The first station to open was 45th Road-Court House Square on November 5, 1916, built under the Dual Contracts as part of a two-stop extension of the future IRT Flushing Line from Hunters Point Avenue to Queensboro Plaza [REF].
In 1984, the MTA planned to construct a transfer passageway between the Queens Boulevard and Crosstown Line stations as part of a planned connector between the Queens Boulevard Line and the IND 63rd Street Line [REF].