Queens Boulevard Line
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The Queens Boulevard Line is a major trunk line of the New York City Subway in Queens, carrying multiple services through some of the borough’s busiest residential and commercial corridors.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T281001 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Queens Boulevard Line Context triple: [E (New York City Subway service), queensMainLine, Queens Boulevard Line]
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A.
Nostrand Avenue Line
The Nostrand Avenue Line is a New York City Subway route in Brooklyn that branches off the IRT Eastern Parkway Line to serve neighborhoods along Nostrand Avenue, terminating at Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College.
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B.
Lexington Avenue Line
The Lexington Avenue Line is a major New York City Subway route in Manhattan that carries the 4, 5, and 6 trains and is one of the system’s busiest and most important north–south corridors.
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C.
Jerome Avenue Line
The Jerome Avenue Line is a New York City Subway route in the Bronx, primarily served by the 4 train and running along Jerome Avenue from the Yankee Stadium area toward the northern end of the borough.
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D.
Eastern Parkway Line
The Eastern Parkway Line is a major New York City Subway route in Brooklyn that carries 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains along Eastern Parkway as part of the IRT system.
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E.
Flushing Line
The Flushing Line is a New York City Subway service in Queens and Manhattan, best known today as the 7 train running between Flushing–Main Street and Hudson Yards.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Queens Boulevard Line Target entity description: The Queens Boulevard Line is a major trunk line of the New York City Subway in Queens, carrying multiple services through some of the borough’s busiest residential and commercial corridors.
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A.
Nostrand Avenue Line
The Nostrand Avenue Line is a New York City Subway route in Brooklyn that branches off the IRT Eastern Parkway Line to serve neighborhoods along Nostrand Avenue, terminating at Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College.
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B.
Lexington Avenue Line
The Lexington Avenue Line is a major New York City Subway route in Manhattan that carries the 4, 5, and 6 trains and is one of the system’s busiest and most important north–south corridors.
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C.
Jerome Avenue Line
The Jerome Avenue Line is a New York City Subway route in the Bronx, primarily served by the 4 train and running along Jerome Avenue from the Yankee Stadium area toward the northern end of the borough.
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Eastern Parkway Line
The Eastern Parkway Line is a major New York City Subway route in Brooklyn that carries 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains along Eastern Parkway as part of the IRT system.
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Flushing Line
The Flushing Line is a New York City Subway service in Queens and Manhattan, best known today as the 7 train running between Flushing–Main Street and Hudson Yards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Subway line
ⓘ
rapid transit line ⓘ |
| borough | Queens ⓘ |
| character |
open-cut and embankment segments in eastern Queens
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underground ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| connectsBorough |
Manhattan
ⓘ
Queens ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
IND 63rd Street Line
ⓘ
surface form:
63rd Street Line
Archer Avenue Line ⓘ IND Crosstown Line ⓘ Eighth Avenue Line ⓘ
surface form:
IND Eighth Avenue Line
IND Sixth Avenue Line ⓘ
surface form:
IND Sixth Avenue Line via 63rd Street connection
Jamaica Line via Archer Avenue ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| division | IND Division ⓘ |
| fareControl | part of unified fare system of New York City Subway ⓘ |
| hasService |
E
ⓘ
F ⓘ M ⓘ R ⓘ |
| hasServicePattern | local tracks and express tracks ⓘ |
| hasServiceType |
express service
ⓘ
local service ⓘ |
| hasStation |
46th Street–Bliss Street
ⓘ
63rd Drive–Rego Park ⓘ 75th Avenue ⓘ Briarwood ⓘ Court Square–23rd Street ⓘ Elmhurst Avenue ⓘ Forest Hills–71st Avenue ⓘ Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue ⓘ Jamaica–179th Street ⓘ Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike ⓘ Northern Boulevard ⓘ Queens Plaza ⓘ Steinway Street ⓘ Sutphin Boulevard ⓘ Woodhaven Boulevard ⓘ |
| hasTerminal |
Court Square–23rd Street via Crosstown Line connection
ⓘ
Forest Hills–71st Avenue ⓘ Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station ⓘ
surface form:
Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer via Archer Avenue Line
Jamaica–179th Street ⓘ |
| locale |
Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Manhattan, New York City
Queens ⓘ
surface form:
Queens, New York City
|
| notableFeature |
four-track express-local configuration for high capacity
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one of the busiest subway corridors in Queens ⓘ |
| opened | 1933 ⓘ |
| openedSegment |
75th Avenue–Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike segment opened 1936
ⓘ
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike ⓘ
surface form:
Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike–Parsons Boulevard segment opened 1937
Parsons Boulevard–169th Street segment opened 1937 ⓘ Queens Plaza–Roosevelt Avenue segment opened 1933 ⓘ Roosevelt Avenue–75th Avenue segment opened 1936 ⓘ |
| operator | New York City Transit Authority ⓘ |
| planningEra | IND Second System era planning ⓘ |
| primaryCorridor | Queens Boulevard ⓘ |
| purpose | to carry multiple services through busy residential and commercial corridors in Queens ⓘ |
| system | New York City Subway ⓘ |
| trackConfiguration | four-track trunk line for most of its length ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Queens Boulevard Line Description of subject: The Queens Boulevard Line is a major trunk line of the New York City Subway in Queens, carrying multiple services through some of the borough’s busiest residential and commercial corridors.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
E (New York City Subway service)
this entity surface form:
New York City Subway E line
this entity surface form:
Queens Boulevard Line (local tracks)
this entity surface form:
Queens Boulevard Line E service
this entity surface form:
IND Queens Boulevard Line extension
this entity surface form:
IND Queens Boulevard Line (Archer Avenue extension)