MTA – Main Street Subway Station

Last stop in Flushing, Queens for the 7 train. Always hustling busy and crowded at any given time of day including weekends in a «New York state of mind» fast pace mode. Posters for 7 train service advisory are written in both English and Chinese to serve the Chinese community of Flushing, Queens. A human ticket booth exist as well as MTA vending machines. 7 train for both 7 diamond green (express) and 7 red circle bullet (local) terminate at Main Street. This station is decently clean.
Note: Stairwells are rigorously narrow and often times when embarking the train passengers must wait at least four minutes for arriving passengers to discharge. Stampede!

This is a busy stop at the end of a popular subway line which causes huge headaches when trying to exit the platform. The 7 train terminates here, so all passengers on the train must exit through the same narrow staircases. It has been a headache for decades upon decades. I used to attend an afterschool program at flushing high school in the 90s and it was always a headache to get out of the station, and it still is today as I found out last night trying to get to micro center. Whoever designed the width of the stairwells in that station must have not had their coffee that day.

Packed like sardines during rush hour. It gets crazy and hot.
The paths of egress seems to be inadequate during rush hour, especially when all three trains pull in and everyone is trying to get up the stairs. Sometimes you have to wait 5 minutes to get up the stairs even

Narrow stairwells, crowded but also pretty clean considering. Also because the 7 trains begins here, you just about always get a seat or can walk across the platform to the second one out and get one. It would be quite convenient and I am sure good for business if they ran the express trains in both directions 7 days a week and not just at rush hours.

Gotta love the express train. However it’s disappointing that express only goes to Flushing during rush hours but not to Times Square in the evening time.

What to say about this stop. Being one of the busiest hubs in New York City, the Flushing Main Street Station is a disgrace to accessibility. Narrow stairs and an elevator that reeks of urine on any of the days that it may or may not work.
While heading up those narrow stairs of death, expect a chinese senior to need your help hauling something up for them or fall on you as rude young people just shove them around. This scene is not for the faint of heart. You will be jostled, pushed, and sneered at. Don’t let this bother you, as you are not alone. Just be aggressive and once you finally find your way out of one of the narrow stairwells, just feel free to push your way through one of the turnstiles to get out. Nobody will move out of the way for you. Flushing, as much as it is like another country, is still New York City.
Welcome to the madhouse, honey.

Used To Get Off The Last Stop On The 7 Train To Go To High School Back In The Days In Flushing I used to catch the E Train and get of at 74 & Broadway and catch the 7 train to Flushing decent station clean & convenient …