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{{short description|Long Island Rail Road station in Queens, New York}}
{{distinguish|Flushing–Main Street station (IRT Flushing Line)}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Flushing Main Street
| style              = LIRR
| image              = File:LIRRFlushingMainStreet2018.jpg
| image_size         = 
| image_caption      = View east from Platform B, towards [[Port Washington (LIRR station)|Port Washington]]
| address            = [[Main Street (Queens)|Main Street]] and 41st Avenue<br>[[Flushing, Queens]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|40.757989|-73.831086|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| line               = [[Port Washington Branch]]
| distance           = {{convert|7.5|mi|km|abbr=on}} from {{lirrs|Long Island City}}<ref name="ett-20120514">{{cite web | title=TIMETABLE No. 4 | author=Long Island Rail Road | date=May 14, 2012 | accessdate=August 6, 2022 | url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrhistoricaldata/LIRRTimeTable4_5-14-2012.pdf | page=VI | archive-date=February 15, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215035040/http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrhistoricaldata/LIRRTimeTable4_5-14-2012.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>
| other              = {{Unbulleted list
   | {{rint|newyork|subway}} [[New York City Subway]]: {{NYCS trains|Flushing|time=bullets}} at {{stl|NYCS|Flushing–Main Street}}
   | {{bus icon}} [[NYCT Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|Q12|Q13|Q15|Q16|Q17|Q20|Q26|Q27|Q28|Q44 SBS|Q58|Q61}}, [[Image:20 airtransportation.svg|12px|alt=Airport transportation]] {{NYC bus link|Q90}}, {{NYC bus link|Q98}}
   | {{bus icon}} [[MTA Bus]]: {{NYC bus link|Q19|Q25|Q50|Q63|Q65|Q66}}
   | {{bus icon}} [[NICE Bus]]: {{LI bus link|n20G|n20X}}
}}
| platform           = 2 [[side platform]]s
| tracks             = 2
| parking            = Yes (metered)
| bicycle            = 
| baggage_check      = 
| passengers         = 2,224<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/data/2012_LIRR_OD_Report_Volume_I_FINAL%2008232016.pdf#page=198|title=2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers|date=23 August 2016|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717085537/http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/data/2012_LIRR_OD_Report_Volume_I_FINAL%2008232016.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2019|access-date=29 March 2020|at=PDF pp. 15, 198|quote=Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order ... Flushing Main Street}}</ref>
| pass_year          = 2012&mdash;2014
| pass_rank          = 50 of [[List of Long Island Rail Road stations|125]]
| opened             = June 26, 1854 (NY&F)<ref name=Seyfried>[[Vincent F. Seyfried]], [[wikisource:The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part Two: The Flushing, North Shore & Central Railroad|The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part Two: The Flushing, North Shore & Central Railroad]], 1963</ref>
| closed             = 
| rebuilt            = 1865, 1870, 1913, 1958, 2018
| electrified        = October 22, 1912<br>750 [[volt|V]] ([[Direct current|DC]]) [[third rail]]
| accessible         = yes
| architect          = Urbahn Architects
| code               = FLS
| owned              = [[Long Island Rail Road]]
| former             = Flushing (1853&ndash;1870)
| zone               = 3
| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR|line1=Port Washington|left1=Mets–Willets Point|right1=Murray Hill|to-right1=Port Washington}}
| mapframe           = yes
| mapframe-custom    = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color={{rcr|LIRR|Port Washington}} |zoom=14 }}
}}
'''Flushing–Main Street''' is a [[train station|station]] on the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Port Washington Branch]] in the Flushing neighborhood of [[Queens]], [[New York City]]. The station is located at [[Main Street (Queens)|Main Street]] and 41st Avenue, off [[Kissena Boulevard]].

