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.

[5]: 47  Community leaders advocated for more Dual Contracts lines to be built in Queens to allow development there.

[22][23] The windscreens have translucent panels by the exit staircases and the station signs are in the standard black name plates in white lettering.

[25] On the south (geographical west) side is a turnstile bank that leads to a waiting area/crossover and one staircase going up to each platform.