{"nrhp_refnum":"05000229","name":"45th Road-Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Above 23rd St. bet. 44th Dr. and 45ht Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Queens","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.74642485500004,"lon":-73.94552469899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-03-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture","Engineering","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An elevated, two-track, side-platform subway station on the Flushing Line (7 train) in Long Island City, Queens, above 23rd Street between 44th Drive and 45th Road. It was built between 1914 and 1916 as part of the Dual Contracts system for the IRT.","why_significant":"The station is significant under Criterion A for transportation, community planning and development, and social history, because the Flushing Line opened northern Queens to dense residential development. It also meets Criterion C for engineering and architecture as a well-preserved, restrained example of Dual Contracts station design. It retains a relatively high degree of integrity and is significant at the local level.","narrative":"Rising above 23rd Street in Long Island City, this elevated subway station on the Flushing Line (7 train) was built between 1914 and 1916 under the Dual Contracts system for the IRT. It has two side platforms covered by steel-framed canopies, with a wooden-windowed control house below track level reached by three covered steel stairways. The platforms were lengthened in the 1950s, but the control house interior remains largely original, with tongue-and-groove wood paneling. Architect Squire Vickers favored simpler, more utilitarian designs than the original IRT stations, and this plain, unadorned station is considered a well-preserved example of that restrained approach. The Flushing Line, which tunneled under the East River, turned northern Queens from farmland and open space into a densely settled residential area. The station is significant for its role in transportation and community development and for its engineering and design, at the local level.","period_of_significance":"1914-1916","architect_builder":"Vickers, Squire Joseph (architect); Craven, Alfred (engineer)","architectural_style":"Other/Arts and Crafts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a subway station; the platforms were extended in the 1950s and some windows and roofing were replaced in the early 1990s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.637449-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000229.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000229/29d10b086a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000229/29d10b086a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"The All-Nite Images from NY, NY, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Court_Square_skylight_vc.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">The All-Nite Images from NY, NY, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Court_Square_skylight_vc.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313887","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_Square%E2%80%9323rd_Street_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2611918"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/45th-road-court-house-square-station-dual-system-irt-05000229/"}