==History==
[[File:LIRR 1891 Flushing Main Street station.jpg|thumb|left|1891 map of area around station]]
===19th century===
The Flushing–Main Street station was originally built in December 1853 as the '''Flushing''' station by the [[New York and Flushing Railroad]], but not opened until June 26, 1854. Flushing served as the terminus of the NY&F until October 30, 1864 when a subsidiary known as the [[North Shore Railroad (Long Island)|North Shore Railroad]] extended it to [[Great Neck, New York|Great Neck]], and it was burned in order to prepare for a second station that was built between January and February 1865. In 1868, the station and the rest of the line were acquired by the [[Flushing and North Side Railroad]], which razed the second station in 1870 and built a third station between October and November 1870. The station was renamed after both Flushing and Main Street, in order to distinguish itself from the former '''Flushing Bridge Street''' station that ran along the F&NS's [[Whitestone Branch]], which was abandoned by the LIRR in 1932.

During the mid-1870s, the station and the rest of the line merged with the [[Central Railroad of Long Island]] to form the '''Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad''', and then became part of the Port Washington Branch of the [[Long Island Rail Road]], which also used the station as the eastern terminus of the [[White Line (Long Island Rail Road)|White Line]] between 1873 and 1876.

===20th century===
Shortly after the line was electrified on October 22, 1912, the station was abandoned on November 11, 1912, as part of an effort by the Long Island Rail Road to bring the Port Washington Branch above and below street level depending on the location.

In Flushing, the station was elevated along with the rest of the tracks on October 4, 1913. Prior to that point, the line ran at grade and went through a tunnel under a girls' school, just east of where the Main Street overpass stands today.<ref>[http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/tanks/LIRR_oct21-1913%20Old%20Flushing%20Old%20Queens,%20NY%20by%20Seyfried%20and%20Asadorian.jpg October 12, 1913 image of Water Tank & Tunnel @ Flushing Station by Vincent Seyfried and Asadorian (TrainsAreFun.com)]</ref> The tunnel and the school were torn down to build the overpass and the open cut through which the line now runs. In 1958, the elevated track level building was razed and replaced with a street level ticket office. Sheltered platforms exist on both sides of the tracks in the former station's place, and the sidewalks beneath the bridge serve local businesses.

===21st century===
The [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] extensively renovated the station in the 2010s, bringing it into compliance with the 1990 [[Americans With Disabilities Act]]. According to the description of the $24.6 million project, one elevator was built from each platform to street level, and various components of the station were renovated. A one-story commercial building on the west side of Main Street was demolished and replaced by a station house with an elevator, which provided more direct access to the westbound platform.<ref>{{cite web|title=Public Hearing: LIRR Flushing Main Street Station Improvement Project |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/hearings/ |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=October 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430162811/http://web.mta.info/mta/news/hearings/ |archive-date=April 30, 2014 }}</ref>

On October 28, 2013, the MTA held a public hearing on the proposed acquisition of private property at 40-36 Main Street in Flushing for the purpose of adding an elevator intended for the rebuilt station. By June 2015, design had been completed and one of the two parcels of private property, a food stall, had been acquired. The MTA expected to complete the eminent domain acquisition of Ou-Jang Supermarket's 40-36 Main Street property by summer 2015; the supermarket objected to the amount offered by the MTA, $974,592. On January 6, 2016, filings in Queens County Superior Court showed that MTA and the supermarket reached a settlement of $2,236,600, of which $1.9 million was the cash purchase price and the remainder represented rent to be paid by MTA on behalf of the supermarket at its new location.<ref>{{cite web|author=Toure, Madina|title=MTA settles Flushing LIRR eminent domain case|url=http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2016/7/flushinglirr_2016_02_12_q.html|date=February 12, 2016|publisher=Times Ledger|access-date=April 8, 2016|archive-date=April 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419034251/http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2016/7/flushinglirr_2016_02_12_q.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The MTA began in July 2016 and planned to complete the project by the 4th quarter of 2017.<ref>{{cite web|author=Toure, Madina|title=Flushing LIRR station project to be completed by 2017: MTA|url=http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2015/25/flushinglirr_2015_06_19_q.html|date=June 24, 2015|publisher=Times Ledger}}</ref> In December 2015, the MTA had put the project out for competitive bidding with a proposal due date of that December 9.<ref>{{cite web | website=MTA LIRR | title=Current Solicitations | date=2016-06-29 | url=http://web.mta.info/lirr/about/Procurement/current.htm | access-date=2016-09-17 | publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority | archive-date=December 11, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211005119/http://web.mta.info/lirr/about/Procurement/current.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>

