Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer (Archer Avenue Lines)

Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer
New York City Subway rapid transit station

Upper level platform
Station statistics
Address Parsons Boulevard & Archer Avenue
Queens, NY 11433
Borough Queens
Locale Jamaica
Coordinates 40°42′09″N 73°48′00″W / 40.702407°N 73.799973°W / 40.702407; -73.799973Coordinates: 40°42′09″N 73°48′00″W / 40.702407°N 73.799973°W / 40.702407; -73.799973
Division B (BMT/IND)
Line BMT Archer Avenue Line (lower level)
IND Archer Avenue Line (upper level)
Services       E  (all times)
      J  (all times)
      Z  (rush hours, peak direction)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: Q4, Q5, Q20A, Q20B, Q24, Q30, Q31, Q42, Q44 SBS, Q83, Q84, Q85
MTA Bus: Q6, Q8, Q9, Q25, Q34, Q41, Q65, Q110, Q111, Q112, Q113, Q114
NICE Bus: n4
(all at Jamaica Center Bus Terminal)
Structure Underground
Levels 2
Platforms 2 island platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks 4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Opened December 11, 1988 (1988-12-11)
Accessible
Wireless service [1][2]
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 12,622,977[3]Decrease 1.3%
Rank 26 out of 422
Station succession


Next north (Terminal): E  J  Z 
Next south Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport: E  J  Z 

Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer (formerly Jamaica Center – Parsons Boulevard) is the northern terminal station of the IND and BMT Archer Avenue Lines of the New York City Subway, located at Parsons Boulevard and Archer Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. It is a major transfer point for buses from eastern Queens, and replaces the old 160th Street Station of the BMT Jamaica Line, and inadvertently the former Union Hall Street Long Island Rail Road station. This station opened on December 11, 1988.

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
B1 Mezzanine Fare control, station agents
(Elevator on south side of Archer Avenue at Parsons Boulevard)
B2
Upper level
Southbound toward World Trade Center (Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport)
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Southbound toward World Trade Center (Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport)
B3
Lower level
Southbound ( AM rush hours) toward Broad Street (Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport)
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Southbound ( AM rush hours) toward Broad Street (Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport)

This is a two-level station with E trains serving the upper level (IND) at all times, and the J and Z trains serving the lower level (BMT), the former of which operates all times and the latter of which operates during rush hours only. Each level has two tracks and one island platform. Both platforms are 600 feet (183 m) in length, standard for a full-length B Division train; however, since BMT Eastern Division trains are only 480 feet (146 m) long, there are fences at both ends of the lower-level platforms to prevent passengers from falling onto the tracks.

This station has tan brick walls and red brick floor on both levels; the ceilings have metal slats and resembles a vaulted ceiling, except there are no curves.

Entrances and exits

The Jamaica Center Bus Terminal can be found at some of the exits.

There are two entrances to this station.

Infrastructure

The tracks on both levels extend past the station for possible future extensions, but are currently used for storage.[5] On the lower level, they continue one train length and end at bumper blocks. This was a planned extension toward 190th Street – Hollis Avenue (near the Hollis LIRR station). Where the lower level tracks end, there is a provision for a diamond crossover switch at the end of the tunnel (under 160th Street).[6] On the upper level, the tracks extend around 2,000 feet, curving south under the LIRR Main Line 60 feet below the ground. They then run under 160th Street within the York College campus and stop at about South Road, also ending at bumper blocks.[7][8][5] This was the site of the line's original groundbreaking in 1973.[6] The plan was for this line to use the LIRR Locust Manor Branch ROW and run to Springfield Boulevard or Rosedale LIRR station.[8][6] Where the upper level tracks stub end, there's a provision for a portal to go outside if the line going to Southeastern Queens is ever built.[6]

East of the upper level platform, a Central Instrument Room (753CIR) is located deep in the tunnel on track D2A (upper level) bench wall.

East of the station, next to the D1A tail track on the upper level, the tunnel catwalk structure widens, and the track curves south along with the D2A track. Where the catwalk structure ends, there is a stairway to the lower level tail tracks.

Jamaica Center Bus Terminal

The subway complex includes the Jamaica Center Bus Terminal. Though little more than a series of bus stops along Sutphin Boulevard (primarily along the southbound side of the street next to the Jamaica LIRR and Sutphin Boulevard subway stations), on Jamaica Avenue, and on Archer Avenue (primarily on the eastbound side), it still serves as a major transit hub within Jamaica.[4] The former 160th Street Jamaica Elevated station on Jamaica Avenue that it replaced was also a major hub for trolley service when it was originally built.[9][10] Several of the trolley lines were the predecessors to current bus service.[9][10]

Jamaica Center station itself has a designated bus terminal area built on the south side of Archer Avenue along the LIRR trestle, with bus stop areas lettered A through H. The western portion of the terminal (bays F through H and the bus layover area) is also known as the "Teardrop Canopy".[11]

