Sutphin Boulevard station (BMT Jamaica Line)

Sutphin Boulevard

Former New York City Subway station

Site, 30 years after demolition

Station statistics

Address

Jamaica Avenue & Sutphin Boulevard
Queens, NY 11435

Borough

Queens

Locale

Jamaica

Coordinates

40°42′6″N 73°48′28″W / 40.70167°N 73.80778°WCoordinates: 40°42′6″N 73°48′28″W / 40.70167°N 73.80778°W

Division

B (BMT)^[1]

Line

BMT Jamaica Line

Services

None (demolished)

Structure

Elevated

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

2

Other information

Opened

July 3, 1918; 102 years ago^[2]^[3]

Closed

September 10, 1977; 43 years ago^[4]

Station succession

Next north

160th Street (demolished)

Next south

Queens Boulevard (demolished)

Location
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Street map

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops in station at all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops late nights and weekends only
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
	Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
	Station is closed
(Details about time periods)

Sutphin Boulevard was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Jamaica Line in Queens, New York City.

History[edit]

This station was built as part of the Dual Contracts.^[5] It opened on July 3, 1918,^[3] after the Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit service was eliminated from Jamaica Station.^[2]

The station closed on September 10, 1977, with the Q49 bus replacing it until December 11, 1988,^[4] in anticipation of the Archer Avenue Subway, and due to political pressure in the area.

This station along with the 168th Street and 160th Street stations was demolished in 1979. However, on December 11, 1988, the MTA opened the Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport subway station, which served as the replacement station. Between the closing of the el station and its replacement subway station, the existing Sutphin Boulevard station, four blocks to the north on Hillside Avenue served as a temporary substitute.

Station layout[edit]

It had two tracks and two side platforms, with space for a third track in the center. This station had provisions built in its structure to convert it into an express station, if the center third track was to be built. The other station on the line that had such provisions was the Woodhaven Boulevard station.

References[edit]

^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ a b New York Times, New Subway Line, July 7, 1918, page 30
^ a b
- "OPEN NEW SUBWAY TO REGULAR TRAFFIC; First Train on Seventh Avenue Line Carries Mayor and Other Officials ... New Extensions of Elevated Railroad Service … Currents of Travel to Change" (July 2, 1918). New York Times Company. July 2, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- "'L' Trains Now Run Through to Jamaica" (PDF) (July 4, 1918). Leader Observer (Queens/Brooklyn, NY). July 4, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved April 23, 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York, Volume 1. New York State Public Service Commission. January 10, 1919. pp. 61, 71, 285, 286. Retrieved April 23, 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^ a b The New York Transit Authority in the 1970s, nycsubway.org
^ Subway FAQ: A Brief History of the Subway

External links[edit]

nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line: Sutphin Boulevard
nycsubway.org – BMT Jamaica Line:

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[1] "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[168th-2] New York Times, New Subway Line, July 7, 1918, page 30

[one-3] 
"OPEN NEW SUBWAY TO REGULAR TRAFFIC; First Train on Seventh Avenue Line Carries Mayor and Other Officials ... New Extensions of Elevated Railroad Service … Currents of Travel to Change" (July 2, 1918). New York Times Company. July 2, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
"'L' Trains Now Run Through to Jamaica" (PDF) (July 4, 1918). Leader Observer (Queens/Brooklyn, NY). July 4, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved April 23, 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York, Volume 1. New York State Public Service Commission. January 10, 1919. pp. 61, 71, 285, 286. Retrieved April 23, 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

[4] "OPEN NEW SUBWAY TO REGULAR TRAFFIC; First Train on Seventh Avenue Line Carries Mayor and Other Officials ... New Extensions of Elevated Railroad Service … Currents of Travel to Change" (July 2, 1918). New York Times Company. July 2, 1918. Retrieved April 23, 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

[5] "'L' Trains Now Run Through to Jamaica" (PDF) (July 4, 1918). Leader Observer (Queens/Brooklyn, NY). July 4, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved April 23, 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

[6] Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York, Volume 1. New York State Public Service Commission. January 10, 1919. pp. 61, 71, 285, 286. Retrieved April 23, 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

[nycsub2-4] The New York Transit Authority in the 1970s, nycsubway.org

[nycsub-5] Subway FAQ: A Brief History of the Subway

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