On July 22, 2016, the ticket office was closed as part of the two-year renovation project along with the staircase to the eastbound platform with a temporary staircase and platform extension providing access.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lirr42.mta.info/stationInfo.php?id=18|title=MTA LIRR – Flushing Main Street|website=lirr42.mta.info|access-date=2016-09-16|archive-date=September 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916142111/http://lirr42.mta.info/stationInfo.php?id=18|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/supplemental/lirr/Flushing-MainStreetStationTicketOfficeClosureEffective_July_22_2016.htm|title=Flushing-Main Street Station Ticket Office Closure Effective Friday|website=web.mta.info|access-date=2016-09-16|archive-date=September 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916135701/http://web.mta.info/supplemental/lirr/Flushing-MainStreetStationTicketOfficeClosureEffective_July_22_2016.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The current staircase to the city-bound platform was closed for renovation upon the opening of a new staircase and elevator.<ref name="Flushing LIRR elevators 1">{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/lirr/flushing/#commute|title=MTA LIRR - Flushing Main Street Station Improvement Project|website=web.mta.info|access-date=2016-09-16}}</ref> Completion of the project was set for early 2018;<ref>{{cite web | last=Monteverdi | first=Suzanne | title=Elevators under construction at Flushing-Main Street LIRR station | website=Queens Courier | date=2017-09-15 | url=http://qns.com/story/2017/09/15/elevators-construction-flushing-main-street-lirr-station/ | access-date=2017-12-13}}</ref> as of summer 2018, the elevators had been completed.<ref name="Flushing LIRR elevators 1"/> The rebuilt station was designed by Urbahn Architects.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-06 |title=Flushing Main Street Station Accessibility Improvements |url=https://www.urbahn.com/work/flushing-main-street-station-accessibility-improvements/ |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=Urbahn Architects |language=en-US |archive-date=December 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221222326/https://www.urbahn.com/work/flushing-main-street-station-accessibility-improvements/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Station layout==
The station has two high-level [[side platform]]s, each 10 cars long.

{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=4 valign=top|'''P'''<br>Platform level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>Platform A, [[side platform]]</small> {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Track '''1'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|LIRR|Port Washington|inline=yes}} toward {{lirrs|Penn Station}} or {{lirrs|Grand Central Madison}} <small>({{lirrs|Mets–Willets Point}})</small>
|-
|Track '''2'''
|{{0|←}} {{rcb|LIRR|Port Washington|inline=yes}} toward {{lirrs|Great Neck}} or {{lirrs|Port Washington}} <small>({{lirrs|Murray Hill}})</small> →
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>Platform B, [[side platform]]</small> {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50|'''G'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Ground level
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Exit/entrance and buses