Route Western terminal
(if not the Jamaica Center Bus Terminal)
Eastern terminal via Notes
MTA Bus
165th Street Bus Terminal JFK International Airport Jamaica Avenue, Sutphin Boulevard,
Rockaway Boulevard, North Boundary Road
165th Street Bus Terminal JFK International Airport Jamaica Avenue, Sutphin Boulevard,
Rockaway Boulevard, North Boundary Road
Limited bus route to JFK Airport
165th Street Bus Terminal Spring Creek Jamaica Avenue, 101st Avenue, Fountain Avenue
165th Street Bus Terminal South Ozone Park Jamaica Avenue, Supthin Boulevard, Liberty Avenue,
135th Street (Northbound), Van Wyck Expressway

Service Road (Southbound), Lincoln Street

Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue
– JFK Airport Subway station
College Point Parsons Boulevard, Kissena Boulevard, 127th Street
Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue
– JFK Airport Subway station
College Point Parsons Boulevard, Kissena Boulevard, 127th Street Limited route to College Point
Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue
– JFK Airport Subway station
Whitestone Parsons Boulevard, Kissena Boulevard, Union Street
165th Street Bus Terminal Howard Beach 127th Street, 109th Avenue, Cross Bay Boulevard
Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue
– JFK Airport Subway station
College Point 164th Street, 45th Avenue, College Point Boulevard Originally the NY&QC Flushing-Jamaica and College Point trolley lines
Parsons Boulevard Subway station or
Jamaica – 179th Street Subway station
Belmont Park Jamaica Avenue, Hempstead Avenue
Parsons Boulevard Subway station Rosedale or Cedarhurst Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, 147th Avenue,
(Cedarhurst Only): Rosedale Road, Peninsula Boulevard
Originally Queens portion of the LIER Far Rockaway Line
Parsons Boulevard Subway station Ozone Park South Road, Liberty Avenue
Parsons Boulevard Subway station Far Rockaway Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Rockaway Boulevard,
Nassau Expressway
  • Originally the LIER Far Rockaway Line
  • Evenings and overnights, Q114 buses operate local; no Q113 service operates at this time.
Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, 147th Avenue, Rockaway Turnpike
NYCT Bus
to Cambria Heights
Merrick Boulevard, Linden Boulevard
to Cambria Heights
Merrick Boulevard, Linden Boulevard Limited bus route to Cambria Heights
to Rosedale or Green Acres Mall, Valley Stream
Merrick Boulevard, Hook Creek Boulevard,
Sunrise Highway (to Green Acres Mall only)
to Rosedale
Merrick Boulevard, Hook Creek Boulevard Limited bus route to Rosedale
Merrick Boulevard and Archer Avenue College Point Archer Avenue, Main Street, Union Street, 20th Avenue
Merrick Boulevard and Archer Avenue College Point Archer Avenue, Main Street, Union Street, 14th Avenue
168th Street and Archer Avenue Bushwick Jamaica Avenue, Archer Avenues, Atlantic Avenue, Broadway
to Little Neck or Bayside
Homelawn Street, Utopia Parkway, Horace Harding Expressway,
Springfield Boulevard (Bayside only)
to Bayside
Jamaica and Archer Avenues, Homelawn Street, Utopia Parkway,
47th-48th Avenues, Bell Boulevard, Francis Lewis Boulevard.
to Addisleigh Park
Liberty Avenue, 174th Street, Sayres Avenue
Merrick Boulevard and Archer Avenue West Farms Archer Avenue, Main Street, Union Street, Parsons Boulevard,
Whitestone Expressway, Cross Bronx Expressway
170th Street & Jamaica Avenue Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal Jamaica Avenue, Metropolitan Avenue, Grand Street Successors to BMT streetcar service
Broadway Junction Jamaica Avenue
Parsons Boulevard Subway station Cambria Heights or Saint Albans Liberty Avenue, Murdock Avenue
to Laurelton
Merrick Boulevard, 120th Avenue
to Rosedale or Green Acres Mall, Valley Stream
Merrick Boulevard, Bedell Street, Conduit Avenue,
243rd Street (Rosedale), or Green Acres Road (Green Acres Mall)
Part of the former NY&LIT Brooklyn-Freeport Line
NICE Bus
to Freeport
Merrick Road, Merrick Boulevard Part of the former NY&LIT Brooklyn-Freeport Line
to Freeport
Merrick Road, Merrick Boulevard Express to Freeport Station

References

  1. NYC Subway Wireless
  2. More Subway Stations in Manhattan, Bronx in Line to Get Online, mta.info (March 25, 2015). "The first two phases included stations in Midtown Manhattan and all underground stations in Queens with the exception of the 7 Main St terminal."
  3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  4. 1 2 3 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Jamaica" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York). 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 Joseph B. Raskin (1 November 2013). The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-5369-2. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Burks, Edward C. (October 24, 1973). "Work Begun on Queens Subway Extension". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  7. Burks, Edward C. (March 9, 1975). "Building Progresses On Subway In Jamaica". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  8. 1 2 Burks, Edward C. (September 24, 1976). "Coming: Light at End of 63d St. Tunnel". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  9. 1 2 Seyfried, Vincent F. (1961). "Full text of "Story of the Long Island Electric Railway and the Jamaica Central Railways, 1894-1933 /"". archive.org. F. E. Reifschneider. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  10. 1 2 Seyfried, Vincent F. (1950). "Full text of "New York and Queens County Railway and the Steinway Lines, 1867-1939."". archive.org. Vincent F. Seyfried. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  11. "Jamaica Bus Improvement Study" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. May 17, 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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