Queens did not receive many new IRT and BRT lines compared to Brooklyn and the Bronx, since the city's Public Service Commission (PSC) wanted to alleviate subway crowding in the other two boroughs first before building in Queens, which was relatively undeveloped.

When the majority of the line was built in the early 1910s, most of the route went through undeveloped land, and Roosevelt Avenue had not been constructed.

[7]: 47  Community leaders advocated for more Dual Contracts lines to be built in Queens to allow development there.

[15] After the end of BMT/IRT dual service, the New York City Board of Transportation announced that the Flushing Line platforms would be lengthened to 11 IRT car lengths; the platforms were only able to fit nine 51-foot-long IRT cars beforehand.

[24] As part of the 2015–2019 Capital Program, the MTA announced plans to renovate the 52nd, 61st, 69th, 82nd, 103rd and 111th Streets stations, a project that had been delayed for several years.

[6] Both platforms have beige windscreens and brown canopies supported by green frames and columns in the center and black waist-high steel fences at either ends.

It has three staircases from all corners of 82nd Street and Roosevelt Avenue except the southeast one and a token booth in the center.