[3] The Dual Contracts involved opening the Steinway Tunnel as part of the new Flushing subway line.

[4][5]: 168  The route was to go from Times Square in Manhattan, passing through the tunnel to Long Island City in Queens, then continuing toward Flushing from there.

[17] However, nine-car trains continued to run on the 7 route until 1962, when they were extended to ten cars.

The platform walls have a mosaic gold and brown trim line on top while the name tablets are mosaic white with white text reading "Vernon-Jackson Ave's" (erroneous if the use is considered in the possessive context, but it can also be considered as a contractional form of the plural) on a brown background and gold and brown border.

The southern staircase's steel fencing does not have the standard black sign saying what station this is and what trains serve it.

[21] Each platform also has a larger, unstaffed fare control on their extreme east (railroad north) ends.

The Flushing-bound platform has a similar arrangement with short staircase to a wide intermediate landing with a full-height turnstile at each corner.