Astoria Boulevard N/Q Train

You have to walk the length of the Wall of China to get to the platform, but you have a decent view of Astoria along the way, and the train comes every 4 – 5 minutes so that’s cool. Go to the ends of the platform during rush hour to get a seat.

Who doesn’t love the N train. From Queens to Brooklyn it covers most of the city. The trains are new and the people are generally nice

It’s all about Queens!
I don’t usually stop in Astoria unless it is for a Unilocal event and this Astoria Boulevard N, Q train is my port of entry. An elevated station the N, Q train operate express and passengers can easily inhale the strong stench of feces, urine, pigeons, and vagrants. Yes, the canopy roof of the pedestrian overpass appears very dilapidated and neglectful for decades.
The view of Triborough Bridge is very scenic for a «must see» at either sunset or at dusk and one not to miss snapping away with your smartphone camera from this subway station.

During evening rush hours, the trains sits in Astoria Blvd. station waiting for trains to leave from Ditmars station. What idiot designed these stops? Why are there three spaces in Astoria Blvd. instead of on Ditmars? That would fix that issue but hey too late to change that. Also they need to stop with making commuters switch to the other train on Ditmars as the first to leave. I sometimes think I’m on a candid camera TV show when these MTA morons make us move across the other platform, only to have the other train leave.

Frequent delays, too much time between trains, inconvenient service to much of the rest of queens. this is one of the worst MTA lines

the trains leave every 5 – 10 mints. i wish they would clean the cars better and get rid of the bums that sleep on the train cuz it stinks.

Grimey. The MTA tears out a staircase and leaves it closed for, what?, a year now, apparently just to increase the sense of hysteria that makes it feel like its always rush hour. It’s good to depart from here ever so often to remind myself of some of the reasons I’m a bicycle commuter.

Perhaps we can change its category from public transportation to «public urination.» Aside from being an express stop on the N & Q trains, this station is filthy with urine, feces and vomits. Is it because it’s an elevated station, so they think the wind will clean up all the mess? This station is a run down as you can clearly see the canopy roof of the pedestrian overpass starts to peel off.
One morning the strong smell of urine hit me in the face when I got up to the mezzanine. It was like there was a urine fest going on at this station. On top of that, as an open platform, the smell of urine diffused the whole station!
A few years ago, there was human feces on the bench. It never got cleaned up and was let dry up. It took almost a year to disappear.
Early this year, a homeless woman has been settling down at this station.
Total mess!
In terms of service, I give it a B+. As you know, it’s the beginning of the line, so the train always comes on time, sometimes as express. However, in terms of cleanliness, this station got an F-​.
What’s going on with MTA? I filled out the Rider Report Card, and you have done nothing with this station? Why do I pay more for less?

As far as the Astoria subway stops go, this is definitely the best looking stop. Views of the TriBorough bridge and Astoria Blvd be damned… many an Instagram® photo has been taken out of pure inspiration (by yours truly).
It also doesn’t hurt that this is one of the only express stops on the N/​Q in Astoria for those especially slow days.