The differences in car lengths is clearly evident along the platforms since an 11 car train of R62A (each car is 51 feet long) 7 train of 561 feet is less than the 600 foot length of a 10 car train of R160s. It is the only place where a cross platform transfer can be made from what is today referred to as the A (IRT) and B (IND/BMT) division trains. The BMT uses the northern tracks and the IRT the southern tracks with Astoria/Flushing-bound trains on the upper level and Manhattan-bound trains on the lower. Today there are just the four tracks on two levels stacked on top of one another with two island platforms connected by a series of four staircases along their lengths. Originally the station had eight tracks across two levels with two separate fare control areas to keep the BMT and IRT separate although they both ran trains on the Astoria and Flushing branches.

East of the beams that go straight towards and over its entrance are the remains. Queensboro Plaza is half of the station it once was when the Second Avenue elevated branch connected across the Queensboro Bridge to it.

Queensboro plaza station