulevard Line is a fully underground line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan and Queens, New York City, United States....
 (currently the and trains) of the New York City Subway
New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit....
 under the East River
East River

The East River is a tidal strait in New York City. It connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island from the island of Manhattan and the Bronx on the North American mainland....
 and Roosevelt Island
Roosevelt Island

Roosevelt Island, formerly known as Welfare Island , and before that Blackwell's Island, is a narrow island in the East River of New York City....
 between Manhattan
Manhattan

Manhattan is one of the five borough of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.With a United States Census of 1,620,867 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles , Manhattan, coextensive with New York County, is the most population density county in the United States, w...
 and Queens
Queens

Queens is the largest in area, the second-largest in population, and the easternmost of the Borough which form the New York City. The Borough of Queens' boundaries are identical to those of the County of Queens , a Administrative divisions of New York#County of the State of New York in the Northeastern United States United States....
, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
.

The tunnel begins under 53rd Street
53rd Street (Manhattan)

53rd Street is a Midtown Manhattan cross street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, that contains buildings such as the Citicorp Building....
 in Manhattan and runs under the East River to 50th Avenue in Queens. Although it passes under Roosevelt Island, there is no station stop in this tunnel. It carries the Queens Boulevard Line, feeding from the IND Eighth Avenue
IND Eighth Avenue Line

The Eighth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line in New York City, United States, and is part of the B Division of the New York City Subway. Opened in 1932, it was the first line of the Independent Subway System , and the Eighth Avenue Subway name was also applied by New Yorkers to the entire IND system....
 and Sixth Avenue
IND Sixth Avenue Line

The Sixth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in the United States. It runs mainly under Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, and continues south through the Rutgers Street Tunnel to Brooklyn....
 lines, to Long Island City
Long Island City, Queens

Long Island City is the westernmost neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City. It is bounded on the north and west by the East River; on the east by Hazen Street, 31st Street, and New Calvary Cemetery, and on the south by Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn....
, where it meets trains from the BMT 60th Street Tunnel Connection
BMT 60th Street Tunnel Connection

The 60th Street Tunnel Connection or 11th Street Connection is a short rapid transit line of the New York City Subway connecting the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation 60th Street Tunnel under the East River with the IND Queens Boulevard Line west of Queens Plaza in Long Island City, Queens, New York City, United States....
 and the IND Crosstown Line
IND Crosstown Line

The Crosstown Line or Brooklyn?Queens Crosstown Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States....
 west of Queens Plaza
Queens Plaza (IND Queens Boulevard Line)

Queens Plaza is an express metro station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the large Queens Plaza interchange, it is served by the train , by the train , by the train , and by the train ....
 station.

Prior to the completion of the 63rd Street-Queens Boulevard Connection on December 16, 2001, the and trains traveled through the 53rd Street Tunnel.