The Explorer
Everything he knows
26 train lines and 445 stations across all 5 boroughs — every subway line, the whole Staten Island Railway, and the bus he knows cold. Pick a line to go through it.
Broadway Express
96 St ↔ Coney Island-Stillwell Av
- Stops
- 34
- Antoine’s notes
- 0
- Accessible
- 17 of 34
- Boroughs
- Manhattan, Brooklyn
Every stop, in order
96 St
ManhattanStep-free station
86 St
ManhattanStep-free station
72 St
ManhattanStep-free station
Lexington Av/63 St
ManhattanStep-free station
57 St-7 Av
ManhattanStep-free station
49 St
ManhattanStep-free station◷ Not every Q stops here
Times Sq-42 St
ManhattanStep-free station
Times Square — The Theater District, and the busiest station in the system by a distance. The ball has dropped here on New Year's Eve since 1907.
34 St-Herald Sq
ManhattanStep-free station
Herald Square — Macy's flagship store has stood on Herald Square since 1902 and still ends the Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Empire State Building is two blocks east on 34th.
28 St
Manhattan◷ Not every Q stops here
23 St
Manhattan◷ Not every Q stops here
The Flatiron Building — Finished in 1902 on the wedge where Broadway crosses Fifth. Madison Square Park is across the street, and the original Shake Shack is in it.
14 St-Union Sq
ManhattanStep-free station
8 St-NYU
Manhattan◷ Not every Q stops here
Prince St
Manhattan◷ Not every Q stops here
Canal St
Manhattan
Chinatown and Little Italy — Canal Street is the seam between them, and one of the great street markets of the city.
DeKalb Av
BrooklynStep-free station
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
BrooklynStep-free station
Barclays Center — Home of the Brooklyn Nets, and the busiest interchange in Brooklyn — eleven subway lines and the Long Island Rail Road meet under it.
7 Av
Brooklyn
Prospect Park
BrooklynStep-free station
Prospect Park — 526 acres, with the last remaining forest in Brooklyn at its center. The Lefferts Historic House inside dates to the 1780s.
Parkside Av
Brooklyn
Church Av
BrooklynStep-free station
Beverley Rd
Brooklyn
Cortelyou Rd
Brooklyn
Newkirk Plaza
Brooklyn
Avenue H
BrooklynStep-free station
Avenue J
Brooklyn
Avenue M
Brooklyn
Kings Hwy
BrooklynStep-free station
Avenue U
Brooklyn
Neck Rd
Brooklyn
Sheepshead Bay
BrooklynStep-free station
Brighton Beach
Brooklyn
Ocean Pkwy
Brooklyn
W 8 St-NY Aquarium
Brooklyn
Coney Island-Stillwell Av
BrooklynStep-free station
Coney Island — The Cyclone has been running since 1927 and is a protected landmark. The Wonder Wheel is older still, from 1920. Nathan's has sold hot dogs on Surf Avenue since 1916 and holds the eating contest every Fourth of July.
The Qsplits into branches, so it doesn’t really run as one straight line. Every station it serves is listed here in order along the trunk, with the branches shown one after the other — a real trip takes one branch or the other, not both.
Lines and stations come from the MTA’s official GTFS feed and subway stations dataset, current through 09/07/2026. Rush-hour express variants (6X, 7X, FX) are folded into the local line they share, which already stops at every station on that trunk.