Is Amazon ready for the New York City subway?

In the neighborhood where the company reportedly wants to set up shop, the train routinely arrives full: cars packed so tightly with commuters rumbling into Long Island City from eastern Queens that waiting riders often have to watch several trains pass before they can get on.

Now add up to 25,000 workers from Amazon.

The influx would strain New York’s delay-plagued system, which reached a crisis point last year with constant disruptions, a series of derailments and on-time performance that still hovers around 68 percent. It would put particular pressure on the 7 line, which stretches from the West Side of Manhattan into Queens and is the main artery into Long Island City.

Yet Amazon is apparently undaunted. The company is nearing a deal to locate a major headquarters — one of two currently planned — in the sprawling, semi-industrial neighborhood, according to people briefed on the negotiations.

The precise location in Long Island City has yet to be announced, and it is not clear whether the headquarters would be a single building or several. The company could also change direction and choose a different site all together. One person with knowledge of the discussions said Amazon executives were referring to the New York location as a “campus.”