So, I’ve covered both 33rd and 40th St. on this blog. Now, let’s look at the last of the 3 stations on the concrete viaduct over Queens Boulevard. Meet: 46th Street.
The station largely copies 33rd and 40th Streets in terms of design, right down to oversized bridgeplates to accommodate local service on the express track (due to trackwork on the viaduct near Woodside Station, to rehabilitate the century-old piece of infrastructure). This also means they have the same general amenities: benches, countdown clocks, and whatnot. There’s also no free crossover, and the bus connections are even the same. However, though, since I wrote the blog entries for 33rd and 40th, there HAS been a major proposed change to this station (& as far as I can find, is actually in progress – this also goes for 33rd Street!) – being that there are actually accessibility-centric renovations in progress, up to and including installing an elevator. Woohoo! As for the local neighborhood, it’s Sunnyside. There’s also a sign that reads “SUNNYSIDE”, and the underside of the station is even pedestrianized a bit! Though, I do hope the parking going under the rest of the viaduct goes away sometime and the whole thing becomes pedestrianized as well. Anyways, not a bad station! And, you even get some nice shots of LIC from here!
The good: It serves the local neighborhood! It’s also being rebuilt to be accessible!
The bad: Not a lot, mainly coming down to the lack of free crossovers. Queens Boulevard also isn’t the most pedestrian-friendly street.
Nearby points of interest: There’s a graveyard nearby! Sunnyside, overall, is pretty diverse, and you can find several East, South, and Southeastern Asian restaurants nearby (e.g. Nepali, Indian, Korean, Thai, etc.). There’s, of course, also other cuisines nearby as well. It’s also pretty residential overall, but despite this, there aren’t many parks nearby.
Transit connections:
Flushing Line (Line #7)
MTA bus (Q32, Q60 on Queens Blvd., B24 on Greenpoint Ave./47th St., Q104 at 47th & Queens Blvd.)
Overall, it’s not a bad station. I don’t really have much new to remark about it. But, holy CRAP, are these stations photogenic at night.
Rating: 6.5/10