|}

==Bus service==
In addition to connecting with the nearby [[Flushing–Main Street station (IRT Flushing Line)|subway station of the same name]], Flushing–Main Street serves as a major bus-to-rail interchange in Queens, with over 20 bus routes running through or terminating in the area {{as of|2015|lc=yes}}.
{{#section:Flushing–Main Street station (IRT Flushing Line)|flushing-main-street-buses-table}}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" widths="245" heights="175" caption="Flushing-Main Street (LIRR)">
File:Entrance of Flushing Main Street station (LIRR) - March 2019.jpg|Entrance of Flushing Main Street station (LIRR) - March 2019
File:Help Point at Flushing Main Street (LIRR) station.jpg|Help Point at Flushing Main Street (LIRR) station
File:Flushing LIRR elevator rendering street.jpg|Rendering for planned elevator at Flushing station (street view)
File:Flushing LIRR elevator rendering platform.jpg|Rendering for planned elevator at Flushing station (platform view)
File:LIRR M9 Flushing.jpg|A Port Washington Branch train enters the station
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons and category|Flushing – Main Street (LIRR station)|Flushing – Main Street (LIRR station)}}
{{LIRR links}}
*Unofficial LIRR Website Photos.
**{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010616010921/http://www.lirrhistory.com/aug2000/FLMnSt3.JPG Views of]}}  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070811021032/http://www.lirrhistory.com/dec2006c/flushing08.jpg Main Street Ticket Booth]}},
**{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070811021028/http://www.lirrhistory.com/dec2006c/flushing09.jpg Embankment on south side of the tracks]}},
**{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20020312073055/http://www.lirrhistory.com/aug2000/FLMnSt1.JPG Views of]}} {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070811021037/http://www.lirrhistory.com/dec2006c/flushing10.jpg Platform B (To Port Washington)]}},
**{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070811021030/http://www.lirrhistory.com/dec2006c/flushing11.jpg Shelter for]}} and {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070811021027/http://www.lirrhistory.com/dec2006c/flushing12.jpg Staircase to Port Washington-bound Platform]}}
**{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070811021038/http://www.lirrhistory.com/dec2006c/flushing13.jpg Staircase to]}} {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070811021034/http://www.lirrhistory.com/dec2006c/flushing15.jpg Platform A (To Manhattan)]}}
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.758278,-73.829852&spn=0.003673,0.010986&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.758465,-73.82961&panoid=kgXcZsFtPIi91qKxyXtf5A&cbp=12,264.27,,0,4.65 Main Street entrance from Google Maps Street View]
* [http://www.google.com/maps/@40.7582092,-73.8307114,3a,75y,72.14h,93.69t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s--Ohjmfot4iY%2FV42fFRiH-cI%2FAAAAAAAAK4g%2F1-VGt2Tjdk0eVG_U9fyYofD4b93Nu6kfACLIB!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F--Ohjmfot4iY%2FV42fFRiH-cI%2FAAAAAAAAK4g%2F1-VGt2Tjdk0eVG_U9fyYofD4b93Nu6kfACLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i9728!8i4864!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1 Platforms from Google Maps Street View (2016)]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Flushing+Main+Street/@40.7585373,-73.8302536,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipM3eQsW7qCGPPLwz1PkyuRiUv45JXSQ9g_kFY2U!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipM3eQsW7qCGPPLwz1PkyuRiUv45JXSQ9g_kFY2U%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya235-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xaafe3d819697b4cf!8m2!3d40.7584007!4d-73.8304491!5m1!1e2 East end of platforms from Google Maps Street View (2018)]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Flushing+Main+Street/@40.7581024,-73.8312531,3a,75y,79.94h,92.19t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNug73jbta29xPXrDgiKfVATXaAmWcQpMgb-ppm!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNug73jbta29xPXrDgiKfVATXaAmWcQpMgb-ppm%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya295-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xaafe3d819697b4cf!8m2!3d40.7584007!4d-73.8304491!5m1!1e2 Middle of platforms from Google Maps Street View (2018)]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Flushing+Main+Street/@40.75737,-73.8326263,3a,75y,81.69h,93.18t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipObYaPW_OHyNmLs1pYD543B7_5-6vSPehyeU-Dz!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipObYaPW_OHyNmLs1pYD543B7_5-6vSPehyeU-Dz%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya293-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xaafe3d819697b4cf!8m2!3d40.7584007!4d-73.8304491!5m1!1e2 West end of platforms from Google Maps Street View (2018) ]
* [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Flushing+Main+Street/@40.7585411,-73.8301849,3a,75y,2.19h,87.76t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNufmaf6FWKANg0Pe7SI7WG0X_pEfqOu7Dr2i4O!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNufmaf6FWKANg0Pe7SI7WG0X_pEfqOu7Dr2i4O%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya281-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xaafe3d819697b4cf!8m2!3d40.7584007!4d-73.8304491!5m1!1e2 Alleyway Entrance from Google Maps Street View (2018) ]

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