[3][4] On July 23, 1917, the Queensboro Bridge spur of the elevated IRT Second Avenue Line opened.

[4][5] This station started to be served by BMT shuttles using elevated cars on April 8, 1923.

[11] The platforms at this station, along with six others on the Astoria Line, were lengthened to 610 feet (190 m) to accommodate ten-car trains in 1950.

[22] As part of the MTA Arts & Design program, Stephen Westfall created an artwork for the station, titled Perasma I and II; Dappleganger, which was installed in 2018.

According to the MTA, the panels were intended to "rhythmically invoke universality alongside cultural identity".

A passageway on each side behind the platform stairs leads to a staircase going down to either southern corners of 31st Street and 30th Avenue.

[22][25][26] An exit-only stair from the northbound platform descends to the southeastern corner of Newtown Avenue and 31st Street.