This station was the final stop for the Queens Boulevard Line from the station's 1937 opening[REF][REF] to 1950,[REF] when the line was extended to Jamaica - 179th Street.
Before the IND Archer Avenue Line opened in 1988, all Queens Boulevard express trains ( and trains) ran to 179th Street, with the E running express along Hillside Avenue (rush hours only) and the F running local [REF].